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The Missile Defense Agency must be free to move quickly and with limited restrictions

We have made important progress with homeland missile defense, but today we risk falling further behind the threat.

Congress wants answers on how DoD is solving a hypersonic weapons detection gap

Could there be commercial solutions available to fill a hypersonic detection capability gap? Congress wants to know.

Missile Defense Agency successfully tests new booster for homeland missile defense system

A new three-stage booster for the Ground-Based Homeland Defense System had a first successful flight on a mock-up Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, the Missile Defense Agency announced.

Pentagon taps industry for nuclear-powered propulsion for its satellites

The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for commercial solutions that can provide nuclear-powered propulsion for military satellites.

Pentagon seeks microbe miners to cut rare earth reliance on China

Researchers at the Pentagon have launched a program that aims to extract rare earth minerals critical for military technologies from domestic sources ― using microscopic bugs.

Military cyber software developers fix weaknesses, create mission tools faster

The services say in-house coders allow them to be more flexible during missions, rather than relying solely on contractor support to build cyber tools.

Next Pentagon budget will detail climate change spending

The push comes after extreme weather, fueled by a warming of the earth’s atmosphere, has wreaked havoc on Americans across the country this summer.

Pentagon restarts 16 advisory boards after 7-month pause

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has agreed to restart 16 defense advisory boards, after halting activity by all the panels in February and essentially purging a number of members who were appointed in the final days of the Trump administration.

House committee fears gap in industrial capability to power laser weapons

After Northrop Grumman exited the U.S. Army's Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense system program due to problems with the power and thermal management system, Congress wants the Pentagon to provide more information on the industrial base needed to power laser weapons.