On July 10, 2025, the Defense Department publicly released a memo (marked "controlled unclassified information") signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth titled "Unleashing U.S. Military Drone ...

The Air Force wants to kick-off a Crewed Platform Integration program next year to pair its nascent Collaborative Combat Aircraft with F-22 Raptor jets, according to fiscal year 2026 budget request ...

The Navy has broken ground on a new subsea and seabed warfare facility to encourage further research, development, testing and evaluation of autonomous unmanned systems -- a move that follows ...

The Long Range Fires (LRF) program aimed to equip a Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires (ROGUE-Fires) vehicle with a single-cell MK-41 vertical launch system to fire Tomahawk ...

The July 9, 2025 Congressional Research Service "In Focus" report discusses the Navy's T-AGOS ocean surveillance shipbuilding program.

Draft legislation would lock in the Air Force's Global Strike Command as the central authority for nuclear and long-range strike operations, a proposal that directly responds to concerns raised ...

In a July 7, 2025 memo, the Defense Department inspector general's office announces a "follow-up evaluation" that will "determine whether the DOD effectively and efficiently implemented accountability ...

House authorizers are seeking to rapidly diversify the pool of alternative manufacturers of Standard Missile-6 components -- including Mk-72 and Mk-104 rocket motors -- and are asking the Navy to ...

Lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee worry the Army doesn't have a clear vision for its next-generation ground station for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, according to a ...

In a June 17, 2025 letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, 24 Republican lawmakers say the U.S. should seek to expand reciprocal tariff-free treatment for aerospace and defense products in ...

The House Armed Services Committee's draft fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill would implement restrictions on the construction of the Navy's new Modular Attack Surface Craft, as the program ...

The House Armed Services Committee, in its draft defense authorization bill, is asking the Army secretary to brief the committee on the possibility of using a multiyear procurement strategy for the ...