Defense
House panel wants extra F-35 engine back
Armed Services Committee is looking to resurrect second engine option in defense bill.
Defense
In face of budget cuts, Gates still wants $35B Air Force tankers
Pentagon has begun a review of all spending, officials say.
Defense
Pentagon more likely to tweak than cut weapons programs
Official says 'We’re not out there to kill programs.'
Defense
Pentagon investigation casts doubt on Rolling Stone's McChrystal article
Embarrassing comments by then-top commander in Afghanistan could not be verified by Defense officials.
Defense
Events frequently overtake long-term Pentagon planning
President Obama seeks cuts in future defense budgets, but any plan will likely see multiple revisions in the years ahead.
Defense
Most cuts to Pentagon already were in the works
Budget deal largely eliminates programs the Defense Department had previously put on the chopping block.
Defense
Pentagon moves to stop work on second engine
Makers of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, GE and Rolls Royce, vow to keep the program alive until supporters in Congress can weigh in again.
Defense
Five days into Operation Odyssey Dawn, costs mounting
The Libya operation could cost billions -- and require the Pentagon to request emergency funding from Congress.
Defense
Costs of Libya operation already piling up
Total price tag of first day alone was more than $100 million, analysts say.
Defense
Pentagon chief defends tanker decision
Gates says any protest of the lucrative contract award is unlikely to be successful.
Defense
Marine Corps chief closely watching F-35
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has imposed a two-year probation on the Corps's struggling variant of the multiservice stealth fighter.
Defense
Administration considers expanding Afghan security forces
Senator suggests NATO allies should share in the cost.
Defense
Defense-related spending bill amendments progress
Obama has threatened to veto the House measure to fund the government for the rest of fiscal 2011, noting GOP proposal would cut Pentagon funding too sharply.
Defense
House votes to cut alternate F-35 engine backed by speaker
Vote marks a strong reversal for the chamber, which has long supported the engine despite opposition from the White House and Defense Department.
Defense
Lawmakers push back on planned troop cuts
House Armed Service Committee members raise concerns that unrest in the Middle East and elsewhere would require the military to sustain a larger ground force.
Defense
F-35 second engine under fire in spending debate
Cut-minded GOP freshmen are being tapped to help kill the program.
Defense
Unprecedented Pentagon growth comes to halt
Defense request for fiscal 2012 comes in at $13 billion less than earlier spending projections.
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