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December 10, 2025
Pentagon taps more than 1,000 companies that could work on Golden Dome
Companies such as BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, L3Harris and General Atomics are among the more than 1,000 firms the Pentagon has selected to potentially work on its Golden Dome missile defense shield program, or other projects. The Missile Defense…
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December 5, 2025
Pentagon seeks to acquire, rapidly field over 300,000 small drones
On Tuesday, the Pentagon released an open call to industry to rapidly obtain and deploy over 300,000 small one-way-attack drones…
November 21, 2025
The Commercial Aerospace Profit Problem
The financial performance of the commercial aerospace value chain has rebounded. While that sounds like a reason to cheer, the…
November 7, 2025
Mapping the future of direct-to-device
The direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications sector has reached a pivotal moment as technology collides with the geopolitical realities of expanding…
November 5th, 2025
US Space Force to Use Three Weapons To Jam Chinese Satellites Via Remote Control
The US military is close to fielding two new weapons designed to temporally jam Chinese and Russian intelligence, surveillance and…
October 31, 2025
Trump backs US nuclear submarine deal for Australia
U.S. President Donald Trump guaranteed the country’s commitment to providing nuclear submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS agreement…
October 28, 2025
Boeing Has Started Working on a 737 MAX Replacement
Boeing is planning a new single-aisle airplane that would succeed the 737 MAX, according to people familiar with the matter,…
October 22, 2025
Disaster Recovery Is Big Business
Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to…
October 17, 2025
The US Is Racing to Rebuild Its Submarine Power Before China Catches Up
China’s Victory Day parade in September showed off a new, uncrewed submarine the size of a semi-truck — meant to…
October 13, 2025
Boeing, Airbus dismiss talk of imminent new jet designs
Executives from Boeing, opens new tab and Airbus, opens new tab dampened speculation of imminent decisions to replace their best-selling…
October 9, 2025
CENTCOM forms task force to speed delivery of drones, tech to troops
U.S. Central Command announced a new task force Tuesday that it hopes will speed up and simplify the process of…
October 7, 2025
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky secures about $11 billion US navy contract
Lockheed Martin said on Friday its subsidiary, Sikorsky, has secured a nearly $11 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to…
October 3, 2025
A&D has a $75 billion inventory problem
Ever feel like your inventory has been out of control over the past few years? You’re not alone. The industry…
September 30, 2025
First F-47 now being built, will fly in 2028: US Air Force chief
The Air Force’s first F-47 fighter is now being built by Boeing, and the advanced jet is expected to have…
September 26, 2025
US reinterprets arms control pact to ease military drone exports
The United States can export "Reaper"-style and other advanced military drones more easily following a reinterpretation of its export control…
September 23, 2025
Small US defense stocks soar on rush for next-gen battlefield tech
Smaller U.S. defense firms have emerged as standout performers on Wall Street this year, fueled by surging demand for low-cost,…
September 12, 2025
Turning Defense Reform Into Battlefield Advantage
In Washington, it is easy to believe that the passage of legislation marks the finish line. In reality, it is…
September 9, 2025
AI-Powered Drone Swarms Have Now Entered the Battlefield
On a recent evening, a trio of Ukrainian drones flew under the cover of darkness to a Russian position and…
September 2, 2025
Airbus achieves autonomous helicopter flight using Shield AI tech
Airbus US Space & Defense has conducted an autonomous flight of the H145 helicopter, employing Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software…
August 29, 2025
Pentagon readies new battery strategy amid growing drone demands
Military use of drones for air, land, and sea is booming—and so is the need to power them. So the…
August 27, 2025
ICE Turns to Disaster-Relief Firms to Build Detention Camps
The federal government has awarded a contract to build and operate a sprawling tent camp at Fort Bliss, an Army…
August 18, 2025
Faster Capabilities For Warfighters With Dual Defense Acquisition
As the Second Trump Administration prepares the defining document for defense strategy, its National Defense Strategy, there is no problem…
August 15, 2025
Japan closes in on biggest ever defense export with frigate selection
Japan has struggled to export cutting-edge defense equipment. However, past disappointments have been turned on their head after Japan won…
August 12, 2025
Army to grow air defense force by 30%
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Army is planning to grow its air and missile defense force by 30%, according to…
August 7, 2025
NATO sends warships to patrol Arctic waters
MILAN — NATO has deployed a maritime task group made up of Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, and German vessels to boost…
August 4, 2025
Titans, Trailblazers, and Translators: Forging a Unified Defense Industrial Paradigm
A foundational, and increasingly dangerous, tension defines the American defense enterprise. It is a narrative that pits industrial mass against…
July 31, 2025
Burgeoning Hedge Strategy Amplifies Commercial Technology In Defense
