Follow us on social

google cta

Military Industrial Complex

Iron Dome
Military Industrial Complex

Israel’s arms exports are surging. Aid from Washington is helping.

As frustration over its conduct grows, weapons sales might help Tel Aviv dodge accountability

Half of new Pentagon advisory board works for military industry
QiOSK

Half of new Pentagon advisory board works for military industry

Among the new members are a former senator now employed by Saudi Arabia and a VC with large defense investments

Trump Hegseth
QiOSK

Trump’s $88 billion Iran war request is stuffed with pork

The proposal includes hundreds of millions for elevator and memorial repairs — and lawmakers aren’t buying it

​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay
Military Industrial Complex

​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay

Taxpayers are now contending with the crashing “bow wave” of defense spending that started growing around the turn of the century while simultaneously creating a new one

F-35
QiOSK

Turns out F-35 is fully mission capable only some of the time

A new GAO report finds the fighter jet’s sustainment problems have come home to roost

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
QiOSK

Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry

PE-backed defense firms are less stable, more costly for taxpayers