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Confronted with ‘eye-opening’ costs, SecNav vows to root out waste
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Two weeks into the Navy’s top job, John Phelan is wrestling with eye-popping program costs and “unacceptable” shipbuilding delays. “Every missed milestone in shipbuilding and maintenance is a risk to our national…
Marine Corps to field counter-drone systems to dismounted units
The Marine Corps is about to start experimenting with handheld counter-unmanned aerial systems to outfit deployed Marines, the deputy commandant for combat development and integration said Tuesday at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space…
DOD, other agencies may once again fire probationary employees en masse, court rules
The Trump administration can once again fire all probationary employees after a second court ruling in as many days found those challenging the dismissals did not have standing to sue. Most recently hired, or in some cases recently…
Spies from China, elsewhere are wooing current and former feds, agencies warn
Spies from China and elsewhere are wooing unwitting current and former federal employees, according to a document from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center released Tuesday amid the Trump administration's efforts to…
Will Space Force shift contracts to commercial? ‘Everything’s on the table,’ official says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force’s main acquisition arm is looking to see which of its major programs could be scaled back or replaced with a commercial alternative.“Nobody got a pass. Everybody has to do this excursion…
The D Brief: Hegseth softens Panama talk; Trump’s budget flip-flop; Arms in space; EUCOM’s plea; And…
SecDef Hegseth vowed to “take back” the Panama Canal from Chinese influence in remarks Tuesday that Reuters reported “appeared fine-tuned, talking tough but offering some assurances to Panamanians still unsettled by Trump's threats to…
Keep US troops in Europe, EUCOM commander says
A drawdown of U.S. forces in Eastern Europe would make it harder for NATO and the United States to respond to ever-increasing Russian aggression, Gen. Chris Cavoli, commander of U.S. European Command, or EUCOM, said Tuesday—just hours after…
The US needs ‘weapons in space,’ SPACECOM head says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The head of U.S. Space Command is calling for weapons to be deployed in space, the most explicit call yet for offensive space capabilities. “It's time that we can clearly say that we need space fires and we need…
Pentagon can re-fire some probationary workers, Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court on Monday reversed the reinstatements of thousands of federal employees the Trump administration has sought to fire, dealing a blow to the workers and groups challenging one of the administration’s key efforts to upend the…
The Navy wants dashboards that holler before things break
The Navy is awash in dashboards that provide real-time data of everything from manning to maintenance to weapons and fuel stocks, a big step forward from the days when that data lived on a PowerPower slide and was often days or weeks…
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