The President’s defense budget, released in June, embraces a vision of balancing traditional platforms with new digital technologies—a “Hedge Strategy”—at…
July 30, 2025
Windage Operating Partner Bradley Hansell has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security
We are proud to share that former Windage Operating Partner Bradley Hansell has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as…
July 29, 2025
DOD Seeks to Deliver Innovative Capability at Speed, Scale
The Defense Department is at a critical juncture. It must transform how it delivers integrated capabilities to warfighters with speed,…
July 24, 2025
Christian Brose on the Coming Revolution in Military Tech
Americans cheered earlier this summer when Ukraine managed to sneak inexpensive drones deep into Russia and use them to destroy…
July 21, 2025
Pentagon Official at Center of Weapons Pause on Ukraine Wants U.S. to Focus on China
WASHINGTON—Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s top policy official, wants to refocus the U.S. military on countering China. That has put him…
July 18, 2025
How China’s Military Is Flexing Its Power in the Pacific
HONG KONG—China’s military is extending its reach deeper into the Pacific, sending ships and aircraft into new territory in a…
July 15, 2025
Could NASA Function Without Elon Musk?
Of all the threats that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk hurled at one another as their alliance fell apart,…
July 11, 2025
Can AI and Drones Replace Soldiers and Jets?
When Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia last month and damaged strategic bombers once considered untouchable, it sent shock waves…
July 8, 2025
DOD creating joint interagency counter-drone task force
The Department of Defense is standing up a joint interagency task force to tackle drone threats, according to a senior…
July 3, 2025
NATO Aims to Boost Defenses Against Drones, Hacking and Sabotage
Ukraine’s drone strike on parked Russian bombers and Israel’s destruction of Iranian air defenses sound a warning for NATO countries:…
July 1, 2025
Aerospace Was Ready to Take Off. Then Tariffs Landed.
The captains of the aerospace industry will gather in Paris next week for the marquee aircraft show and, while order…
June 27, 2025
Honeywell Open to Acquisitions in Europe as Defense Ramps Up
Honeywell is open to acquiring more companies in Europe to beef up its portfolio as the region ramps up its…
June 24, 2025
Trump Officials Weighed Broader China Tech Restrictions Ahead of Trade Talks
Commerce Department officials weighed new export limits on critical technology going to China ahead of recent trade talks in London,…
June 20, 2025
NATO chief calls for five times more air defenses increase to deter Russia
BELFAST — NATO needs a drastic uplift in its air and missile defense capabilities if the alliance is to ward…
June 18, 2025
More AUKUS subs, drones and munitions: UK strategic review aims for ‘warfighting readiness’
BELFAST — The UK is set to release an ambitious defense review today, reorienting its armed forces toward “warfighting readiness”…
June 16, 2025
Allies are more than customers of America’s defense industrial base. They can help rebuild it
Trump administration officials speak often of the responsibility of American allies and partners to do more for the common defense.…
June 13, 2025
America Let Its Military-Industrial Might Wither. China’s Is Booming
Adapting to the dual challenge of China’s military and its economy has been a focus of U.S. administrations for years.…
June 10, 2025
‘Lean and mean’: Hegseth releases new memo limiting IT consulting work
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to strictly limit its use of IT consulting and management…
June 5, 2025
Maintenance costs will spike as militaries add advanced planes: Report
The costs of maintaining, repairing and overhauling military aircraft is likely to spike worldwide in years to come as advanced…
June 2, 2025
Navy wants AI tools to boost data processing, resource distribution
The Navy is working with the Defense Innovation Unit to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to process the vast…
May 28, 2025
Trump estimates Golden Dome will cost $175B over 3 years
In an Oval Office reveal Tuesday, flanked by U.S. military generals and Republican senators, President Donald Trump offered new details…
May 22, 2025
Army Experiment Brings Military Closer to Joint All-Domain Command, Control Goal
ADELPHI, Maryland — In a nondescript room at an Army Research Laboratory facility just outside Washington, D.C., a small group…
May 19, 2025
Hegseth champions special operations as the force for today’s threats
TAMPA, Fla. – The secretary of defense championed special operations forces as a key leader in the Pentagon’s priorities of…
May 16, 2025
Space Force weighs options for boosting launch resiliency, capacity
The Space Force is eyeing options to increase its launch capacity and resiliency as demand for U.S. national security and…
May 13, 2025
The World’s Top Jet Fighter Is About to Get More Expensive
The F-35 is a symbol of U.S. military and technological might. It is also reliant for more than 80 parts…
May 8, 2025
Amazon’s Project Kuiper partners with L3Harris to develop military communication solutions
WASHINGTON — Amazon’s satellite internet company, Project Kuiper, is forging ties with the defense sector, signaling a strategic push beyond…
May 6, 2025
Space Force embraces commercial tech in major overhaul of surveillance satellite program
WASHINGTON — In a significant departure from traditional defense procurement practices, the U.S. Space Force is moving to replace its…
May 1, 2025
The long, slow death of defense primes. Or is it?
