U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian pilots will begin training to fly F-16 combat aircraft this summer in a school to be set up in Romania.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Concerns about China are driving a projected surge in U.S. defense spending over the next four years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The White House on July 10 announced strong opposition to several aspects of the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the 2024 defense policy bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Slovakia defense ministry wants to buy AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from the U.S. and has made a formal request to do so.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is again accusing Russia of unsafe operations in the Middle East releasing a video taken July 5 that shows a Russian Su-35 harassing a U.S. MQ-9.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is in the middle of reviewing its assumptions of how many munitions it would need in a war and how industry can meet its requirements.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
House appropriators are not impressed with how major Pentagon hypersonic programs have performed in recent tests.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The White House is surging another $500 million in military equipment to Ukraine amid its ongoing counteroffensive.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
This includes both rapid launch to reconstitute satellite architectures and on-orbit servicing.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
The Senate Armed Services Committee has passed its version of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
The HASC was poised to consider more than 800 amendments during debate on the legislation June 21
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Siemens plans to further grow its aerospace and defense business.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
For future surveillance satellites, the service seeks new thrusters and in-space refueling so it can “burn gas at will.”
Space

By Guy Norris
The first version of the Electron rocket modified for use as a booster for hypersonic and suborbital flight tests launched successfully on June 17.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Production Act-enabled funding will increase production of high purity aluminum at an Arconic smelting plant in Davenport, Iowa.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on June 13 announced a new batch of aid being surged to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon's Tiger Team has a series of recommendations to improve the process of foreign military sales.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has awarded CAE a contract to conduct its new helicopter pilot training program.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Matthew Fulco
Lockheed Martin and GlobalFoundaries say the partnership supports "increasing traceability, provenance and onshore production of critical semiconductor" tech.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) released his markup of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill on June 12.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Government Accountability Office in a report released June 8 says the Sentinel is behind schedule.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The proposal is called the Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2023, introduced last month.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Westinghouse Electric Company and Astrobotic have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore development of space nuclear technologies.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The measure sets the fiscal 2024 DOD budget at $886 billion, about a 3.5% increase from the current budget. For fiscal 2025, it would increase to $895 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Aircraft startup Hermeus received the first military turbofan that will be integrated into the engine core for the hypersonic Darkhorse uncrewed aerial system.
Aircraft & Propulsion