The Pentagon plans to spend the full $151 billion it received through last year's budget reconciliation package in fiscal year 2026 in a single surge, a move that would push total defense spending ...

The Air Force and Northrop Grumman have agreed to expand B-21 Raider production by 25% annually, the service announced today. The agreement uses $4.5 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ...

The Air Force is still open to additional mission autonomy vendors for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, even though the service already selected two to pair with the first prototypes, ...

The Feb. 23, 2026 Government Accountability Office report finds the Defense Department "should improve natural disaster cost tracking and planning for resilience improvements." ...

PAE Fires has laid out a four-phased acquisition approach to the effort; it starts with awarding other transaction authorities using FY-26 research and development funds in phase one, prototyping in ...

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The Pentagon intends to obligate more than $150 billion in fiscal year 2026 under the reconciliation package enacted last year, accelerating shipbuilding, missile defense and munitions production in ...

The Space Development Agency has awarded a $30 million prototype agreement for the first commercial solutions program under its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit, or HALO, program, ...

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll's goal of acquiring 1 million unmanned aerial systems on an annual basis is noble and technically feasible, according to experts from think tanks and industry, but they ...

The Navy has declared initial operational capability for its Small Diameter Bomb II on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, according to a service announcement today. The bomb was first used on the Super ...

Boeing will be moving its defense, space and security business out of Arlington, VA and back to the St. Louis, MO area, according to a company announcement in advance of a visit by Defense Secretary ...

The Army's new autonomy acquisition shop identifies breaching and resupply as two prioritized use cases for ground robotics as it looks to industry to help shape its strategy to quickly field systems ...