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Is the truth out there? NASA wants to help build public trust on UFOs

The agency could play a major role in data collection and further research objects of unknown origins in Earth’s atmosphere.

By Zamone Perez

12 days ago

Pentagon seeks to ease China’s green tech chokehold amid GOP criticism

The Pentagon is trying to scale back China's outsized influence on the critical minerals needed to produce electric vehicles and build solar panels.

By Bryant Harris and Jen Judson

5 months ago

Jon Stewart blasts ‘corruption’ in Pentagon spending priorities

Jon Stewart talks with the Defense Department's second-highest official, calls the lack of adequate focus on military family support shameful.

By Leo Shane III

6 months ago

Pentagon budget aims to max munitions production, make multiyear buys

Pentagon officials say they will maximize production lines for top priority munitions as part of its $170 billion procurement budget proposal for FY24.

By Joe Gould and Stephen Losey

7 months ago

Biden presses for chips legislation in meeting with Pentagon’s No. 2 and Lockheed

President Joe Biden met virtually on Monday with the chief executive of Lockheed Martin and other companies to spur forward a bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States.

14 months ago

Union urges ending Pentagon’s civilian hiring caps

America’s largest federal employee union is urging lawmakers to repeal statutory limits on the number of civilian workers at the Pentagon, some which date back more than 30 years.

20 months ago