Joint Chiefs head makes first official visit to post-Maduro Venezuela
The visit comes five months after the high-risk U.S. military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
By Tanya Noury
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The US Army wants thousands of air defense missiles to replace the Stinger
A new Army Request for Information seeks to identify companies that can deliver 11,000 next-gen, short range interceptors beginning in Fiscal Year 2028.
By Michael Peck
Some C-130H units to be replaced by cyber ops, helicopters
Congress needs to sign off on the Hercules retirements first.
House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.
By Joe Gould
A dozen of Biden’s national security nominees are on hold in the Senate
At least three lawmakers are using the nominees as bargaining chips in talks on various concerns.
Global leaders seek new technology partnerships to counter threat posed by China
The world leaders stressed that like-minded nations need to band together to set standards for emerging technologies including artificial intelligence.
By Andrew Eversden
House lawmakers call out lack of progress with Space Force acquisition reforms
The U.S. Space Force was set up to unify the military's space efforts and reform the way it buys space systems. Lawmakers aren't convinced that's what's happening.
By Nathan Strout
Here are the ships the Navy wants to inactivate in fiscal 2022
The final list will be dictated by the defense bill lawmakers pass in the coming months.
With all three Gunsmoke-J satellites on orbit, the Army is ready to test space-based targeting
While satellite imagery has traditionally been a product of the intelligence community, the development of relatively affordable yet highly capable small satellites that can operate in low Earth orbit has convinced military leaders that they can play a tactical role on the battlefield.
By Nathan Strout
House appropriators fund Hawaii missile defense radar, but cut dollars for Guam
The House Appropriations Committee is cutting a chunk out of the Missile Defense Agency's funding to set up a more robust missile defense architecture to defend Guam.
By Jen Judson
House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
Air Force cyber squadron offers its malicious file detection software to private sector
The 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron signed patent license agreements with private companies to use code that it developed to detect malicious files on a network.
By Mark Pomerleau