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The move by Lockheed Martin and General Motors to come together and explore ways to join on expanding defense production capacity was largely done independently of direct Pentagon involvement.

Lawmakers appear set to replace special operations aircraft lost in the daring rescue of a U.S. Air Force pilot in Iran.

Florida-based Starfighters Space is seeing an uptick in U.S. defense interest in hypersonic defense testing.

Senate authorizers agreed with their House counterparts to end the Space Development Agency and Space Rapid Capabilities Office as separate entities under the U.S. Space Force.

The Senate Armed Services Committee on June 11 approved its version of the 2027 defense policy bill with new restrictions on defense industry.

The House Appropriations Committee on June 10 released its take on the fiscal 2027 defense spending bill, providing a slight cut to the Pentagon’s request.

German advanced air mobility startup ERC System has unveiled a new heavy-lift cargo drone aimed at military resupply and critical logistics missions.

The U.S. military was poised to respond to Iranian forces on June 9 following the downing of a U.S. Army attack helicopter and rescue mission.

The Trump administration’s ploy to get the fiscal 2027 defense budget to $1.5 trillion is increasingly unlikely on Capitol Hill.

Palladyne AI has signed an exclusive agreement to manufacture and market IAI’s Harpy, Harop and Mini Harpy loitering munitions to the U.S. Defense Department.

The House Armed Services Committee early June 5 gave its approval to the Pentagon’s base $1.15 trillion defense topline request in its annual marathon markup.

The Pentagon’s strategy to acquire 340,000 drones by the end of next year requires industry to scale production up while driving prices down.

Spurred by unprecedented U.S. and international demand for missiles, Honeywell Aerospace is “aggressively expanding capacity” to boost supply of key components.

The DOD is proposing broad cuts to its global cooperation funding in its fiscal 2027 budget request to align with Trump's “America First” focus.

The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.

Congressional Republicans have a self-imposed deadline of late July to finish a new reconciliation bill.

The Space Development Agency appears closer to disassembly than ever before.

The U.S. Air Force’s B-1B swept-wing bomber has a new lease on life following its planned retirement.

Pentagon seeks advanced manufacturing solutions to address gaps in supersonic aircraft production and sustainment while preparing for next-generation programs.

The U.S. FY27 defense budget request aims to outspend the next 17 nations combined amid global military spending surges.

In a rare move, U.S. military leaders are proactively reversing or reconsidering spending decisions made only two months ago.

Pyka expands into defense with Dropship cargo UAV designed for contested logistics and ISR missions.

One theme united the first-quarter analyst calls by the publicly traded electric air taxi startups: the defense market.

Merlin is expanding its autonomous flight platform into the commercial cargo market with the launch of a new product line called Condor.

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance program is expanding to include the acquisition of recoverable “bomber” types of uncrewed aircraft systems.