A $1 trillion defense budget? Trump, Hegseth say it’s happening
“We also essentially approved a budget, which is in the [vicinity], you’ll like to hear this, of a trillion dollars,” Trump said while meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu.
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EXCLUSIVE: NRO, Space Force in ‘final stages’ of commercial ISR arrangement
A similar agreement is in an early stage with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the head of the Space Force’s Commercial Space Office told Breaking Defense.
Govini Nabs Spot On $919 Million Supply Chain Risk Awareness Contract For DoD
Govini on Monday said it won a position on a potential $919 million contract to supply its artificial intelligence-based software to sift through data that will increase visibility about supply […]
DIU Launches Blue Manufacturing To Vet Key Commercial Tech Suppliers
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) last week launched its Blue Manufacturing marketplace initiative, an effort to create a catalog of vetted and trusted suppliers of advanced commercial technologies that are […]
From support to ‘warfighting’: Space Force releases first ‘capstone’ operations doctrine
“Space is a warfighting domain, not a collection of supporting activities. In conflict, space will be a contested environment. We are the military Service dedicated to fighting in it,” Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman writes in a forw…
DoD IG Opens Investigation On Hegseth’s Use Of Signal App To Discuss Yemen Strikes
The Pentagon inspector general’s office has opened an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to discuss plans for military strikes in Yemen. In a […]
Defense Industrial Base Needs Capacity, Surge Ability, Flexibility, And Resilience, Report Says
The U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) remains inadequate to give U.S. forces the edge in, and deter, a major conflict, says a new report by the Center for a New […]
DoD Strategic Capital Office Receives $9 Billion In Loan Applications
The Defense Department’s new loan program to boost investment in critical manufacturing areas garnered $8.9 billion financing requests against a loan capacity of $984 million, the department said on Tuesday. […]
If annual appropriations are dead, it’s an opportunity for defense
“Through congressional failure to pass a budget, the administration has been given an opportunity for DoD to be able to more flexibly manage its budget,” write Elaine McCusker and Bill Greenwalt of AEI.
Joint Chiefs nominee Caine denies MAGA hat story, pledges candor
Retired Lt. Gen. John Caine pledged to “provide the persident with the best military advice, even when the president may have different feelings about it. That is exactly what the nation pays me to do.”