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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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 […]
Appropriators Fund More Multi-Years For Munitions, But Not All Of DoD’s ‘Very Late’ Request
The final fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill approves eight critical munitions for multi-year contracts, while the list does not cover the entirety of a larger request proposed by the […]
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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 of the Sentinel A4 radar for the Army’s Sentinel A4 air and […]
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
Mobile And Mid-Range Targets An Issue For USAF, Targeting Planner Says
Defense analysts have said that insufficient attention to fielded forces’ input in the determination of military service requirements has been a chronic problem for the Defense Department, one example of […]
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York Space Systems Goes Public In $629M IPO To Fund ‘Proliferation At Scale’
York Space Systems raised $629 million in an upsized initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, which CEO Dirk Wallinger says will enable the company to manufacturer satellites “to meet large proliferation […]
Space
Space Systems Command Examining Future Spaceport Development Program
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) at Kirtland AFB, N.M., is gathering industry input on a possible Spaceport Development Program (SDP). An SDP indefinite-delivery, […]
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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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