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Esper Heads to NATO During First Week on the Job as Top Pentagon Official
Esper Heads to NATO During First Week on the Job as Top Pentagon Official Mark Esper will spend his first week as acting Secretary of Defense in Belgium. Late on the evening of June 19, the Pentagon announced that Esper, who has been tapped to replace Patrick Shanahan...
Future of Army Aviation Funding Remains Murky
Future of Army Aviation Funding Remains Murky The Army has ambitious plans to acquire next-generation aircraft as it gears up for great power competition. But uncertainty about future vertical lift programs and other modernization efforts leaves an unclear picture of...
Pentagon Report: War Costs Since 9/11 Exceed $1.5 Trillion
The United States obligated more than $1.5 trillion on "war-related" costs since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a recent Defense Department report. Most of those funds have been dedicated to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the figure also includes support to the...
A Message from Mike Fox, Lockheed Martin Greenville General Manager
The week of April 22 was certainly a busy one for Lockheed Martin in South Carolina, beginning with the F-16 Production Line Ribbon Cutting event in Greenville on April 23. The next day, members of our Government Affairs team visited Columbia to be presented...
DOD Keeping Door Open to Space National Guard
Defense Department officials are laying the groundwork for a Space National Guard even though the Pentagon’s Space Force proposal did not include provisions for a reserve component, the head of the Air National Guard said May 21. DOD stood up an internal group under...
OPINION: A flat budget will prove fatal for military transformation
This month, the House Appropriations Committee kicked off the annual process of congressional oversight of the Pentagon by passing its bill to fund the military for fiscal 2020. While the committee signaled willingness among the Democratic caucus to support a $733...
A Message from Mike Fox, Lockheed Martin Greenville General Manager
The week of April 22 was certainly a busy one for Lockheed Martin in South Carolina, beginning with the F-16 Production Line Ribbon Cutting event in Greenville on April 23. The next day, members of our Government Affairs team visited Columbia to be presented...
Army Secretary Shares Equipment Wish List
Washington Post April 30, 2019 Long-range precision fires, attack and reconnaissance aircraft and air defense add to the Army Secretary’s weapons wish list for future fights against peer adversaries. Secretary Mark Esper discussed how upcoming weapons and technology...
In Brief
FORMER NGAUS PRESIDENT Maj. Gen. William J. McCaddin, who was NGAUS president (the position is now chairman of the board) from 1978 to 1980 and the Virginia adjutant general for 12 years, died April 25 in Richmond, Virginia. He was 91. McCaddin will be interred at...