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The US sent Taiwan waterlogged shipments of moldy body armor and machine guns tossed in a cardboard box, DoD watchdog says
The ruined shipments sat for months at an air base because the Army didn't call flights to deliver …
Matthew Loh
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Raytheon's CEO said on an earnings call that the company stood to 'benefit' from DoD budget increases due to the war in Israel
RTX Corporation CEO Greg Hayes the company stands to "benefit" from a US Department of Defense's bu…
Caroline Haskins
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Federal judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Navy SEALs who refused COVID-19 vaccines on religious grounds
The First Liberty Institute, representing 35 Naval Special Warfare sailors, sued the DOD in Novembe…
Bill Bostock
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US plan to upgrade its nuclear weapons facilities in the UK 'quietly' slipped into DoD military documents, says defense expert
NATO has added the UK to a list of countries receiving $384m for the storage of US "special weapons…
Bethany Dawson
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The Pentagon may axe its $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing contract with Microsoft because of endless litigation from Amazon, a report says
Microsoft won the $10 billion JEDI contract in 2019 to store and manage sensitive military and defe…
Kate Duffy
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2 senators launch bipartisan effort to ease student-loan forgiveness for service members
If you're a service member and you defer student loans while deployed, the government still extends…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The Pentagon's elite 'SWAT team of nerds' are the reason a Florida company took over a huge chunk of government internet space
The Defense Digital Service is a team of 82 "hoodies, hackers, and nerds" who work to tackle the De…
Grace Dean
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Biden to spend another $1.6 billion to expand COVID-19 testing in schools and underserved areas
Biden will allocate $650 million for testing and $815 million for supplies from HHS and the DOD, an…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The Trump-appointed NSA general counsel installed the day before Biden took office is now on leave due to a Department of Defense probe
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller d…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The Trump administration approved a $700 million pandemic loan earmarked for national security to a trucking company despite DOD objections, new report says
Senior Trump officials, "potentially including the president," helped get the loan approved, the Se…
Katie Balevic
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Troops can still be members of hate groups like the KKK as long as they're not 'active,' per new DoD extremism rules
New rules prohibit participation in extremist groups including liking posts on social media, but th…
Abbie Shull
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Samsung designed a super-rugged tactical smartphone for military use — take a look
Samsung released its design for the Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition, a smartphone for Department of Def…
Mary Meisenzahl
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How SpaceX outmaneuvered Blue Origin and other rivals to clinch a prized Space Force launch agreement worth billions
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, not only managed to get the rules of the competition changed, but als…
Dave Mosher
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Top DoD weapons buyer: How the Pentagon transformed its approach to information-age warfare
New and emerging challenges demand that the Pentagon use software in a significantly more agile and…
Ellen Lord
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Sidney Powell tried to get the DOD to 'rescue' the CIA director, citing a QAnon conspiracy theory that claimed she was captured in Germany, book says
Powell believed then-CIA Director Gina Haspel was hurt and captured during a mission to steal a com…
Bill Bostock
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Amazon wants to depose Trump in its JEDI protest saying his 'bias' against founder Jeff Bezos influenced DoD decision
An Amazon Web Services spokesman told Business Insider in an email: "President Trump has repeatedly…
Benjamin Pimentel,Aaron Holmes
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Lawmaker from a Lyme-plagued district demands to know if DoD scientists ever used infected ticks as weapons
Newby spoke with INSIDER via phone, saying that Burgdorfer's original lab notes and and letters, as…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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DoD is spending $34 billion on hundreds more F-35s even though it can't handle its current fleet
Between May and November of last year, fully mission capable rates for the F-35 fleet were roughly …
Ryan Pickrell
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Oracle lawsuit is giving Microsoft a very good chance of winning the $10 billion DoD JEDI contract instead of Amazon, analyst believes
Amazon, whose Amazon Web Services is the dominant cloud player, has been considered the likely winn…
Benjamin Pimentel
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The top DoD spokeswoman is allegedly under investigation for asking her staff to grab her laundry and pick up snacks
The investigation has not yet found White to be in violation of any federal rules or policies. The …