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
Foreign training programs could become a priority in Biden administration, experts say
Despite the changes in priorities under Trump, international military training programs continue to be a key pillar of U.S. foreign policy.
By Augusta Saraiva, Medill News Service
To keep up with rivals, DoD nominee will weigh consolidation vs. innovation
President Joe Biden’s nominee deputy defense secretary, Kathleen Hicks, said she is “concerned” about consolidation in the defense industrial base, and that competition is needed to maintain an edge over China and Russia.
By Joe Gould
Marines need to trust their robots like they trust each other, commandant says
“The same way a squad leader trusts his or her Marine, they have to trust his or her machine,” Berger said.
By Todd South
Pentagon No. 2 pick calls for metrics to judge AI progress
Nominee Kathleen Hicks wants the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, which would report to her, to be the tool to guide the department's transformation for using artificial intelligence.
By Andrew Eversden
India releases details of new defense budget
India has allocated $18.48 billion for weapons procurement in its 2021-2022 defense budget amid an ongoing military standoff with China and financial stress on the national economy.
Pentagon chief purges defense boards; Trump loyalists out
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to resign this month as part of a broad review of the panels, essentially purging several dozen last-minute appointments under the Trump administration.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Pentagon deputy nominee wants cyber strategy clarification
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense nominee, has key questions concerning the department's "defend forward" cyber approach.
By Mark Pomerleau
How Kathleen Hicks will approach nukes, shipbuilding and the budget
The nominee to be the Pentagon's No. 2 official touched on a wide range of topics during her hearing.
By Aaron Mehta
The report card is in for the US defense industry’s health
The National Defense Industrial Association has released its annual "Vital Signs" report.
By Joe Gould