U.S. Navy

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” barely passed the Senate on July 1.

Startup Electra.aero is to study the benefits of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for U.S. Army operations.

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2026 budget request carries the imprint of recent conflicts, with a big investment in air and missile defense systems.

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

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

Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed the first major upgrade package on a P-8 Poseidon.

With Navy acquisition programs already in a “mess,” the Pentagon is skeptical about adding a second sixth-generation fighter onto a strained defense industry.

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy are in the midst of a series of upgrades to the MQ-4 Triton uncrewed aircraft fleet.

Boeing's Steve Parker defended U.S. industry’s ability to launch development of a second sixth-generation fighter at Paris Air Show, contradicting concerns by the Navy’s leader.

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.

RTX and the U.S. Navy are starting to explore new applications and host aircraft for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band technology domestically and abroad.

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. Navy’s new multi-engine trainer reached initial operational capability (IOC) in May, the service announced June 9.

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

A Royal Netherlands Air Force report urges “targeted interventions” to keep Joint Strike Fighter pilots healthy.

X-Bow Systems is the latest erstwhile launch startup to sharpen its focus on missile defense.

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.

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

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

The U.S. Air Force’s nascent attempt to field a low-cost, long-range air-to-air missile is targeting integration on its Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The U.S. Navy is progressing in the early stages of its long-term vertical lift plan.

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.

A May 20 announcement in the Oval Office marks the first step in moving the Golden Dome initiative for air and missile defense into reality at a record pace.

A top U.S. military official confirmed that satellites are demonstrating aircraft tracking as the E-7A program faces a cancellation threat from the Pentagon.