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Congress Needed Pentagon’s Iran Supplemental Request ‘Yesterday,’ HASC’s Wittman Says

A senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said Wednesday that Congress needed the Pentagon’s Iran supplemental funding request “yesterday,” noting the ongoing lack of details from the […]


Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]


HASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Adds More Black Hawks, Chinooks For Army, No Plus-Up For Apaches

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft of the next defense policy bill supports hundreds of millions dollars for the Army to buy additional Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters in […]



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Quiz

Weapons That Changed History

From the medieval longbow to the atomic bomb, this quiz challenges your knowledge of the weapons that forever altered the course of human conflict. Test yourself on the iconic firearms, […]


Army

Army’s R2I Requirement ‘Starts Today,’ Pushing Hackathon Updates To CENTCOM Over Next 30 Days

As the Army pursues its new effort to ensure weapon systems can be linked together into a common and control network regardless of manufacturer, the service’s top acquisition official said […]



Navy/USMC

Oshkosh Confirms Interest In Pursuing Marines’ Potential JLTV Second Sourcing Effort

Oshkosh Defense [OSK] would plan to pursue the Marine Corps’ potential effort to add a second supplier to its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, the company confirmed to Defense […]



Air Force

Air Force To Focus On Less Costly Palletized Missiles For Cargo Aircraft

The near term focus of the Air Force for the service’s Family of Affordable Missiles (FAMM) is on palletized ones (FAMM-P) for cargo aircraft, such as C-17s and C-130s, not […]



Business/Financial

Arxis To Acquire Omnetics Connector And MagCanica For Combined $890 Million

Newly public aerospace and defense component supplier Arxis, Inc. [ARXS] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Omnetics Connector Corp., designer and manufacturer of small connectors for multi-industrial applications, […]



Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]