U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The Defense Department is going shopping in a bid to gain information on everything from loitering attack munitions to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Miller comes from Northrop Grumman, where he was the vice president for engineering in its aeronautics sector for a year.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Defense Department on Nov. 14 issued its latest annual report on UAP from its All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
Space Exploration

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and its allies have yet to reduce reliance on Beijing for materials that are essential to the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The new systems under Replicator 1.2 will be delivered by August 2025.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Hegseth would succeed Lloyd Austin, a retired Army four-star general.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The DIU has maintained its “Blue UAS” program since 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon has historically kept the spaceplane’s capabilities and mission objectives under wraps.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Military spending rose 14% over President Biden’s four-year term to $841.4 billion in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bill signed into law last December.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Most defense programs end up more expensive than planned, but the B-21 is still cheaper than the Air Force expected. Supporters say it is time to buy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta has unveiled its second multi-orbit, on-the-move flat-panel antenna, the Goshawk u8.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
The defense contractor’s revenue and earnings per share in the September quarter both exceeded Wall Street’s consensus estimate.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun met Oct. 30 at the Pentagon.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
European uncrewed aircraft systems developer Tekever is scouting a location for a U.S. site in a global expansion push as it teams up with Droneway.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky has won a contract from the U.S. to build more than 70 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to be exported to Austria, Brazil, Greece, Sweden and Thailand.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The demonstration is intended to show that commercial satellites can connect via laser communications to the PWSA.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Israel says it has finalized the paperwork with the U.S. to facilitate investments in its air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The UAV, already known to the U.S. intelligence community as RA-1, was not visible.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s new F-35 fleet did not meet any of its mission capable targets over the six-year span.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bombers hammered underground Houthi weapons storage locations in Yemen on Oct. 17.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
These domains are some of the pillars that are highlighted in Japan’s Defense White Paper to meet the evolving threat landscape.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Commercial electronics producers, including those in East Asia, could be vital to the U.S. war effort.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The Orbital Test Vehicle will conduct a series of passes that use the drag of the Earth’s atmosphere to allow it to change orbit while limiting its fuel use.
Operations & Safety

By Steve Trimble
The nearly $250 million order follows a deployment of the Roadrunner-M last January for an operational evaluation.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi, Robert Wall
U.S. Space Command pushes for a faster pace to field maneuverable spacecraft to counter on-orbit threats.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion