Category: Defense

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan leaders on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have finalized the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, adding $4.8 billion in surge procurement to expand production capacity for Patriot, THAAD, an... [Read more.]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Space Development Agency has achieved Initial Operational Capability for its Tranche 1 Tracking Layer in proliferated low-Earth orbit, demonstrating real-time infrared tracking of maneuvering hypersonic weap... [Read more.]

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — As melting polar ice opens new maritime transit lanes and natural resource access in the high north, the U.S. Coast Guard and shipyard partners are restructuring construction workflows for the Polar Security Cutter to... [Read more.]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Following the dramatic shootdown of a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has recalibrated its radar aperture filters, exp... [Read more.]

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — The Pentagon’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office has concluded a rigorous live-fire demonstration of high-energy laser and high-power microwave systems designed to defend military installat... [Read more.]

KAUAI, Hawaii — The Department of Defense has achieved a decisive flight milestone for the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, advancing joint Army and Navy development programs aimed at fielding operational prompt-strike capabilities by 2023. [Read more.]

The proliferation of hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) and air-breathing scramjet cruise missiles traveling at velocities exceeding Mach 5 with non-ballistic, atmospheric maneuvering capabilities has stressed legacy mi... [Read more.]

BRUSSELS — European Union policymakers and NATO defense planners are navigating an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, balancing industrial supply dependencies against urgent transatlantic export control dire... [Read more.]

Strategic operational assessments and federal policy reviews surrounding China Forcing Taiwan to Rethink Defense Economics Strategies highlight emerging national security requirements across interagency jurisdictions. [Read more.]

Strategic operational assessments and federal policy reviews surrounding India and Pakistan in Military Standoff highlight emerging national security requirements across interagency jurisdictions. [Read more.]