Defense
How Trump’s Government Could Change America’s Approach to Terrorism
The president-elect may oversee a coming "War on radical Islam."
Management
Boeing Defense CEO Weighs Spending More Time in DC
The shift would follow a raft of larger organizational and personnel changes at the aerospace giant.
Defense
The F-35B Just Got A Lot Deadlier
In a proof-of-concept experiment, data passed instantly from a Marine Corps fighter allowed a shipboard Aegis system to shoot down a drone.
Defense
America’s War-by-Airstrike in Three Charts
The U.S.-led air war against the Islamic State in Mosul, Raqqa, and the region, visualized.
Defense
The Other Michael Flynn
Donald Trump’s national security advisor sounded very different when he was running counterinsurgency campaigns in Kabul.
Defense
Can Trump Make a Deal With North Korea?
One of the biggest problems facing the president-elect might also be his biggest opportunity.
Defense
Trump ISIS Strategy Worries Top House Armed Services Democrat
HASC's Rep. Adam Smith, in a C-SPAN-hosted interview, challenged Trump's incoming team to produce a national security strategy that doesn’t alienate the U.S. military's Muslim partners fighting terrorism.
Pay & Benefits
Vets Affected By Calif. National Guard Bonus Debacle Would Not Owe Government Under House Bill
Republican lawmakers also want Defense to repay with interest anyone who already paid their debt, which resulted from overpayments by military recruiters.
Defense
Universities Worry That They Have No Way to Protect Their Students From Federal Immigration Agents
Trump has vowed to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants an exemption from deportation to children who arrived in the US before they turned 16 or before January 2010. .
Nextgov
Democratic Senate Shuffle Could Aid Encryption Advocates on Intel Committee
Incoming ranking member Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., supports a committee to examine long-term encryption compromises.
Defense
U.S. Troops Are Still in the Philippines, Despite Duterte’s Insults and Threats
PACOM commander Adm. Harry Harris will head to the islands ‘optimistic’ but expecting a ‘refocusing’ of joint exercises.
Defense
A 'Nation-State' Used Wikileaks to Influence the U.S. Election, the Head of the NSA Says
Rogers did not name the nation-state in question, nor elaborate on the effect it sought.
Management
Why Donald Trump (and His Family) Won’t Be Subject to Security Clearance Background Checks
A CIA chef undergoes more scrutiny for his job than does the president to receive the nation’s most closely-held secrets.
Defense
How Special Operators Trained for Information Warfare Before the Mosul Fight
At a two-day exercise in April, U.S. troops practiced waging warfare on an invisible yet vital battlefield.
Defense
Fighting Terrorism in the Age of Trump
The president-elect has vowed to kill the families of ISIS members and bring back Bush-era torture tactics.
Defense
Unmanned Hueys Are Coming
Remote-controlled helicopters for resupply enter new phase of development.
Defense
Shooter of Los Angeles TSA Officer Gets 60 Years
Joint Terrorism Task Force probed 2013 airport incident.
Defense
White House: $11.6B More Needed for ISIS Fight, Afghanistan
The request brings the expected 2017 price tag for both wars to $85.3 billion.
Defense