For several years, the market, commentators, and the public have debated the slow decline of major defense primes. These companies…
April 28, 2025
Lockheed wants to turn F-35 into a ‘Ferrari’ with sixth-gen tech
Lockheed Martin plans to fold technologies it developed in its unsuccessful bid for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance…
April 23, 2025
Space Force gets head start on Trump’s commercial buying push
A sweeping Space Force acquisition review geared toward finding avenues for more commercial integration appears to have given the service…
April 21, 2025
Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
President Donald Trump on April 9 signed an executive order aimed at revitalizing an American shipbuilding industry that has fallen…
April 17, 2025
New Executive Orders Seek to Improve Acquisition in the Defense Industrial Base
President Donald Trump on April 9, 2025, signed three executive orders (EOs) focused on accelerating defense procurement, improving foreign defense…
April 15, 2025
New Defense Department experimentation series targets data integration
The Pentagon’s Chief Data and AI Office has launched a new series of experiments focused on improving data integration to…
April 10, 2025
US Army punches the gas on Next-Gen Command-and-Control
Coming out of an entire career in the operational Army, Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis, now the director of the Army’s…
March 8, 2025
Trump pitches $1 trillion defense budget
President Donald Trump said his administration is preparing to approve a defense budget “in the vicinity” of $1 trillion, calling…
March 7, 2025
How U.S. Defense Spending Is Changing Under DOGE Reforms
U.S. defense spending is undergoing a major transformation under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Launched in early 2025, DOGE…
April 3, 2025
Trump Prompts European Calls for a Homegrown Nuclear Umbrella
PARIS—Two weeks after Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron descended 20 stories beneath Paris to send a…
March 31, 2025
Shipyards, military clinics exempted from Pentagon hiring freeze
Defense Department leaders announced shipyards, depots and medical treatment facilities will be exempted from a department-wide hiring freeze because of…
March 27, 2025
Republicans offer defense spending tips after punting on a budget
The Republican leaders of the House and Senate appropriations committees have sent the Pentagon detailed plans for how they think…
March 25, 2025
Boeing wins contract for NGAD fighter jet, dubbed F-47
The Pentagon has awarded the long-awaited contract for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance future fighter jet, known as…
March 20, 2025
How Europe’s Military Stacks Up Against Russia Without U.S. Support
Last month roughly 10,000 NATO troops carried out drills just miles from Ukraine’s border to test a new quick-reaction force…
March 18, 2025
Space Systems Command reviewing expensive legacy programs for possible commercial shift
WASHINGTON — The Space Force’s primary acquisition command is reviewing a number of its high-dollar legacy programs to consider whether…
March 14, 2025
Additional defense funds in reconciliation bill ‘may not be enough’: SASC chairman
WASHINGTON — With the Pentagon increasingly likely to be locked into a yearlong continuing resolution for the first time ever,…
March 12, 2025
Hegseth signs memo pushing forward Software Acquisition Pathway expansion
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials are launching forward with plans to expand the use of the Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) and…