Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, offers a broad new policy vision that warns of a "martial, expansionist” China.
The U.S. deputy defense secretary is sticking up for American defense firms, saying they should not be cut out of European Union programs to strengthen its industrial base.
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin are locking horns over how much access the military has to crucial data it needs as it seeks to launch a next-generation automated logistics system next year.
Amid news that thousands of banned Chinese-made surveillance devices are in use across American government installations, Sen. Marco Rubio is asking the Pentagon what Chinese gear it is using.