This week, the Senate is set to vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. But like many of Trump’s picks, John Rood is a controversial nominee.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

Some agendas could get stuck at the top of the pipeline.

Northrop Grumman's contract will fuel economies, but not like in the past.

The world’s largest defense contractor could gain more influence with the Pentagon.

How did the Pentagon’s F-35 fighter jet program, which was originally thought up as a way to cut costs, end up becoming the most expensive weapons program in history? Mackenzie Eaglen, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, says policymakers boxed themselves into this expensive fighter jet. “By canceling the F-22 air superiority fighter,” […]

Ashton Carter oversaw Pentagon acquisitions from 2009 to 2011 and tried to trim wasteful spending.

The Pentagon sees climate change ratcheting tensions in already problematic regions.

The U.S. launched at least 47 of them at militant strongholds in Syria on Monday.