Defense Department

As a rebuke, Pentagon ends purchases of Russian-made helicopters

The Defense Department said Wednesday it is canceling plans to buy additional cargo helicopters from the Russian arms export agency that has supplied Syrian President Bashar Assad's military forces with arms and ammunition.

NSA delayed anti-leak software at base where Snowden worked: Officials

The U.S. National Security Agency failed to install the most up-to-date anti-leak software at a site in Hawaii before contractor Edward Snowden...