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AMMAN, JORDAN — More than 15,000 troops from 18 countries will take part in a joint military exercise in Jordan in the coming weeks, a military official said Saturday. Jordan's armed forces will host the exercise, Eager Lion 2013, with troops from "friendly countries, including the U...
Late last year, a small Alabama defense firm hit the big leagues. Founded in 1989, Chandler/May makes UAVs and UAV ground stations. Sales took off in the mid-2000s as the militarys desire for unmanned aerial technology hit a fever pitch. After notching 600 percent growth in seven yea...
WASHINGTON — The White House has quietly shifted lead responsibility for its controversial armed drone program from the CIA to the Defense Department, a move that could encounter resistance on Capitol Hill. The decision is a landmark change in Americas 12-year fight against al-Qaida ...
WASHINGTON — While the US Air Force has been trying to retire its fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 UAVs, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is again stepping in to keep the birds flying. In the subcommittees markup of the Pentagons 2014 budget, lawm...
WASHINGTON — The total price tag for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fell $4.5 billion in 2012, according to a new government report. This marks the first time in the F-35s checkered history that estimators have lowered the projected cost of the program, the Pentagons most exp...
WASHINGTON — The White House is working to fill several high-level Pentagon posts as incumbents prepare to step down as the Obama administration begins a second term amid a fury of budget uncertainty. Deborah Lee James, executive vice president for communications and government affair...
SHANNON, IRELAND — US Secretary of State John Kerry will help ink an estimated $2.1 billion proposed deal for Oman to buy a US-made air defense system during a trip to the Gulf state, American officials said Tuesday. One of the main focuses of Kerrys trip to Muscat was to applaud the...
The Obama administration has floated the idea of putting the CIAs controversial targeted killing operations under the control of the uniformed armed services. But sources familiar with the still-classified program, which uses unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists in Pakistan...
