U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

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.

Navy accelerates Terminal Stage Interceptor development, seeking industry self-funding and modular designs to rapidly replace Standard Missile.

The slow decision to move ahead on a future fighter is putting pressure on the F-35 program to perform sustainment.

NASA is in the early stage of setting up a headquarters-level office to oversee launch service procurements agencywide, including rideshares.

Venture capital investment in defense tech is booming, but as with other sectors that have seen such booms, there will be some big winners and many losers.

A Pentagon-level organization is being created to fast-track prototypes for defeating uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) with airborne lasers, continuous wave lasers and high-power microwaves.

The new U.S. National Security Science and Technology (S&T) strategy report identifies space as one of the top three areas it needs to dominate the battlefield, alongside air superiority and long-range strike.

The U.S. Space Force is bringing in five satellite builders to develop a new orbital mesh network.

The Pentagon is continuing to expand its use of long-term framework agreements with companies to expand production of in-demand munitions.

For Rocket Lab, defense is now most definitely not a side quest.