Tag: Defense Spending

In this image released by the U.S. Navy on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, a fighter jet launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship conducts flight operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr., U.S. Navy)

National Security

Next-gen fighter: Unmanned with a heavy punch

Tara Copp · February 4, 2015 5:58 pm

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

National Security

Navy official: 2016 budget request in line with new strategy

Tara Copp · February 4, 2015 5:44 pm

National Security

Defense secretary nominee promises independence

Charles Hoskinson · February 4, 2015 5:31 pm

Members of the US Army 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, transport heavy combat equipment including Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Stryker Armored Vehicles at the railway station near the Rukla military base in Lithuania, on October 4, 2014. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Ima

National Security

Pentagon: Tight budgets hurting ability to handle threats

Charles Hoskinson · February 3, 2015 6:22 pm

"It's not an alternative to the Joint Strike Fighter but what follows the Joint Strike Fighter,"said Defense Comptroller Mike McCord. (iStock)

National Security

Pentagon: Upgrading outdated weapons is a must

Tara Copp · February 3, 2015 12:49 am

National Security

Pentagon wants $8m to develop new fighter

Tara Copp · February 2, 2015 11:55 pm

National Security

Budget cuts Afghanistan forces to 5,500

Tara Copp · February 2, 2015 5:10 pm

Freshman Rep. Martha McSally was already known for her groundbreaking career as the Air Force's first female combat pilot before she squeaked her way into Congress on her third try in last year's midterm elections. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Rep. Martha McSally: ‘We’ve got a more dangerous world than I’ve seen in my whole lifetime’

Charles Hoskinson · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, background, sails beside the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf. (AP/U.S. Navy, Brian Stephens)

Resourcing relevance

Jed Babbin · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

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A radical view of defense budget cuts

Douglas Feith · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

Cost figures related to closing Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota are shown before the Base Closure and Realignment Commission voted to save the base. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Why Congress doesn’t want another BRAC round

Tara Copp · February 2, 2015 10:00 am

The flight line behind U. S. Navy Captain Greg McWherter's Blue Angels jet erupts in flames during a pyrotechnics display in a simulated attack by an A-10 Thunderbolt during the Guardians of Freedom Airshow at the Lincoln Air Park. (AP/FRANCIS GARDLER / Lincoln Journa, Lincoln Journal Star)

Funding a balanced force

Christopher Preble · February 2, 2015 10:00 am