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HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—The Army is doubling down on its Transformation in Contact modernization model, the service’s top operations officer said Tuesday—adding more units into the program and multiplying the number of systems they’ll test as well…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.On a frigid winter morning in 2022, a stranger knocked on the door of a synagogue in…

The Pentagon is eliminating over $580 million in programs, grants, and contracts that it called “wasteful spending,” with a long-stalled software modernization program accounting for almost half of the cuts.Defense Secretary Pete…

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As the Pentagon begins a major reshaping of the nation’s defense budget, the Air Force chief sees an opportunity to secure additional funding—highlighting its role in the new defense secretary’s priority missions.Defense Secretary Pete…

It was horrifying every time it happened, every time Kylie Briest’s father choked on his food and started to turn blue, every time her mom, Jenny, sprang out of her own dinner chair to attempt the Heimlich maneuver on her husband.Kylie lost…

The Defense Department is complying with a judge’s order to reinstate probationary employees fired after the Office of Personnel Management directed agencies to fire them en masse, according to a Wednesday court filing.The Pentagon had…

This story was updated at 6:55 p.m. Eastern on March 18.Efforts to slash the Pentagon’s civilian workforce by more than 60,000 people are not proceeding as planned, thanks in part to a March 14 court order that could force the rehiring of…

Defense One Radio, Ep. 174: Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith - Defense One Skip to Content Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. March 14, 2025 05:48…

A hiring freeze that went into place March 2 is having unintended consequences across the Defense Department, as countless civilian employees preparing to move to new roles at new duty stations have been told to “cease and desist” with…