U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Boeing’s win of the U.S. Air Force F-47 fighter program may have answered one of the longest-running questions hanging over the aerospace giant.

The Pentagon’s expected low funding request for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX will bankroll designs of the fighter aircraft to completion.

A fleet of land-based Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes could be acquired in fiscal 2026 to backstop the proposed cancellation of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails.

A sixth-generation fighter is on hold because the U.S. Navy’s top civilian official lost confidence in the defense industry’s ability to take on a new program.

The U.S. Air Force’s first Boeing E-7A Wedgetail prototypes are facing delays due to rework early in their builds.

The DOD will not disclose the funding amount or timelines related to turning a gifted Boeing 747-8 from the government of Qatar into an interim Air Force One.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on June 10 offered a few more details on the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense architecture, as Congress is debating how to kick-start funding for the proposal.

The NTSB is setting aside three full days for an investigative hearing into the Jan. 29 mid-air collision of a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near DCA.

The Pentagon is requesting $3.5 billion for its F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance program.

GOP House appropriators are seeking to increase spending for sixth-generation fighters.

Australia has entered a cooperative program with the U.S. for the Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile, paving the way for domestic production capabilities.

Anduril’s valuation soared to $30.5 billion after the high-flying defense technology startup raised $2.5 billion in a Series G round led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

NASA’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget would cancel technology development related to nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion.

The Senate on June 2 confirmed Michael Duffey to be the next head of weapons buying at the Pentagon.

A new acquisition channel has opened to introduce first-person vehicle (FPV) drones and UAS for other domains into the U.S. military inventory.

MIT’s sodium fuel cell; airship testing expands; integrating hydrogen propulsion; and nuclear battery for lunar power.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the first batch of projects under the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience program.

U.S. Navy researchers are surveying industry for airborne vehicles equipped with radio frequency emitters that are tuned to fool the seekers of anti-ship missiles.

The continental U.S. is on the front line of a foreign adversary’s actions against us for the first time since the War of 1812.

Spacecraft manufacturer Apex has developed a new satellite bus that the company says could be used as a space-based interceptor platform.

Senior Pentagon leadership is taking an ax to the office charged with overseeing test and evaluation of its weapon systems.

A Pentagon-funded demonstration is on track next month to launch a series of experimental cargo delivery flights in North Dakota.

Editors discuss the pricey Golden Dome program and how the DOD is rebalancing its spending, cutting back in other areas like Army aviation modernization.

TransDigm has thrived during the seven-year tenure of its outgoing CEO Kevin Stein.

The House of Representatives on May 22 barely passed President Donald Trump’s extensive spending package, which includes a $150 billion plus-up in DOD spending.