Defense Secretary Ash Carter restated his support for President Obama’s threat to veto the defense authorization and appropriations bills if they use the overseas contingency operations provision to boost Pentagon spending while keeping budget caps on domestic programs. That drew...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey disputed House Armed Services Committee members’ charges Wednesday that the administration had no strategy to defeat ISIS extremists in Iraq. Carter and Dempsey also rejected congressional demands for more...

Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Martin Dempsey sharply disputed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula’s view that the US air campaign in Iraq was being hampered by “excessive” concern over civilian casualties. During a House Armed Services Committee hearing...

Le Bourget, France As part of an expanding theater security cooperation plan, USAF forces, possibly including the F-22 Raptor, will deploy more frequently to Europe, service Secretary Deborah Lee James told reporters at the Paris Air Show. “I could foresee...

Northrop Grumman shipped the fourth Space Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload last month for integration with its hosting payload in preparation for eventual launch, officials announced on June 16. “HEO-4 will complete the replenishment of our polar missile...

Le Bourget, France Qatar has signed an agreement to purchase four of the last C-17 Globemasters, announced Boeing at the Paris Air Show. That means only one of the airlifts must still be sold before the assembly line closes later...