The Air Force has decided to purchase another 75 KC-46 Pegasus tankers after its current contract expires, putting an end to whispers the service would instead hold a competition to fill aerial ...

The Army is weighing a plan to consolidate its acquisition offices that is ruffling the feathers of New Jersey lawmakers who say the proposal will harm rather than help the service's munitions ...

In a July 21, 2025 letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, thirteen congressmen and senators from both sides of the aisle, led by Rep. Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) -- who is ...

Mike Guetlein an unusually direct reporting chain in his new role overseeing the Golden Dome for America missile defense initiative, underscoring the program's elevated status and urgency. In a July ...

Lawmakers want to know why the Navy has not implemented the majority of shipbuilding improvement recommendations provided by government auditors over the past decade, with the Senate Armed Services ...

Northrop Grumman got the OK to resume requirements and design work on the launch facilities that will support the Sentinel nuclear missile system, CEO Kathy Warden said today, even though rebaselining ...

The Army's fiscal year 2026 unfunded priorities list, a previously unreported document obtained by Inside Defense , details 37 individual unmet needs the service would like Congress to consider ...

Lawmakers want to hear the Army's plan to get modernized combat vehicles into its heavy Brigade Combat Teams, citing the service's recent focus on lighter formations and "years of lagging investment" ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee in the report accompanying its fiscal year 2026 authorization bill would order a briefing on how Air Force Global Strike Command plans to maintain its Cold War-era ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee is encouraging -- but not mandating -- the Army to pursue an eleventh multiyear procurement contract for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter beyond fiscal year 2026.

The Senate last week confirmed Gen. Michael Guetlein to lead one of the most ambitious and expensive defense technology projects in U.S. history: the $175 billion "Golden Dome for America" initiative, ...

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