The Pentagon should consider other ways of shedding unnecessary infrastructure without resorting to the formal Base Realignment and Closure process, one senator told defense officials Wednesday.
In the five weeks since an explosive memo from the top procurement official at Veterans Affairs went public, the major contracting abuses the document alleged are pervasive throughout the agency have…
The annual defense policy bill advanced Tuesday in the Senate toward final passage by the end of this week, with its main sponsor saying he's optimistic it will become the…
Senate lawmakers will force the Defense Department to move ahead on a military retirement overhaul but will go along with DoD's plans to trim troops' pay and benefits. The moves…
The Senate confirmed Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday, after a brief dispute between Pentagon leaders and the chamber's…
The US Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved Ash Carter to become the country's 25th defense secretary. After a weeks-long delay while he recovered from back surgery, Carter's …
The Senate Armed Services Committee said it remains opposed to another round of base closures at a time when the military is slated to expand and modernize, and budget constraints…
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thur…
WASHINGTON — SpaceX, the upstart company led by Elon Musk, has already upended the space launch market. Now the company has its eyes turned toward the creation of a massive…
When Sputnik reached Earth orbit in 1957, it started a space race between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that would last more than a decade as both nations vied to be…