First Anduril Satellite On Orbit Is For Space Domain Awareness
Anduril Industries‘ first satellite on orbit, launched in July, is designed to demonstrate space domain awareness missions, the company said on Tuesday. “You can’t fight in space if you can’t […]
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Top House Defense Appropriator Calvert Officially Wins Reelection Bid
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), House Republicans’ top defense appropriator, has officially won his reelection bid. Calvert was running for a redistricted seat against fellow House Republican Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), […]
No Path To Defense Reconciliation, Including GOP’s $350 Billion, Coons Says
Top Senate Democrats threw cold water on any GOP plans for a $350 billion fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill, or any defense reconciliation bill, before a new Congress is sworn in […]
Industry Groups ‘Urge’ Congress To Block Stock Buyback Restriction From Final FY ‘27 NDAA
More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]
Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave
Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]
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Lockheed Tests New GD-Built Rocket Motor For GMLRS, On Track For Qualification In 2027
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday said it recently completed the first test of a new General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems [GD]-built solid rocket motor (SRM) for its Guided Multiple […]
Navy/USMC
Seasats and Neros Partner To Deploy FPV Drones From USVs
Unmanned surface vessel (USV) developer Seasats and unmanned aircraft manufacturer Neros on Tuesday announced a partnership to enable launching Neros’ First-Person View (FPV) drones from Seasats’ USVs. The partnership is […]
Air Force
Hivemind Enabled Drone Teaming for USAF CCA Last Month, Shield AI Says
Shield AI’s Hivemind recently enabled manned-unmanned teaming and, in a separate test, drone teaming for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the company said on Monday. The […]
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Lockheed Martin Invests $420 Million To Expand Missile Operations In Arkansas
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is investing $420 million in capital to expand missile production facilities in Camden, Ark., the state’s economic development authority said this week. The investment will expand production […]
Space
Bridenstine: First Quantum Space Delivery ‘Will Be Well Ahead’ Of 2031 First Task Order Due Date Under Andromeda
Rockville, Md.-based Quantum Space believes its satellites will be ready for U.S. Space Force low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit (GEO) maneuvers and rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) several years […]
Commentary
South Korea’s Hypersonic Trade-Off
By Ju Hyung Kim, Defense Opinion Writer South Korea’s recent test flight of its first domestically produced hypersonic weapon represents another milestone in the country’s growing defense industrial capacity. Nonetheless, […]
The ‘Warfighting Acquisition System’ and What it Means for Weapons Development
By Paul Maguire, Defense Opinion Writer. For decades, the Department of Defense has operated on a model that assumes time is an ally. The reality of 2026 and the array […]
Iran Conflict Reaffirms Need for More Aircraft Carriers
By Steven Willis, Defense Opinion Writer The most important naval lesson emerging from the ongoing conflict with Iran is the continuing value of aircraft carriers and their embarked air wings […]
The Pentagon’s AI Acceleration Challenge
By Zhenia Klevitsky, Defense Opinion Writer The Department of Defense’s race to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) has entered a new phase. The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allocated significant […]
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Think you know your World War II history? Put your knowledge to the ultimate test and find out if you can identify history’s most iconic quotes and battlefield decisions in […]
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