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Missile defense startup Long Wall has secured Pentagon financial backing to complete flight trials of its Cyclops interceptor.

The Pentagon has agreed to commit to buying 850 more Lockheed Martin F-35s and maintain annual production at 156 aircraft per year over the next decade.

Natilus received $3.5 million from the Pentagon and Air Force to advance its Kona BWB freighter toward a contested logistics demonstration.

The Pentagon and BAE Systems have agreed to scale up production of laser-guided rocket guidance kits that have become critical in the fight against drones.

Defense companies are increasingly competing on speed—how quickly they can learn, integrate new technologies and deliver usable capabilities.

Will Project Agincourt spur the new U.S. Autonomy Command to great things? Editors discuss the implications of the Pentagon's military autonomy efforts and the broader context of uncrewed systems in modern warfare.

It is easy to see why the Pentagon’s top research and development agency is interested in the idea of passive ranging.

The Defense Department has reached a $22.4 million accord with Voyager Technologies to provide prototypes of next-generation satellite deployment systems for the U.S. Space Force.

The last of the U.S. military’s Cold War-era missile warning satellites got a final dance on orbit as part of a recent exercise before their planned retirement.

A newly released Pentagon report on the development of the E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Center outlines rare good news for a program in development.

UK authorities believe Iran was behind a suspected foiled plot to attack a base housing U.S. Air Force bombers in England last weekend.

Boeing has won the race to develop the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX next-generation combat aircraft, beating Northrop Grumman.

The Pentagon is projecting slight increases in its base budgets over the next five years following a spike in its request for fiscal 2027.

Showing several nuclear-tipped weapons falling squarely on President Donald Trump’s adopted home state of Florida seemed like someone was sending a message.

The U.S. Navy’s new nuclear warhead and reentry body for its Trident II D5 Life Extension missile has passed into the engineering and manufacturing design (EMD) phase, the service announced Sept. 24.

Startup Katalyst Space is teaming with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for a demo to convert and beam power from space to remote locations on Earth.

Congress’ prohibition on share buybacks and the Pentagon’s memo on cost disclosure are likely to discourage potential new defense contractors.

The U.S. Space Force has established its first operational unit dedicated to space-based moving target indication.

The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting an AI-based “Space Threat Intelligence Synthesis Engine” to help it track missiles and other threats in space.

Canada is prepared to join a coalition of pan-European anti-ballistic missile defense system operators led by Ukrainian missile company Fire Point, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on a visit to Ottawa on Sept. 10.

The Pentagon sees exciting progress in several hypersonic programs with the expectation that they will be fielded at scale in the near future.

Gen. Douglas Schiess has received his fourth star and is officially the U.S. Space Force’s third-ever chief of space operations.

Noble Supply and Logistics filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing Pentagon acquisition changes and costly DLA contract reductions.

The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office plans a family of maneuverable hypersonic missiles using varied ranges, boosters and payloads.

Denmark finalized 16 additional F-35As despite Greenland tensions and fire damage to a Danish aircraft.