Defense budget analysts estimate the first 100 hours of the U.S. war against Iran cost roughly $3.7 billion, a key independent assessment that could shape public debate around a c ...

Merlin Labs has completed a preliminary design review to enable C-130J Super Hercules with the firm’s autonomous pilot for U.S. Special Operations Command, the company announced today. “This approval ...

The Army’s senior leaders have not signed off on a milestone B decision for the service’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle replacement as it nears the end of its rapid prototyping period, leaving industry to ...

The Pentagon issued the Defense Production Act Title III award -- which includes funding from the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022 -- on Feb. 24. DOD says it had to delay ...

Amid the United States and Israel’s ongoing military campaign against Iran, the director of the Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 says the global threat of unmanned aerial systems will “far ...

The Defense Department’s Drone Dominance Program wrapped up its first phase last week, and Pentagon officials told lawmakers today they will place orders with the winning vendors over the next few ...

F-35 Joint Strike Fighters operated by the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have again fallen well below their stated mission capability performance objectives as the program’s yearslong sustainment ...

Increment 4 of the Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) capability is envisioned to aid dismounted maneuver forces and will pair things like interceptors and cannons onto a C-130 transportable ...

The redesign of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile will require building an underground fiber-optic network spanning 32,000 square miles and constructing entirely new ...

Air Forces Central is asking industry about its ability to readily produce vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial systems to perform medium-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ...

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The Navy and Marine Corps' new Amphibious Force Readiness Board is preparing to convene for the first time as the services work to improve combat surge readiness among their fleet of amphibious ...