Defense
China’s largely inactive submarine fleet stirs
U.S. Navy officials and analysts take notice of country’s growing maritime power.
Defense
Surging oil prices send military costs skyrocketing
Defense sees 30 percent rise in the price of a gallon of gas in just three months.
News And Analysis
Behind the Wheel
The perils of letting short-term planning drive major weapons programs.
Features
Girding For Battle
The Pentagon and military services are gearing up for a bruising quadrennial review that could reshape the way we fight.
Defense
Reports warn of impending Army budget crisis
Costs of fighting wars, creating new units and buying future equipment are rapidly adding up.
Defense
Lawmakers call for future Navy cruisers to be nuclear powered
Service could get around the provision by declaring that doing so is not "in the national interest."
Defense
Army modernization plans face funding challenge
Report finds that helicopter fleet and Future Combat Systems project will be in direct competition for available budgets after 2020.
Defense
Coast Guard expands wireless maritime 911 system
Rescue 21 will add more port security coverage and provide enhanced direction technology.
Defense
Defense, diplomatic agencies collaborate on counterinsurgency guide
Document under development calls for “whole-of-government” approach to battling insurgencies.
Defense
Pentagon’s counter-bomb agency running out of money
Lawmakers slashed funding for Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization in recent defense spending bill.
Defense
Pentagon opens high-level jobs to civilian senior execs
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England creates corps of key executive positions that "require an enterprise perspective."
Defense
Report warns new lethal small arms could get in terrorist hands
Smaller and more accurate weapons are becoming more readily available on the open market.
Oversight
Efforts to empower weapons program managers must begin at the top
GAO report finds that when policy does not match practice, acquisition reform fails.
Defense
Report questions cost effectiveness of space weapons
Space-based missile defense system simply could be overwhelmed with decoys or ballistic missile attacks.
Defense
Report seeks ‘smart power’ overhaul of federal operations
Think tank urges restructuring of civilian agencies to better promote U.S. interests abroad.
Tech
Contrasting rescue missions show effects of networked military communications
Report highlights difference between “Black Hawk Down” incident and 2004 rescue in Tal Afar, Iraq.
Defense
Air Force chief describes future bomber
New aircraft will be delivered by 2018 and will be agile enough to penetrate enemy defenses in daylight, Gen. Michael Moseley says.
News And Analysis
The Unsurge
Gen. David Petraeus says the drawdown means military goals have been met in Iraq, but critics paint another picture.
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