U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is surging a major $1 billion tranche of aid to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The American military engages targets first with the longest-range interceptor available—the most effective, but also the most costly, a Pentagon official says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. aircraft and ships took down scores of drones and missiles, including several before they were launched in Yemen, as part of the broad defense of Israel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The full details of the multinational, multilayered defense against the Iranian attack are still kept secret.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft “destroyed a number” of Iranian one-way attack drones used in Tehran’s direct attack on Israel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Space Command has extended invitations to France, Germany and New Zealand to join a high-level collaborative group on military space operations.
Space Symposium

By Tony Osborne
Trudeau's comments emerge after the AUKUS nations revealed they are considering Japan’s accession as a “potential collaborator” in some elements of Pillar Two.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
CEO Steve Isakowitz speaks about the transformation underway at the only U.S. government-backed R&D center committed exclusively to space enterprise.
Space Symposium

By Guy Norris
Exosonic is promoting its recently flown EX-3M Trident subscale uncrewed aircraft system as it seeks additional funding to develop a full-scale version.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. government pressure campaign has yet to produce visible results for Russia to drop alleged plans to eventually launch a co-orbital space weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on April 2 revealed its long-awaited strategy for integrating commercial space capabilities into national defense operations.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. is marshaling unprecedented resources to shore up its chipmaking capabilities. Results thus far are mixed.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the secretary of defense to secure critical minerals from “reliable sources.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

Stephen Perry
Had these transactions happened, the industry today would be almost unrecognizable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Craig Caffrey
Combined spending on procurement and RDT&E will reach 36.6% of overall U.S. defense spending in fiscal 2027, a level not seen since the end of the Cold War.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The company first wants to move projects from high risk to high reward.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin Ventures led a group of 14 investors that raised a $12.5 million seed round investment in Firestorm Labs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government says it welcomes a decision this week by a new Argentinian government to acquire an undisclosed number of used F-16s from Denmark.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Adm. John C. Aquilino, leader of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warns of China’s rapid military buildup and its ability to strike beyond the first island chain.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. autonomous aviation startup Reliable Robotics has announced the receipt of two new contract awards from the Department of Defense and NASA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Aerospace Corporation is immediately relocating its headquarters from El Segundo, California, to Chantilly, Virginia.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
House and Senate appropriators seek to add dozens of aircraft to the Pentagon’s budget in a last-minute plan that needs to pass ahead of the March 22 deadline.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A UK-based startup has begun flight tests of a co-axial, rotary-wing UAS that it hopes to bring to the military market in the next two years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s top leaders on March 19 pressed international partners to surge more aid to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations