Tag: Defense Spending

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

If the Pentagon doesn't innovate now, experts say, it will be left behind. (Bloomberg Photo)

Why defense contractors are trying to copy Silicon Valley

Jacqueline Klimas · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

F-4 Phantom IIs were really Navy aircraft designed for fleet defense. Due to consolidation at the Defense Department during the Vietnam War, the Air Force had been ordered to use them, too. (AP Photo/Matt York)

National Security

50 years later, we must not let Vietnam repeat itself

Rep Sam Johnson · April 16, 2016 4:01 am

The Army has the most excess infrastructure, with 33 percent being unneeded, according to the report. (James Neiss/The Niagara Gazette via AP)

National Security

Pentagon: Military wastes one-fifth of infrastructure spending

Jacqueline Klimas · April 15, 2016 6:33 pm

Retired Gen. Ray Odierno, who left in August as the Army's top officer, said budget cuts, some of which "went too deep," hurt the military's ability to respond to complex threats around the world. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘Worried’ Odierno hopes nominees debate how to fix military

Jacqueline Klimas · April 13, 2016 6:45 pm

According to Ambassador Mark Lippert, South Korea covers 55 percent of non-personnel costs and increases its defense spending between 3 and 5 percent annually. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Security

U.S. ambassador to South Korea rebukes Trump on military cost-sharing

Kelly Cohen · March 28, 2016 12:56 pm

The tri-service F-35 is the most expensive weapons program in history. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

National Security

Tests begin next week to fix latest F-35 software glitch

Jacqueline Klimas · March 23, 2016 5:00 pm

"We track this very closely and the simple fact is we don't have enough airplanes to meet training requirements for the entire force," Gen. Robert Neller said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

General: Deadly crashes partly due to budget cuts

Jacqueline Klimas · March 16, 2016 4:19 pm

The Navy's unfunded priorities list asked for 14 more aircraft in fiscal 2017 to address a fighter jet shortfall as operations against the Islamic State have ramped up. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images, File)

National Security

Lawmaker presses for more Super Hornets in fiscal 2017

Jacqueline Klimas · March 15, 2016 5:01 pm

"We have not had a stable fiscal planning environment for three years now so we continue to make hard trade-offs and mortgage our future readiness because we're trying to fight today's fight," Gen. John Paxton. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

National Security

Military leaders: Budget deal didn’t solve problems

Jacqueline Klimas · March 15, 2016 3:49 pm

A New Deal

Jim Swift · March 10, 2016 3:33 pm

The leaders who wrote the Pentagon's budget for fiscal 2017 said base realignment and closure, or BRAC, is an important part of cost savings. (AP Photo/David Duprey/File)

National Security

Pentagon says new round of base closures won’t repeat mistakes

Jacqueline Klimas · March 7, 2016 3:50 pm