Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 187: Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush

The third in a series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.

Science & Tech

AI, satellites, and Golden Dome shine in new House-passed defense bill

The House version of the NDAA takes aim at acquisition and requirements processes that have long bedeviled both Congress and the military.

Defense

General Atomics plans robot wingman production for Europe

The news follows fellow CCA builder Anduril’s announcement to partner with Rheinmetall.

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The Pentagon will host a ‘Top Gun’ school for Ukraine-style attack drones

The Defense Department is hoping for “American drone dominance”—but that’s easier said than done.

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Firefly files for initial public offering

The eight-year-old maker of launch vehicles and other spacecraft gives a deeper look at its business for the first time, as is required before the listing completes.

Defense

Drones are now bullets: How a new Pentagon policy may accelerate robot warfare

The new policy also allows more units to buy drones, which should boost the demand signal to industry.

Defense

Allies struggle to work with US military in space operations, GAO finds

An excess of overlapping roles, classification, and unfilled jobs are hurting U.S. collaboration with partners in space.

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

How the National Guard’s domestic missions build deterrence

The Guard’s citizen-soldiers and -airmen boost American resiliency, complicating any adversary’s calculations.

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.

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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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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.

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F-35 engine upgrade hits delay, casting doubt on timeline

Critical design review has been pushed back a year, according to Pratt & Whitney.