US resumes sending some weapons to Ukraine after Pentagon pause
The defense secretary directed the pause last week to allow DOD to assess its weapons stockpiles, in a move that caught the White House by surprise.
By Tara Copp, AP
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What’s the key to better defense contracting? Measure what works.
The extent to which the U.S. is reaping benefits from supposedly agile contract instruments is mostly anecdotal, according to a new GMU study.
By Jerry McGinn and Jeff Kojac
Congress close to axing Pentagon’s ‘impossible’ chief reform job
Congress is a step closer to eliminating the Pentagon’s chief management officer position, four years after creating the job to help streamline reform efforts inside the department.
By Joe Gould
No Ma’am: Pentagon down to just handful of women appointees, spotlighting history of inequality
Once a trio of departures is official, there will be only three Senate-confirmed women in the Pentagon.
By Aaron Mehta
Pentagon’s top tech experts, Griffin and Porter, resign
Michael Griffin and Lisa Porter will exit the building on July 10.
Kathryn Wheelbarger, Pentagon’s top foreign policy official, resigns
Wheelbarger had her nomination for a top intelligence job pulled last week.
By Aaron Mehta
DoD reports would be public under new amendment to must-pass defense bill
All unclassified Pentagon reports ordered by Congress could be made public under a forthcoming amendment to the annual defense policy bill.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon releases its Defense Space Strategy to counter Russia and China
The Pentagon document released June 17 lays out four lines of effort to combat growing adversarial counter-space threats .
By Nathan Strout
Elaine McCusker, Pentagon comptroller, resigns
McCusker's nomination for the permanent comptroller job was pulled in March.
By Aaron Mehta
Retired Army Special Forces officer named as Pentagon intel nominee
There is a backlog forming of nominations for top Pentagon jobs.
By Aaron Mehta
Senate wants Pentagon to study risks of 5G
A summary of the Senate's version of annual defense policy bill expressed concern about Chinese-made 5G technology and pushed the Pentagon to improve its own capabilities.
By Andrew Eversden
We prepared for war, but should have spent our money elsewhere
The greatest threats of the past decade haven't stemmed from warfare. So why are expensive weapons systems and massive military installations still a foregone conclusion?
By Laicie Heeley