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Jon Stewart blasts ‘corruption’ in Pentagon spending priorities

Jon Stewart talks with the Defense Department's second-highest official, calls the lack of adequate focus on military family support shameful.

By Leo Shane III

8 weeks ago

The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing configured six F-15E Strike Eagles to carry extra bombs to bare-base locations, taking off from an undisclosed location April 25, 2021. This new configuration is allowing the Air Force to increase combat capabilities by carrying more munitions than the Strike Eagle can use on one mission to a forward operating base. (U.S. Air Force)

Pentagon budget aims to max munitions production, make multiyear buys

Pentagon officials say they will maximize production lines for top priority munitions as part of its $170 billion procurement budget proposal for FY24.

By Joe Gould and Stephen Losey

3 months ago

As semiconductor shortages linger, one defense firm gets creative

Defense execs call the computer chip shortage an "acute pain point" and "day-to-day" challenge.

8 months ago

Russia and China’s space weapon plans spur high-level Pentagon meeting

The classified talks come after after demonstrations by Russia and China last year.

By Joe Gould and Courtney Albon

9 months ago

Biden presses for chips legislation in meeting with Pentagon’s No. 2 and Lockheed

President Joe Biden met virtually on Monday with the chief executive of Lockheed Martin and other companies to spur forward a bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States.

10 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war is teaching the Pentagon a lesson about the Pacific

Russia’s war in Ukraine is teaching the Pentagon it can’t get logistics and sustainment wrong in the Pacific theater, its No. 2 civilian said Monday.

12 months ago