Despite a warning last week, Syria has not halted the smuggling of military equipment into Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
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Despite a warning last week, Syria has not halted the smuggling of military equipment into Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
Elements of the First Marine Expeditionary Force on Monday found two al Samoud 2 surface-to-surface missiles during ground operations Monday on a farm near the town of Al Hillah in central Iraq, U.S. Central Command announced today.
House and Senate appropriators today rejected the Bush administration's request for flexibility in how it spends money allocated for the war against Iraq.
The Defense Department's management of its business systems modernization program hasn't improved much since last year, according to the General Accounting Office.
U.S. military officials said today that they are investigating the origin of an Iraqi cruise missile that damaged a seaside shopping mall in Kuwait City yesterday.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today warned Syria and Iran to stay out of the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
The ongoing search by U.S. and allied forces for Saddam Hussein's remaining arsenal of Scud missiles is not limited to western Iraq, a hotbed of missile firings during the 1991 Gulf War, according to a senior U.S. Central Command official.
Richard Perle has resigned as chairman of the Defense Policy Board, the Pentagon announced today.
Attacks by Iraqi paramilitary forces against U.S. and coalition supply lines have not led to the re-shifting of combat troops to protect those supplies, according to senior Defense Department officials.
Global Positioning System jammers allegedly sold by Russia to Iraq are so far not affecting the U.S. and allied air campaign against Saddam Hussein's regime, according to a senior Pentagon official.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers said today that Saddam Hussein is a legitimate target in the U.S. war with Iraq.
The Defense Department yesterday began implementing a process mandated by Congress that would enable companies, individuals or defense agencies to challenge existing DOD programs.
Lockheed Martin's board of directors has nominated former supreme allied commander-Europe and retired Air Force Gen. Joseph Ralston to its board, the company announced today.
The Defense Department has awarded Marietta, GA-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics a $4 billion contract to build 60 C-130J aircraft, DOD announced today.
Lockheed Martin announced yesterday it has bought the component of Carlsbad, CA-based Leigh Aerosystems that makes GPS-based guidance and targeting systems for "dumb" bombs.
RESTON, VA -- The U.S. disagreement with France and Germany on whether to invade Iraq is affecting the Defense Department's discussions with the two European countries on military procurement cooperation, a senior DOD official said today.
The military buildup in the Persian Gulf region has once again prompted Air Combat Command to cancel its largest regularly held training exercise, set to take place later this month.
U.S. military officials are confident that the process of picking targets in an anticipated war against Iraq will not take as long as in previous conflicts.
Taiwan needs to increase its spending on defense, according to the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council.
The Defense Department earlier this month began a high-level push to streamline its acquisition regulations.