April 26, 2024

No Defense Against Some Cyber Espionage

Hack the Air Force

Newly detected malware affecting institutional computer networks worldwide is a form of cyber espionage that can’t always be removed.

Carter ‘Champion of Wasteful Military Spending’

DefSec Budget

Leading business magazine blasts DefSec nominee Ashton Carter’s history of wasting taxpayer money.

No Sequestration Cuts This Year

The defense budget is expected to slightly decline through 2016 then gradually increase until 2021.

Majority Favors Sequestration End

73 percent of voters want to lift spending caps in some form and 43 percent want sequestration eliminated and replaced with a bipartisan compromise.

Navy Connects Climate Change to Conflict

Climate change and conflict are linked, says RADM Jonathan White, and urgent for defense, diplomatic and environmental policy-making.

Hagel Pushes BRAC and Benefit Cuts

Mr. Hagel wants a new round of military base closures (BRAC) and to limit troop benefits to give the DoD flexibility in addressing its budget problems.

Sequestration Compromising Defense Innovation

Pentagon Capitol

Sequestration-driven budget cuts are compromising American defense innovation and the next generation of weapons and other defense products.

Morning Coffee: Debate Begun on FY15 Defense Budget

In an all too familiar pattern, the defense budgets of the Senate, House, Pentagon and White House fail to match up for FY15.

Morning Coffee: Super Hornet Production to Slow?

Boeing may slow the construction of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler to give Congress time to order additional aircraft.

House Approves Spending Bill

capitol hill winter

The House of Representatives passed the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill and it now moves to the Senate for its consideration.