The Pentagon is seeking prototypes for a new command-and-control system that would serve as the digital core of Guam's air and missile defense -- a Joint Integrated Battle Manager (JIBM) that can fuse ...

House appropriators last week acknowledged an ongoing review of the Defense Department's numerous innovation offices -- the latest in a series of reorganization initiatives at the Pentagon in recent ...

Lockheed Martin believes it has finished all of the work necessary to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's Technology Refresh-3 software upgrade combat capable, company executives said today at the ...

The Pentagon's fiscal year 2026 budget would clip procurement quantities of the CH-53K King Stallion by six aircraft compared to prior budget estimates, while the Marine Corps is conducting a review ...

Bell Textron, the prime contractor for the Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program, has selected Honeywell to supply the auxiliary power unit for the aircraft, Honeywell announced this ...

Difficulty in validating hardware for the Air Force's Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is putting the program behind schedule and could narrow the number of flight tests the service can perform before ...

The House Appropriations Committee wants Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain why he ordered cuts to the Pentagon's independent weapons testing office as "it is widely understood that there is ...

In June 2025, the Defense Department quietly submitted key fiscal year 2026 procurement, operations and maintenance and research, development, test and evaluation budget documents to Congress.

Inside Defense has obtained Defense Department documents sent to Congress this week detailing key procurement and research and development information. Coverage of the documents and their contents has ...

The June 11, 2025 Defense Department instruction "establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the DOD Antiterrorism (AT) Program support to force protection (FP)." ...

The Pentagon's marquee missile defense initiative, rebranded just months ago as the "Golden Dome" after a trademark conflict scuttled its original name, is now facing another branding setback -- this ...

Development of an anti-ship hypersonic missile has been paused due to cost concerns, though the Navy plans to continue with a revised acquisition strategy in fiscal year 2026, according to the ...