The Latest Breaking News from Defense Department

In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine at the dock in Wilmington, Delaware

The Pentagon says it may have to go back to Congress for additional money to support Ukraine’s battle to defeat Russia’s invasion

Congress rejected a Biden administration proposal to reduce funding for a Defense Department biological threat preparedness program.

The Associated Press has learned that the Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel

Republicans are calling for sending more weapons to Ukraine and to impose sanctions on Russian oil and gas.

The Australian Defense Department says a Chinese navy ship fired a laser at one of its surveillance aircraft, putting the lives of the crew in danger

WASHINGTON — New federal rules issued by President Joe Biden requiring that federal employees and government contractors must earn at least $15 an hour could cost the Defense Department $880 million a year, according to estimates from the Pentagon and congressional budget experts.

A new minimum wage for Defense Department civilians and contractors will cost the Pentagon close to $1 billion.

The Defense Department is releasing a report that says mergers and consolidation among its contractors pose risks to the U.S. economy and national security

A surge of COVID-19 infections spurred wide demand for over-the-counter antigen tests during the holidays: Clinics were overwhelmed with people seeking tests and the few off-the-shelf brands were nearly impossible to find at pharmacies or even online via Amazon. Prices for some test kits cracked the hundred-dollar mark. And the…

How much is the government paying for each test? And what were the terms of the agreements?