Defense

TSA handgun contract draws ire of firearms makers

The Transportation Security Administration has run afoul of the world's leading gun manufacturers in an attempt to award a contract for the semiautomatic handguns it plans to give commercial airline pilots.

Defense

IRS official to head Homeland Security procurement

A senior procurement official with the Internal Revenue Service has been tapped to become procurement chief of the Homeland Security Department, IRS officials said Tuesday.

Defense

History lesson

A post-war analysis should provide lessons, not lies, to prepare the military for future conflicts.

Defense

Rule provides liability protection for anti-terror technologies

The Homeland Security Department Friday will publish a proposed rule designed to accelerate the development of anti-terrorism technologies by providing companies protection against lawsuits.