Defense analysts say Congress offered the Defense Department short term relief but failed to provide long term salvation from deep cuts.

The Air Force’s officer leading the Quadrennial Defense Review said the service needs to innovate if it wants to remain a global leader and avoid the fate of NATO.

Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top weapon’s buyer, throws cold water on the growing belief that fixed price contracts can cure the military’s acquisition ills.

Vice President Joe Biden officials swears in Chuck Hagel as the new defense secretary after he tackled quite a few controversial issues in his first days.

Air Force acquisition officials stresses the need to end the continuing resolution to give leaders the ability to protect contracts like the fixed price tanker contract.

Program failed to meet 30 percent of management objectives calling the fifth generation fighter a “financial risk.”

The oil paintings of military leaders that line the Pentagon’s walls come with an expensive price tag — one that will be charged while other programs are being cut.

The Defense Department recently released a list of the European-based units it plans to close down or relocate though 2016.

Lawmakers continue to work on a last minute bill to give America’s generals more control over where sequestration cuts will hit the hardest.

Oskhosh, AM General and Lockheed Martin executives don’t expect a delay to significantly harm the Humvee replacement program.

Army Gen. Dennis Via explains the need to keep the defense industrial base afloat through an added boon of foreign military sales.

DoD civilian furloughs will cause havoc in military acquisition offices as the services scramble to alter or cancel contracts should sequestration occur.

House Armed Services Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon said he predicts the sequestration cuts will go into effect on March 1.

Democrats fail to get the five Republican votes in favor of ending the debate on former Sen. Chuch Hagel’s nomination to be the next defense secretary.

Panetta says his biggest regret from his time as SecDef was the pained relationship he had with Congress in the austere budget environment.

Military leaders tried to explain to the House Armed Services Committee why it waited till the end to plan for sequestration budget cuts.

Committee spends more than two-hours making the case for their votes before a party line vote approved Hagel 14–11.

McCain will not join Sen. Lindsey Graham in his efforts to delay the Senate Armed Services Committee vote on Obama’s defense secretary nominee.

Army briefing slides for an upcoming White House meeting go into detail about the impacts Sequestration cuts will have on the Army’s ability to fight in the near term.

Sen. Lindsey Graham requests Obama to reconsider nomination because of his concerns with Hagel’s grasp of the U.S. policy on Iran.