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US is selling weapons to NATO allies to give to Ukraine, Trump says
After a pause in some weapons shipment, U.S. officials said this week that 155 mm munitions and precision-guided rockets were on their way.
By Illia Novikov, AP
The Missile Defense Agency’s $8.9B budget request focuses on next-gen defense
The Missile Defense Agency's budget request set to tackle major next-generation defensive capabilities against emerging threats from intercontinental ballistic missiles to cruise missiles to hypersonic weapons.
By Jen Judson
After years of flat cybersecurity budgets, DoD asks for more money and cyber mission force personnel
The DoD requested $10 billion for cybersecurity and plans to add 14 cyber mission force teams over the next three years.
By Mark Pomerleau and Andrew Eversden
Eyeing China, Biden defense budget boosts research and cuts procurement
U.S. President Joe Biden’s first budget request for the Department of Defense slashes procurement by $8 billion, whacking scores of legacy weapons and systems as a way to deliver a $5.5 billion boost for the development and testing of cutting-edge technologies that could deter China.
By Joe Gould
US Army’s FY22 budget backs modernization, cuts ‘down into bone’ of legacy fleet
The Army takes a hit in the president's fiscal 2022 budget request, but not enough to derail modernization efforts critical to the future fight ... this time.
By Jen Judson
US Air Force to mothball dozens of A-10s, F-15s and F-16s in FY22 budget
The U.S. Air Force wants to send more than 200 aircraft to the boneyard. Will lawmakers push back?
By Valerie Insinna
Saudis: Coalition kit on Yemen island where base being built
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen acknowledged having equipment on an island where a mysterious air base is now under construction.
US tells Russia it won’t rejoin Open Skies arms control pact
The decision means only one major arms control treaty between the nuclear powers — the New START treaty — remains in place.
2 companies to build digital models of new Space Force missile warning sensors
The models will provide a "try it before you buy it" approach for the sensors for the nation's next premier missile warning satellite constellation, Space Force official says.
By Nathan Strout
Pentagon budget will shake up ‘legacy’ systems. Lawmakers are shaking back.
Top Pentagon officials are asking Congress to let them use the upcoming budget to shed unneeded weapons in order to invest in forward-looking technologies now. It wasn't an easy conversation.
By Joe Gould
DoD inspector general: Air Force mismanagement led to $100M KC-46 boom redesign
When problems with the KC-46 boom were originally found, the Air Force should have done more tests, the IG said.
By Valerie Insinna