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Lawmakers want to give the U.S. Space Force $1 billion to support the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle program under the proposed budget reconciliation bill.

Three GOP lawmakers introduced a new measure to authorize a series of new procurement and development efforts for the Golden Dome missile defense shield.

A special process used to fast-track legislation will likely be used again by lawmakers, a U.S. senator warned.

Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts has assigned himself a new mission: to run for a U.S. Senate seat.

The late budget rollout, coupled with a reliance on GOP-led reconciliation, has caused consternation in a typically bipartisan budget process.

A proactive step that halted deliveries of the KC-46 and repair work on the tanker’s remote vision system show Boeing Defense’s new approach.

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.

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 House Appropriations Committee is offering the U.S. Space Force $19.1 billion in fiscal 2026 to support research-and-development programs.

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

The bill would mandate ADS-B In for U.S commercial aircraft operating scheduled service four years and narrow current exemptions used in military flying.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump launched broadsides against each other on social media and in public on June 5.

The U.S. Air Force's top officer saying the AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon is expected to get procurement funding.

A Senate version of the $150 billion proposal to increase defense spending would add more money to select aircraft programs on top of a House-passed proposal.

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

Boeing is hopeful the U.S. Navy will soon proceed with a contract award for its F/A-XX fighter program.

Lockheed Martin reports that the Orion capsule assigned to Artemis III has had its computers powered on and tested for the first time.

Four U.S. senators have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to establish a demonstration initiative for the commercial removal of orbital debris.

The massive budget reconciliation bill narrowly passed by the U.S. House of Representatives continues tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel production.

The U.S. Air Force’s LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program may face a funding cut.

U.S. Space Force and NGA leaders have signed an agreement to define each agency’s role in acquiring space-based TacSRT data.

Bill to enable overland supersonic flight could boost airliner and business jet programs, but it depends heavily on feasible Mach cutoff technology.

The Golden Dome air and missile defense system will be fully operational in two and a half to three years and cost about $175 billion, President Donald Trump says.

A team of Pentagon acquisition leaders and company officials met regularly to find ways to fix the slow progress of a new Air Force One.