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Military service key factor in 3 decades of extremist attacks
One-quarter of all extremism-driven mass casualty attacks and plots from 1990 through 2022 were devised by perpetrators with military backgrounds.
Defense bill to include billion dollars for pandemic response and preparedness
The House’s forthcoming NDAA may include a billion-dollar pandemic response and preparedness fund, in part to boost domestic production of medical equipment, like ventilators and face masks.
By Joe Gould
COVID closed Mexican factories that supply US defense industry. The Pentagon wants them opened.
Factory closures in Mexico due to the coronavirus pandemic are hurting U.S. defense firms, and the Pentagon is urging America’s neighbor to the south to reopen vital suppliers.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon declares defense contractors ‘critical infrastructure,’ must continue work
Defense contractors need to keep working, despite the viral outbreak, the department says.
By Aaron Mehta
F-35 work continues in Italy despite coronavirus lockdown
Italy’s nationwide lockdown for COVID-10 has not affected the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain there, says prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
US-Turkey alliance in downward spiral as Congress mulls sanctions
The partnership between Turkey and the United States has survived a number of crises, but it’s entering what some see as its most turbulent period yet.
By Joe Gould
Lead lawmakers urge DoD to halt new payment rule
Mac Thornberry and Jim Inhofe are siding with the defense industry, against the Pentagon.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon ‘can't afford the sustainment costs‘ on F-35, Lord says
The Pentagon is preparing new ways to drive costs down on the F-35 sustainment.
By Aaron Mehta
The Pentagon’s acquisition office is gone. Here’s what the next 120 days bring.
The Pentagon has officially split its acquisition, technology and logistics office into two units. Now comes the hard part.
By Aaron Mehta
Defense acquisition head: accountability, and perhaps firings, on the way
Ellen Lord is promising to hold people accountable if their programs go over budget.
By Aaron Mehta