Defense News
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:44
Raytheon is aiming to sign a deal worth $2 billion with Qatar by year end for the supply of Patriot missile defense systems, officials said at the Farnborough International Airshow on Tuesday.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:42
A US congressman called on the Pentagon Tuesday to shift dollars from its war spending accounts back into its base budget.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 08:18
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is not targeting Israel in his legislative insurgency against foreign aid, yet insists the “important ally” should aspire to eventual independence from US security assistance.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 07:23
US senators are readying a measure that would for the first time revise the legal underpinning for America’s fight against violent Islamic groups.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 07:08
Violence in Iraq could delay the delivery of American F-16 fighter jets to the Baghdad government after contractors had to be evacuated from a key air base, the Pentagon said Monday.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 06:52
While the US Defense Department’s Afghanistan war budget is expected to receive little resistance from lawmakers, the Pentagon is under pressure from the White House Office of Management Budget to lower, then eliminate supplemental requests, sources said.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:14
Senior congressional Republicans are vowing to closely scrub President Barack Obama’s new war-funding request, with one saying it “cries out for oversight.”
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:12
Turkey, which has been spending around US $4 billion a year on weapons and upgrades, may double that to meet procurement goals for 2023.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:10
The US Congress is targeting the Palestine Authority (PA) with a cutoff of funds unless US President Barack Obama can justify how continued support to Ramallah advances national security needs.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:49
The Pentagon pushed back Friday on comments made by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki that the US is slow-rolling a sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters to Baghdad.