Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Ohio's U.
S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says funding will continue for an alternate engine for the Pentagon's next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet.Brown and fellow Democratic Sens. John Kerry , of Massachusetts, and Patrick Leahy , of Vermont, had sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week stating Congress intended to fund the engine program through March 4 despite the Pentagon's opposition to it.The Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday that Gates continues to oppose the need for an extra engine and that current funding isn't due to a change in position but is being implemented because the prior year's funding expired. Funding is still slated to end March 4.The engine is being developed by a General Electric Co. unit outside Cincinnati. Fairfield, Conn.-based GE makes the engine with London-based Rolls-Royce....A top Pentagon official is calling for a production slowdown for the costly F-35 fighter jet after fatigue testing exposed potential cracks in the design. In an inte...
The best fighter pilots from the Air Force, Marines and Navy arrived in the Florida Panhandle last year to learn to fly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most expen...
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Air Force took delivery of the first production of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II -- the world's most advanced multirole aircraft....
From the helicopters they fly to the base housing where their children sleep at night, U.S troops and their families are directly affected by the prospect of deep cu...
WASHINGTON -- The White House again threatened Tuesday to veto $636 billion spending bill for the Defense Department that is making its way to a vote in the House, c...
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon on Thursday ordered a halt to work on an alternative engine for a next-generation warplane, angering congressional backers who vowed to fi...
Japan's government says it has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter to bolster its aging air force.A Cabinet spokesman says the defense ministry will bu...
The Pentagon got nearly everything it asked for during a decade of two wars shadowed by the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the rise of al-Qaida. No more.Defense Secreta...
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon got nearly everything it asked for during a decade of two wars shadowed by the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the rise of Al Qaeda . No more....
Defense secretary fears 'tragic consequences'
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is announcing the latest round of cost-cutting measures for the military, including a plan to do away with a new amphibious vehicle th...
Taking a stance once unthinkable in a time of two wars, Democrats and Republicans alike are insisting that the billions spent on the military can be significantly cu...
The U.S. military is committed to developing the Marine Corps version of the next-generation strike fighter jet, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday, but he w...
With the nation deep in debt and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, the military knows it's in for painful spending cuts.But where?Touch military benefit...
Test flight for controversial $100 million plane
New jet can make vertical landings
Succumbing to budget hawks and Defense Department officials who called the program too unnecessary and costly, the House voted to strip General Electric of its fundi...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The new F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter is tardy, billions over budget and the roar of its jet engine could eclipse the older planes it's ...
A senior manager in charge of procuring the next generation of military fighter jets known as F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been fired and the Department of Defense ...
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