U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Byron Callan
Defense contractors can consider these points to mitigate uncertainties surrounding the incoming Trump administration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
A new decadal survey of future solar and space physics research calls for an increased focus on the Sun and its interactions across the Solar System.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
So far, the U.S. has committed more than $62 billion in military assistance to Ukraine since Joe Biden took office as president in 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Prometheus effort began in 2018 to perform science and tech experiments in the extreme reentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The hybrid-electric, STOL aircraft demonstrated its lower acoustic signature and potential transport uses in distributed military operations during an event.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The CARD report calls on members states to cooperate further.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
The company touts its two-seat demonstrator’s work to validate concepts that are key to planned larger variant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A four-year-old concept to adapt uncrewed aircraft to role-play as adversaries during training missions is back in development after a two-year hiatus.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is under pressure to field two advanced new capabilities by 2035.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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