Spotlight On Defense

The White House announced new executive actions Monday to strengthen U.S. manufacturing, including $300 million in funding from the Departments of Defense, Energy and Agriculture, and NASA.

President Obama says the White House is bracing for a possible doomsday scenario if hackers can successfully penetrate government and business computer systems, FOX Business has learned.

None of the leading candidates in the race for the White House has ever served in the military yet that person will be tasked with finding the right Defense Secretary to keep the U.S. safe while also running the nation’s $610 billion defense budget.  

The leading GOP candidates detail how they would deal with one of the world's most notorious and feared world leaders Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

Hoping for a manufacturing comeback, the White House will announce two more hubs in an effort to spur job creation and revitalize the sector in the U.S.

A group of hackers kicked off a cyber operation that targets high-profile American institutions, including government agencies and dozens of banks.

As part of an overall force reduction due to federal budget constraints, the U.S. military has been forced to cut members. Here’s what you need to know about the Reduction in Force.

Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corp. has won a major contract to build a new combat vehicle to replace a large share of the military's Humvee troop carriers.

Black Mercedes-Benz R-Class SUVs rolled down the AM General assembly line Tuesday interspersed with white MV-1 wheelchair-accessible vans as workers began producing vehicles for the German automaker, a scene company officials believe is a sign of hope for the northern Indiana auto plant where Hummer H2s once were made.

A couple from Georgia who filed a lawsuit that blew the whistle on wrongdoing by a longtime U.S. Navy employee and Navy contractors has agreed to settle for $90,000, and a federal judge in Rhode Island has dismissed the long-running case.

A Shell Oil icebreaker is heading for a showdown with environmental activists dangling from Portland, Oregon's tallest bridge.

More than 60 South Koreans, including two former navy chiefs of staff, have been indicted in an investigation into alleged corruption associated with numerous defense procurement projects, prosecutors said Wednesday.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ban on government contractors donating money to federal candidates or political parties, a prohibition that has been on the books for 70 years.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday said he's proposing that the state issue $87 million in bonds to help Lockheed Martin land a defense contract for its south Arkansas facility.

The Italian navy has placed a 3.5 billion euro ($3.9 billion) order for six patrol boats capable of high seas rescues and a support ship as part of a program to upgrade its fleet.

A retired Army colonel has pleaded guilty to negotiating his post-military employment with a helicopter company that did business with the Defense Department office he managed.

The secretary of the Navy has reprimanded three rear admirals in a case linked to a massive bribery scandal, but they won't face criminal charges.

Communications and information technology company Harris is buying Exelis in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $4.75 billion.

A former senior Defense Department employee was arrested Tuesday on allegations he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for helping a Malaysian defense contractor, in one of the Navy's worst corruption cases.

A Maryland construction company has admitted to orchestrating phony partnerships to get millions in District of Columbia government contracts and agreed to pay a $2 million fine, ending a two-year fraud investigation.