Defense

The annual shipbuilding cost, which would dramatically increase the current 275-ship fleet, is 40 percent more than what Congress approved in 2016. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Christopher Delano/U.S. Navy via AP)

National Security

CBO: Trump’s Navy buildup could cost $26 billion per year

Travis J. Tritten · April 24, 2017 9:29 pm

"Although [the Department of Defense] has taken a number of steps to address these concerns, the department continues to struggle to keep the development costs for the baseline aircraft in check," the report concludes. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua D. King)

National Security

Government watchdog recommends pause in future F-35 investment

Jamie McIntyre · April 24, 2017 6:50 pm

The country's spending increased by 5.9 percent in 2016 to $69.2 billion. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

National Security

Russia inches up to third highest defense spender in 2016

Travis J. Tritten · April 24, 2017 6:39 pm

President Trump said Japanese prime minister recently thanked him for saving that country $100 million on its purchases of the F-35 joint strike fighter. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

National Security

Trump says Japan’s Shinzo Abe thanked him for saving $100 million on F-35

Travis J. Tritten · April 24, 2017 2:26 pm

The total F-15 program cost is projected to grow from $522 million in 2011 to nearly $1.8 billion in 2021. (Jonathan Drake/Bloomberg News)

With F-15, Air Force faces Catch-22

Travis J. Tritten · April 22, 2017 10:24 pm

Two lawmakers rode in a T-50A during a demonstration in South Carolina this week. (Screengrab)

National Security

‘You fly!’: Watch Rep. Joe Wilson take a back seat ride in a Lockheed jet

Travis J. Tritten · April 14, 2017 4:37 pm

Watch: America’s newest aircraft carrier gets underway for the first time

National Security

Watch: America’s newest aircraft carrier gets underway for the first time

David Brown · April 10, 2017 3:26 pm

Gen. Mark Milley, who testified along with the three other service chiefs before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, said the lack of a standard budget for fiscal 2017 would grind most Army training to a halt in July. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Army chief: Stop-gap budget will lead to ‘dead Americans on the future battlefield’

Travis J. Tritten · April 5, 2017 3:01 pm

President Trump shakes hands with Petty Office 1st Class John Thompson ABE1, during a tour of the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, on March 2 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport, Va. Trump traveled to Virginia to meet with sailors and shipbuilders on aircraft carrier which is scheduled to be commissioned this year after cost overruns and delays. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s Navy buildup

Jacqueline Klimas · April 3, 2017 4:01 am

"I find a refreshing, bipartisan spirit on the Armed Services Committee. Many of my Democrat colleagues especially many of them who have served in the military themselves, they agree that the sequester has greatly diminished the military and limited the ability of the military to rebuild and grow to meet the threats that we face," said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Rep. Jim Banks: Trump’s Navy fleet plan is ‘absolutely necessary’

Al Weaver · April 3, 2017 4:01 am

The REINS Act would allow Congress to reassert control over agency rulemaking by preventing major regulations from being implemented without congressional approval. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Brass to storm the Hill this week amid military funding fight

Travis J. Tritten · April 1, 2017 4:01 am

The F-15 discussion — which would not include the newer F-15E Strike Eagle — could be a cost-cutting measure as the Air Force struggles with a shrinking, aging fleet and curtailed funding under federal budget caps. (California National Guard photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Chris Drudge)

National Security

Air Force secretary nominee Heather Wilson refuses to promise to keep F-15 in service

Travis J. Tritten · March 30, 2017 3:26 pm