DoD Selects 25 Vendors To Compete In First Round Of Drone Dominance Program
The Defense Department on Tuesday said it has selected 25 companies to compete in the first phase of its program to quickly acquire low-cost, one-way attack unmanned aircraft systems while […]
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House May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE
The House may vote Tuesday on a fiscal 2026 spending package passed by the Senate late last Friday, as Democratic legislators push for measures to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Pentagon Set For Temporary Weekend Shutdown, As Senate Votes On Final Spending Deal
While the Senate will vote Friday night on a spending deal that includes final fiscal year 2026 defense appropriations, the Pentagon is set to have a temporary lapse in funding […]
Houses Passes Final $839 Billion FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill, Heads To The Senate
The House on Thursday evening voted 341 to 88 to pass the final $839 billion fiscal year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill. The measure was part of a three-bill “minibus” spending […]
Appropriators Restore Funding For Several Of Army’s Planned Cuts, Rebuke JLTV Decision
Congressional appropriators have restored funding in the final fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill for several of the programs the Army planned to cancel as part of its new transformation […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes First Operational Test Phase For A4 Radar
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it has completed the first phase of Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) of the Sentinel A4 radar for the Army’s Sentinel A4 air […]
Navy/USMC
HELIOS Shipboard Laser System Successfully Tested In Counter-UAS Uses
The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-developed HELIOS shipboard laser system was successfully tested at sea against four drones, the company said on Thursday. HELIOS had struggled to get to its full 60-plus […]
Air Force
USAF Heralds “Rusty Dagger” Test As “Critical Milestone” In Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
Last month, the U.S. Air Force conducted an Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) test of the “Rusty Dagger” cruise missile by Zone 5 Technologies. The test on the Eglin Test […]
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Drone Autonomy Company Swarmer Files To Go Public
Swarmer, a software company developing autonomy solutions to enable drones to collaborate and operate in swarms, on Monday registered to go public on the Nasdaq. The number of shares and […]
Space
Varda Space Capsule Launched In November Successfully Returns To Earth
A satellite equipped with a Navy payload that was launched in November 2025 successfully returned to Earth in January, marking the first time Varda Space Industries has used its own […]
Commentary
The Value of the V-22 in a Dangerous World
By Col. Wes Spaid (USMC, ret.), Defense Opinion Writer. As global threats intensify—from China’s coercion in the Indo-Pacific to instability across the Southern Hemisphere—the United States must safeguard a capability […]
A More Resilient Approach to Satellite Communications for the Military
By Bill Milroy, Defense Opinion Writer. Space-based communications are now as fundamental to military operations as fuel and logistics. Warfighters expect assured connectivity for command and control, intelligence and real-time […]
Commercial Equipment is Reshaping the Battlefield
By Ryan Gury, Defense Opinion Writer. In Ukraine, a seismic shift is underway. Not only in the new weapons being deployed, but in the blurring of the line between consumer […]
Restoring U.S. Industrial Agility: Nurturing Domestic UAV Supply Chains
By Jim Will, Defense Opinion Writer. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) illustrate the risk of globally dispersed electronics supply chains. But they also offer an opportunity for the U.S. to reimagine World […]
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