The Pentagon's top weapons tester is raising alarms over gaps in critical modeling and simulation (M&S) tools needed to assess the effectiveness of new missile defense systems -- including the Next ...

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released a resolution today that would pump an additional $150 billion into the U.S. defense budget over the next several years to cover ...

The Feb. 5, 2025 Congressional Research Service "Defense Primer" discusses the National Security Space Launch Program.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today the Pentagon will work to rapidly fund and field emerging military technologies, while also reviewing legacy systems that cost billions and may not be ...

The Air Force will review the B-52 Radar Modernization Program, a service spokeswoman told Inside Defense today, following the one-year milestone C decision delay noted in the chief Pentagon tester's ...

The Army will host an industry day March 20 to refine its requirements and plans for boosting 155mm munitions, according to a public notice posted Feb. 7.

Republican lawmakers are proposing a $19.5 billion down payment in fiscal year 2026 on a new domestic air defense capability that would mark a massive expansion of national missile defense ...

Shipbuilder HII will focus on developing outsource partners for labor and production in the next year rather than acquiring more shipyards. With plans to increase outsourcing by 30% in 2025, CEO Chris ...

Ground vehicle autonomy software supplier Applied Intuition announced Thursday its acquisition of autonomy software vendor EpiSys Science (EpiSci), expanding its portfolio across all military domains.

The Air Force wants to field a fleet of large, supervising small unmanned aerial systems in the next two to three years that are enabled with command and control, data relay and electronic warfare ...

The deputy director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office will take over as acting director of the Space Development Agency as an investigation into Director Derek Tournear continues, an Air ...

The Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential $2.8 billion, 10-year-long contract to continue adding advanced capabilities to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, including ...