Defense Watch: Air, Space & Cyber, Poland Loans, Argentina FMS
Air, Space & Cyber. From Sept. 14-16, this year’s annual Air, Space & Cyber conference sponsored by the Air and Space Forces Association will feature addresses by Air Force Secretary […]
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House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]
Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort
Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]
Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests
The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]
U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says
The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]
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Official: Army Eyes ‘Very Aggressive’ Plan For New Tracked Howitzer, May Pick Winner By July 2027
The Army is planning a “very aggressive” effort to move out on its new tracked howitzer modernization effort in the first of half 2027, a lead official has said, with […]
Navy/USMC
Leidos MUSVs Successfully Operated With Navy At RIMPAC, Carrier Strike Group
Two Leidos [LDOS] Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) built for Navy experimental testing were successfully used this summer with the Navy at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 exercise […]
Air Force
USAF Forecasts Big Dollar Demand In Next Decade for F-15EXs
The U.S. Air Force is projecting a big dollar demand in the next decade for the service’s F-15EX Eagle II fighter by Boeing [BA] and for modifications to existing F-15s […]
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Defense Startup Covenant Opens Dallas Site To Build Thousands Of Anthem Low-Cost Missiles
Defense startup Covenant is opening a facility in Dallas on Wednesday to start building thousands of its new Anthem low-cost, long-range missiles, with deliveries to begin later this year to […]
Space
Pentagon Wants AI System to Understand and Predict Space Threats
The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for domestic and foreign company proposals for an artificial intelligence (AI) system to understand and predict space threats. “Today’s space […]
Commentary
Small Businesses Struggle to Contribute to National Defense
By Nancy Langer, Defense Opinion Writer Whenever I was in a tight spot in a war zone I always thought, “why don’t I have a gun?” As a humanitarian I […]
Why Brussels’ Spectrum Move is About More than Satellites
By Jean-Francois Morizur, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writer. European Commission leaders recently said they want to reserve two-thirds of a coveted spectrum band for operators working within the EU. This is a proposal, and […]
Human Judgment is the Artificial Intelligence Edge
By Jonathan Aberman, Defense Opinion Writer. The Department of Defense (DoD) is moving fast on artificial intelligence (AI). Very fast. With $13.4 billion requested for AI and autonomous systems in fiscal year […]
Fix the Jones Act—Don’t Scuttle It
By Steven Wills, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writer. The maritime legislation commonly known as the Jones Act of 1920 requires vessels moving goods between U.S. ports to be U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, and U.S.-crewed. Critics […]
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U.S. Military Operations in the Middle East / Iran
From the Strait of Hormuz to underground bunkers, U.S. military operations in the Middle East have shaped modern warfare — but how well do you really know them? Test your […]
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