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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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 […]
Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off
Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]
Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia
As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]
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Official: Army On Track To Meet Goal For Fielding Launched Effects Across The Force By End Of 2026
The Army is on track to complete a Pentagon leadership-directed plan to field launched effects across the force by the end of the year, a lead official has confirmed. Lt. […]
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DIU Awards Three Prototype Contracts For Marine Corps ALPV
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday evening announced on social media that three companies won prototype contracts to support the Autonomous Low Profile Vessel (ALPV) project aimed at helping […]
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USAF Spare Parts Assurance A Three-to-Five-Year Effort
The U.S. Air Force said that spare parts assurance to fill in a $14 billion gap is a three-to-five-year effort. The fiscal 2027 $4.3 billion in critical spare parts requested […]
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Fairbanks Morse Defense Acquires Valve-Maker Truflo Marine
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) on Monday announced it closed on the acquisition of the U.K.-based valve maker Truflo Marine and argued it is strengthening the industrial base for allied navies. […]
Space
Viasat Receives Up to $450 Million Contract for SDN-B Mission Operations Center
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Thursday that it has awarded an up to $450 million contract to Viasat [VSAT] for a Space Data Network-Backbone (SDN-B) Mission […]
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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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