U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Brian Everstine
The Senate Armed Services Committee on June 11 approved its version of the 2027 defense policy bill with new restrictions on defense industry.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Brian Everstine
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Trump administration’s ploy to get the fiscal 2027 defense budget to $1.5 trillion is increasingly unlikely on Capitol Hill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
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.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Michael Bruno
Spurred by unprecedented U.S. and international demand for missiles, Honeywell Aerospace is “aggressively expanding capacity” to boost supply of key components.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Brian Everstine
Congressional Republicans have a self-imposed deadline of late July to finish a new reconciliation bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency appears closer to disassembly than ever before.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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

By Steve Trimble
Pentagon seeks advanced manufacturing solutions to address gaps in supersonic aircraft production and sustainment while preparing for next-generation programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
The U.S. FY27 defense budget request aims to outspend the next 17 nations combined amid global military spending surges.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
In a rare move, U.S. military leaders are proactively reversing or reconsidering spending decisions made only two months ago.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Pyka expands into defense with Dropship cargo UAV designed for contested logistics and ISR missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
One theme united the first-quarter analyst calls by the publicly traded electric air taxi startups: the defense market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Merlin is expanding its autonomous flight platform into the commercial cargo market with the launch of a new product line called Condor.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance program is expanding to include the acquisition of recoverable “bomber” types of uncrewed aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
More B-21s, longer service lives for B-2s and B-1s, and a possible new bomber type are now in the mix for the U.S. Air Force’s long-range strike fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The National Reconnaissance Office’s proliferated satellite architecture is supporting a new mission area for space-based sensing and targeting.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is reducing its reliance on clandestine contractor aircraft as military operations ramp up and new tech is deployed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine, Guy Norris
The Pentagon, in concert with NASA and the FBI, on May 8 released scores of reports, images and videos of unidentified aerial phenomena.
Budget, Policy & Regulation