‘Lugged’ and affordable: Air Force seeks industry info on new cruise missile
The LACM should be compatible with fighter aircraft, have a unit cost of $300,000 and be ready for deliveries next year, according to an Air Force notice.
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DoD Acquisition Chief Supports HASC’s Reform Proposal, Lawmakers Urge More Communication
The Pentagon’s new acquisition chief on Wednesday offered his support for the House Armed Services Committee’s wide-ranging proposal for defense acquisition reform, while the panel pressed for DoD to improve […]
How the Pentagon plays into Trump’s sprawling artificial intelligence ‘Action Plan’
America’s AI Action Plan features 19 recommendations that involve the DoD, including the creation of a “virtual proving ground.”
‘Top Gun’ for drones: Pentagon plans August exercise with FPV drone units
“At this next T-REX [Technology Readiness Experimentation exercise], we’ll be starting to host TOPGUN school,” said prototyping & experimentation director Alex Lovett. “We’re going to be playing Red versus Blue, their best [offense] coming after o…
Washington diverts Patriots bound for Switzerland to support Ukraine
“Countries now supplying weapons systems to Ukraine will be able to replace them faster,” according to the Swiss announcement.
Biotech boosters win big in both HASC, SASC defense policy bills for FY26
Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees voted to streamline Pentagon procurement of biologically-derived materials, from first aid treatments to novel explosives.
The US Army’s second rebirth: From post-Vietnam to post-GWOT
In this op-ed, AEI’s John Ferrari offers advice for keeping the Army’s transformation initiative on track — starting with the budget.
Anthropic, Google and xAI win $200M each from Pentagon AI chief for ‘agentic AI’
The three new contracts come on top of last month’s equal award to OpenAI, bringing the Chief Digital & AI Officer’s investment in cutting-edge commercial “frontier AI” to a total of $800 million.
Trump announces plan to sell NATO countries weapons for Ukraine
“This is, again, Europeans stepping up. … This is only the first wave, there will be more,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Post success at The Hague summit, the real NATO work remains
Joshua Huminski in this op-ed explores next steps now that NATO allies have signed an agreement to spend 5 percent GDP on defense.