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I came to Washington in March 1977 as an intern for investigative columnist Jack Anderson and stayed. Started covering defense for Bloomberg in late 1997.
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Colleague R Tiron breaks latest Iran war costs.(so others can chase) Slightly more than CBO's estimate this week.
Breaking: Central Command told Congress that the Iran operations have cost $43.6 billion as of Sept. 3 and assessments of equipment losses and base damage are going to increase that number.
New from DoDIG:The US fired so many munitions at Iranian targets during the first few months of Operation Epic Fury that it “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls,” Pentagon officials acknowledged to the Defense Department’s independent watchdog bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Praise the co-pilot and question why the press-hostile Hegseth camp actually declassified footage. Had another outlet received and used the footage w/o DoD blessing the Rapid Response Twitter feed would have gone ballistic and demanded DOJ action:
cnn.com/2026/09/13/politics/…
Chilling Nyt article but seems those polygraphs didnt prevent WPost from getting access to an 8/14 classified SecDef orders book :). DoD's media-free Pentagon world is not working :) Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/po…
Tillis cast the deciding vote for the 2025 50-50 Hegseth tie Vance broke despite doubts. Now this: Inside Congress Live share.google/xAAmbfOpjfljV3J…
Good to see trade press chase:
The cost of the Lockheed Martin F-35 program — already the most expensive in US history — has risen by about $51 billion, or about 10%, since late 2023 because of software, readiness, spare parts and engine power improvements bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Scoop by BN BGOV on the MV-75 Helicopter : The US Army is asking Congress to allow for the shift of $350 million to prevent a stop-work order and as many as 5,000 layoffs on the Bell Textron Inc.‘s new long-range assault helicopter. Based on an 8/18 reprogramming.
We break: The US Navy’s attack submarines have been undermined by a shortage of dry-dock space that contribute to maintenance delays of as long as four years, costing the service about $3.4 billion over the last decade, a GAO report found bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Just it: The effectiveness of the US Navy’s attack submarines has been undermined by a shortage of dry-dock space that contribute to maintenance delays of as long as four years, costing the service about $3.4 billion over the last decade, according to a new congressional audit.
We break: The cost of the Lockheed Martin F-35 program — already the most expensive in US history — has risen by about $51 billion, or about 10%, since late 2023 because of software, readiness, spare parts and engine power improvements bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Another snub of a Black servicemember who should have been awrded the MoH decades ago;
Check out this article: cnn.com/2026/08/20/politics/…
Some progress on AF One: Boeing is making “steady progress” replacing cracked metal structures inside its two Air Force One presidential transport jets, a major retrofit that must be finished before targeted delivery in mid-2028, the US Air Force said bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Long, long ProPublica story on fiasco we reported 4/27 and early June + what DoDIG reported after. But good inside detail on the failures: General Dynamics Failed to Build Artillery Shells for the Army — ProPublica share.google/NCG2xNI750SN86p…
We break:
Democratic lawmakers are pushing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain deep cuts to the Pentagon’s weapons testing office and to restore decades worth of unclassified weapons assessments that were removed from a public website bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
From DoD IG: A warning on Pacom facilities:
US military facilities across the Pacific are in a worrying state of decay, the Pentagon inspector general warned, raising concerns about bases that are critical to deterring China bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
For Golden Dome followers: The Pentagon opened an online portal for industry to submit ideas for the $185 billion Golden Dome program, aiming to shake up traditional defense procurement bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Just in: The DoD's Golden Dome office has a new ``portal'' for industry input and participation: hub.goldendome.mil/gateway