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An experimental operations unit to test and evaluate the first and future increments of Collaborative Combat Aircraft has officially been stood up at Nellis Air Force Base, NV, according to a service ...

The June 4, 2025 Defense Department inspector general's report determines "whether the actions taken by DOD Components to identify, respond to, and mitigate vulnerabilities impacting Ivanti Connect ...

The February 2024 Defense Science Board report -- released April 11, 2025 -- "examines the current defense industrial base (DIB), considering current economic and security pressures, as well as events ...

It’s the caption of a military cartoon that Robert Behler, the Pentagon's former chief weapons tester, says once hung outside his office -- depicting a World War I soldier preparing to throw a hand ...

The Pentagon has quietly canceled a long-anticipated industry engagement on space-based missile interceptors, dealing another setback to the Trump administration's push to rapidly launch the most ...

With China outpacing the United States in industrial capacity, the Pentagon must take a broader approach to building the defense production base needed to counter Beijing, according to a new report ...

Though technology and artificial intelligence adoption can be particularly difficult for the Navy -- due to ships being away at sea, difficulty obtaining data rights and a lack of connection between ...

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said today that modifying a Qatari jet to serve as Air Force One would likely cost "less than $400 million," despite some experts positing it could cost upwards of $1 ...

The Army must create more dialogue with the manufacturers of drones that are being used in current global warfare, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told lawmakers today. Driscoll, along with Chief of Staff ...

The Space Force awarded BAE Systems a $1.2 billion contract for the second slate of Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking satellites, Space Systems Command announced today. BAE will build 10 ...

The defense bill, released by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), differs from the amounts supported by the House in several areas, though it would authorize the same amount ...