U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force has finished a draft concept of operations for ground-moving target indication missions from space.
Operations & Safety

By Byron Callan
Three sources of U.S. budget indeterminacy will spawn other uncertainties that defense contractors will have to assess.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The fiscal 2024 defense policy bill is now headed to President Biden’s desk for his approval after the House OK’d the National Defense Authorization Act.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The service is looking at 15% budget increases per year. But if Congress does not pass an appropriations bill, that expected growth will be on hold.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A potential mandatory cut in addition to ongoing continuing resolutions have military officials blasting congressional inaction on Pentagon plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Defense Department efforts to electrify its systems and secure its supply base for batteries have taken a step forward.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Satellite technology company Quasar is targeting the U.S. military market with a new, ground-based steerable phased array radar for space domain awareness.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Air Space Intelligence has closed a $34 million Series B funding round.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Congress appears ready to give the military services limited authority to start new programs ahead of direct authorization and appropriation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Congressional authorizers want a broad relook at U.S. Air Force and Navy tactical aircraft force structure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Signing of the DCA comes ahead of Sweden’s entry into NATO, which continues to be delayed as both Hungary and Turkey have yet to ratify its membership.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The entire Bell Boeing V-22 fleet has been grounded.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on Dec. 6 announced another drawdown of materiel for Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The need to counter faster, more powerful drones at a large scale is becoming the “problem of our time,” a top Defense Department weapons buyer says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) relented on Pentagon nominees, clearing the Senate to approve almost all of the senior officers awaiting promotions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. have released additional details for Pillar II of their AUKUS agreement.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Japan has grounded its fleet of six MV-22s in response to the crash and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said that the U.S. military should take the same action.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand’s 2023 Defense & Security exhibition here featured an entirely new security and geopolitical landscape since it was last held a year ago.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The surge of military aid to Israel and related movement of air defenses to U.S. bases in the Middle East has meant a peak tasking of American airlift.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
A new research paper from George Mason University suggests fears and assumptions of a shrinking and overly concentrated defense industrial base are overblown.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. aid amounts to Ukraine have dwindled in comparison to earlier batches as the Defense Department awaits a supplemental funding package from Congress.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Ursa Major Technologies, manufacturer of liquid rocket motors for launch vehicles, plans to offer 3D printed solid rocket motors for munitions.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
X-Bow Systems, a startup that 3D prints solid rocket motors and propellants, has closed an “interim funding round” led by Lockheed Martin Ventures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
WAAS is undergoing a major upgrade and preparing to incorporate the Pentagon’s new L5 civil signal for aviation safety services.
Airports & Networks

By Garrett Reim
The spacecraft is the Pentagon’s first experimental navigation satellite in nearly 50 years.
Space