Michigan bids to become America’s arsenal of rapid defense innovation
Michigan is making a pitch to be America’s factory floor for the future of warfare.
By Jen Judson
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Cummings fine-tunes Hellhound drone for Golden Dome mission
Cummings Aerospace has designed a larger version of its Hellhound to meet Golden Dome homeland missile defense needs.
By Jen Judson
Germany reportedly moving toward a split buy of Super Hornets, Growlers and Eurofighter Typhoons to replace Tornado jets
Neither of those planes are currently certified to meet the NATO requirement to drop B61 nuclear bombs.
By Valerie Insinna
Public health must be part of national security calculus, says Flournoy
Michèle Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy at the start of the Obama administration, says the COVID-19 pandemic should change how the U.S. defined national security.
By Aaron Mehta
Industry dodges restrictive House measures in Senate’s bailout bill
The House had sought a ban on lobbying, as well as a halt to executive bonuses, but that language did not make it to the Senate.
By Aaron Mehta
Defense lawmakers shift to ‘paper’ hearings to keep military budget process moving
The Senate Armed Services Committee typically hols numerous hearings throughout the spring in advance of their draft of the national defense authorization bill.
Air Force, Guard leaders could stay beyond retirement date under Senate stimulus package
Key defense officials could stay around past their planned retirement under a new plan put forth from the Senate.
By Aaron Mehta
Amid pandemic, Pentagon urges ‘hyper-vigilance’ against foreign investment
The economic situation creates "greater attack surface" for foreign investment in key American companies, a top Defense Department official warned.
By Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna
Latest emergency coronavirus funding package includes tens of billions for defense, VA
The $2 trillion plan also includes expanded unemployment benefits and big loans for American industries.
Sudanese defense minister dies of heart attack, say officials
Sudan’s defense minister, Gen. Gamal al-Din Omar, died Wednesday of a heart attack while on an official visit to neighboring South Sudan, Sudanese military and government officials said. He was 60.
North Macedonia to officially join NATO on Friday
The NATO alliance is about to get bigger.
By Aaron Mehta
US Army to soon wrap up early testing of short-range air defense system
The Army's Interim Short-Range Air Defense system rapidly procured to deal with capability gaps in Europe heads out of developmental testing and into operational testing later this year.
By Jen Judson