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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…