Author

Derek Halloran

Defense Correspondent

Derek Halloran covers defense programs and contracts for Pentagon Times, following how the Pentagon buys and fields capability. He writes about program decisions, contract awards and force structure, with every figure traced to its document.

Articles by Derek Halloran

A flag-lined courtyard outside a federal building in gray stone, aides with document folders crossing in soft morning light.

Defense News

Pentagon Posture Review Puts Europe Force Levels Back on the Negotiating Table

Derek Halloran

At a slate-gray recruiting station, a young applicant hands signed papers across a desk to a sergeant first class while a small flag and district map sit between them.

Defense News

Army Hits Fiscal 2026 Recruiting Goal Four Months Early With 61,500 Contracts

Derek Halloran

Nominee testimony at a Senate hearing table, a microphone and water glass before forest-green drapery and flags.

Defense News

Senate Armed Services Panel Hears Pentagon Comptroller Nominee Hurst on 2028 Audit

Derek Halloran

Morning light on shipyard cranes and steel plating as workers in hard hats cross the yard.

Defense News

HII Christens Future USS George M. Neal, Fourth Flight III Destroyer at Ingalls

Derek Halloran

Two maintainers in coveralls walk the flight line at dawn past open hangar doors, tools silhouetted against a low gray sky.

Defense News

GAO: One in Four F-35s Fully Mission Capable as Readiness Falls

Derek Halloran

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Defense News

Lockheed Weapons Contracts Top $1 Billion in May as Pentagon Industrial Push Accelerates

Derek Halloran