Pentagon delays release of disputed cloud proposal
The Pentagon says it is still working on a final request for proposals for a multibillion-dollar cloud contract. Once it’s released, companies may challenge its...
Pentagon defends plans for cloud contract that rivals call a lock for Amazon
In a report demanded by Congress, the Defense Department defended its planned winner-take-all award for a cloud-computing contract. An alliance of tech companies says an...
Pentagon memo by ex-Boeing exec stripped of ‘Star Wars’ references
Former Boeing senior vice president Pat Shanahan, now a deputy defense secretary, apparently discovered that the Pentagon is not the place to sneak Star Wars...
SpaceX is dealt blow as secret military satellite goes missing
The second-stage booster section of the Falcon 9 failed, said a U.S. official and two congressional aides familiar with the launch. The satellite was lost,...
SpaceX military satellite mission may have failed
Officials familiar with the launch said that the second-stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster rocket failed. The satellite was lost, one said, and the other...
Patrick Shanahan, Pentagon’s No. 2, sets up alert system on his ex-employer Boeing
The new deputy defense secretary has set up an alert system to insulate himself from decisions affecting Boeing, where he rose to senior vice president...
U.S. could buy 2 Boeing 747s once slated for Russia as next Air Force One jets
The U.S. Air Force reportedly is in talks to buy two 747-8 jetliners that were originally bound for Russia’s now defunct Transaero Airlines. The jets...