If there is one thing the Pentagon should have learned over the last seven decades of buying the equipment and expertise it needs to build, modernize and maintain military capability it is that one ...
A newly produced Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter at a hangar in Fort Worth, TexasOrjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images President Donald Trump sent jolts through the defense ...
President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite the basic bargain between Washington and the weapons industry, pairing the promise of a much larger Pentagon budget with an ultimatum that contractors will ...
Section 1. Purpose. As Chief Executive and Commander in Chief, I am committed to ensuring that the United States military possesses the most lethal warfighting capabilities in the world. Our Nation ...
What: On January 7, 2026, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting,” aimed at increasing production of critical defense weapons, supplies, and ...
President Donald Trump has moved to rewrite the basic economics of the Pentagon's supply chain, ordering a clampdown on stock buybacks, dividends and executive pay that have long fueled defense ...
President Donald Trump issued a stark threat to defense contracting companies Wednesday, saying he would seek to limit stock buybacks and executive salaries unless they improve their delivery of ...
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on January 7, 2026 that imposes obligations on US defense industrial base government contractors, including immediately prohibiting any “major defense ...