How the National Guard’s domestic missions build deterrence
How the National Guard’s domestic missions build deterrence
Ideas
How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world
The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.
Defense
Army aims to quadruple Patriot missile procurement
Move comes amid conflict with Iran, questions about aid to Ukraine.
Defense
Kremlin gloats about US weapons pause to Ukraine
The halt in aid speaks to a shifting view of the threat Putin poses.
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The Cross Domain Dilemma: Gaps, Risks, and Roadblocks in Defense Systems
Defense leaders need secure, adaptable cross domain solutions to overcome data silos and meet modern mission demands.
Defense
Space Force Taps Boeing to Build Next-Gen Strategic Comms Satellites
The $2.8B ESS contract marks a major milestone in NC3 modernization, with a shift to more resilient and proliferated satellite architectures.
Defense
What the R&D budget proposal says about the future of war
The Pentagon’s research-and-development section heralds several quiet, monumental shifts.
Defense
What SDA’s latest win signals for military space
The agency is working to build a massive constellation of satellites.
Defense
DOD’s budget request finally drops, combining a real decrease with a one-time boost
Officials are relying heavily on Congress to pass the reconciliation bill.
Defense
Air Force using Sentinel money to retrofit Qatar jet
The move won’t further delay the troubled ICBM program, SECAF says.
Science & Tech
Secure comms with allies is hard. The Pentagon wants to change that
The department is working on an effort to streamline a complex set of classified networks they use with allies and partners.
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Empower mission-driven AI for the DoD
MLOps helps defense agencies scale AI securely, overcoming legacy, governance, and resource challenges across the data lifecycle.
Science & Tech
Spat over Europe’s next-gen fighter program spills over at Paris Air Show
Public bickering between France and Germany doesn’t bode well for the continent’s efforts to build up military capability.
Science & Tech
F-35 engine upgrade hits delay, casting doubt on timeline
Critical design review has been pushed back a year, according to Pratt & Whitney.
Science & Tech
As CCAs make international debut, companies pitch European co-production
General Atomics said their robot wingman offering will be “far less than $20 million” a pop.
Defense
Air Force chooses joint venture for $430M technical data contract
The service branch is seeking help in functions such as management, updates, conversion, distribution and library services.
Science & Tech
Americans more concerned about nuclear Iran than illegal immigration, survey finds
Public support continues to rise for U.S. leadership abroad in Reagan Institute poll.
Defense
US strikes on Iran not a step toward ‘open-ended war,’ SecDef says
Operation Midnight Hammer saw the first use of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator.
Defense
Muon Space closes Series B round at $146M
The four-year-old small satellite maker has more financial resources for the development of its Earth intelligence gathering platform and to acquire another company.
Ideas
China's burgeoning drone arsenal shows power of civil-military fusion
Trump's recent executive orders are just one step in a race against a competitor with a very long lead.
Science & Tech
China is bringing gray-zone warfare to space
Space is increasingly looking like the South China Sea.
Science & Tech
Voyager fetches $383M in public offering
Substantially all of the proceeds will go toward Starlab, which the six-year-old company is offering NASA as a replacement for the International Space Station.
