The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage ...
Stanley gets Pentagon deal worth up to $49 million to provide cybersecurity services Stanley Inc. received a five-year contract worth up to $49 ...
The US government has no precise figure for how many contractors are employed in Iraq and Afghanistan, inviting the risk of fraud and security threats, a US commission warned on Monday. "It is both peculiar and troubling that eight years after the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Houston-based KBR Inc could save the government at least $193 million by reducing its workforce in Iraq more quickly, in line with the drawdown of U.S. troops, the Pentagon's chief auditor said on Monday. "In October 2009, we issued ...
The world's most powerful military machine is scrambling to fight a simple, low-tech weapon in Afghanistan that is killing and maiming American and allied soldiers at an alarming rate. The homemade bomb -- often a mixture of fertilizer, fuel and metal -- ...
US President Barack Obama will Wednesday sign a 680-billion-dollar defense authorization bill, which includes funds to train Afghan security forces and for more mine resistant troop carriers. Obama will host a ceremony before signing the bill, after waging a campaign to purge ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers blasted the Pentagon's bidding rules for a multibillion dollar contract to replace the Air Force's aerial refueling fleet, saying the procedure unfairly favors Boeing. "I believe it's already tilted toward Boeing. I believe it's a sham," Senator ...
Top Pentagon military officers conducted a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options considered under a broad White House review of the Afghan war, The Washington Post reported Monday. Citing unnamed senior military officials, the newspaper said ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new Pentagon study has affirmed previous findings that Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, the costliest U.S. arms purchase program, will require billions of dollars more than planned, and more time, an online news service said ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved $560 million to continue work on an alternate F-35 engine built by General Electric Co. and Rolls-Royce Group Plc., defying a White House veto threat. The legislation now heads to the White House ...
Northrop Grumman 3rd-quarter profit slips as pension costs grow, but co. lifts 2009 outlook Northrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday earnings for the third quarter were hurt by higher pension costs, but solid revenue and a tax break pushed results well past analyst ...
EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, said Tuesday the Pentagon has given Boeing a pricing advantage in a competition for a 35-billion-dollar contract to supply the air force with tanker aircraft. EADS chief executive Louis Gallois expressed concern at a ...
