Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
All Stories By Joe
Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
McCain welcomes US Army modernization plans
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee John McCain on Tuesday hailed the Army’s new modernization plans as “the kind of bold steps that will be necessary to fix a broken system.”
Interview: Joe Billingsley, founder of the Military Cyber Professionals Association
The founder of the Military Cyber Professionals Association discusses the military's challenges attracting and retaining enough skilled people to its cyber billets.
Eyeing Russia, lawmakers aim to boost Army electronic warfare
Worried the U.S. Army is unprepared to take on Russia in Europe, U.S. lawmakers have advanced legislative language to pressure the Pentagon to catch up on electronic warfare, long-range missiles and countering drones.
Thornberry: US needs Space Corps now to counter Russia, China threats
As lawmakers debate a proposal to launch a new military branch dedicated to space, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry said the time for Congress to act is now.
Lawmakers to US Army: If network programs worth $6B are discarded, what’s next?
Lawmakers have roasted U.S. Army officials for abruptly scrapping its acquisition strategy months after submitting its fiscal year 2018 budget without a well-defined alternative.
‘A significantly weaker America’: Major study warns of eroding US military
U.S. military capabilities continued to stand still or erode as world threats proliferated during 2017, a new study from The Heritage Foundation warns.
Senate won’t confirm Trump’s Pentagon nominees until McCain gets Iraq and Afghanistan details
Sen. John McCain says he is refusing to advance President Trump’s nominees to the Pentagon until he is satisfied the administration is communicating its plans for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Pentagon asks Congress to move $416M for missile defense
The Pentagon is asking Congress to reprogram $416 million allocated for various military accounts to pay for missile defense programs as the Trump administrations mulls military responses to North Korea’s recent belligerence.
US lawmakers balk at arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Nigeria
The administration is mulling plans to shift oversight of international non-military firearms sales from the State Department to the Commerce Department. “If Commerce is making the decision, this committee loses all oversight — that is human rights, and other considerations are gone if you don’t have congressional review,” said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Ben Cardin
