A not-yet-approved budget reconciliation bill accounts for an overwhelming majority of planned research and development spending for the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program in fiscal ...

On June 11, 2025 the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee held a hearing on "the current state of the Army munition industrial base and possible paths forward for ...

Lawmakers want Navy Secretary John Phelan to deliver a fresh strategy to alleviate cost and schedule challenges plaguing Navy shipbuilding programs before mid-July when Congress plans to assemble its ...

The Army is not including research, development, test and evaluation funding in fiscal year 2026 for the Improved Turbine Engine and Future Tactical UAS programs -- making good on its warning as part ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today defended the Pentagon's flat fiscal year 2026 budget request and its reliance on a one-time boost from the yet-to-be-passed reconciliation bill from the bipartisan ...

Lawmakers are beginning to react to reports the Trump administration has launched a review of the trilateral AUKUS security pact, with top Democrats in the House and Senate quickly condemning any move ...

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The Army is going forward with its promise to end Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and humvee buys in favor of the smaller, stealthier Infantry Squad Vehicle, as reflected by budget documents the Pentagon ...

House appropriators are urging the Pentagon to establish a network of dual-use factories, emphasizing the Defense Department must scale commercially available, advanced manufacturing technologies ...

The Pentagon's portfolio of major defense acquisition systems saw nearly $50 billion in unscheduled cost growth last year, mostly from the Air Force's Sentinel missile program, which accounted for 73% ...

The Defense Department is relying on the pending reconciliation funding package to increase fiscal year 2026 Space Force research and development above FY-25 levels, including $6.44 billion for a new ...

In FY-26, the Air Force would funnel about $802.8 million in HACM to continue RDT&E, according to the documents reviewed by Inside Defense.