MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drone pilots will be eligible for retention bonuses worth up to $135,000 beginning in fiscal 2016 under a new policy announced by the Air Force.…
MacDill Air Force Base will receive nearly $100 million for military construction projects and the Veterans Benefits Administration will get an additional $163 million to hire more benefits claims personnel…
WASHINGTON — In a dispute with Republicans over how defense would be funded, President Obama plans to veto the 2016 defense policy bill due for a vote in the House…
Congress’ budget morass will be solved with a “do-nothing” full-year continuing resolution to fund the government, rather than a Murray-Ryan type deal or a grand bipartisan bargain to remove seques…
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25 (UPI) — Polaris Defense has begun deliveries of off-road vehicles to the U.S. Special Operations Command under a contract signed last month. The vehicles are MRZR 2 and…
WASHINGTON — The US Air Force is about to start a deep-dive process that will eventually decide what technologies and capabilities it will fund to ensure air dominance in the…
CLEARWATER — St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman found a receptive group Tuesday as he appeared before the Pinellas County Commission in the third and final stop on his campaign to raise…
Pilots are spotting drones in flight at a far higher rate than last year, U.S. regulators said, triggering authorities to step up efforts to prevent a midair collision as drones…
The Pentagon expects to submit a five-year budget that will violate mandatory spending caps for the second consecutive year, according to the Defense Department’s comptroller. The fiscal 2016-2020 budget probably…
Pentagon leaders would have to again slash funding for annual training across the military unless Capitol Hill blocks budget cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act, which is scheduled to…