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Modernization efforts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program are "significantly behind schedule," according to an annual report from the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation, ...

A new report shows the Defense Department spends less than 1% of its procurement budget on commercially derived defense technology, a disparity drawing attention on Capitol Hill and across industry as ...

The March 13, 2026 Congressional Research Service "Insight" report discusses potential issues for lawmakers regarding the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic over autonomous weapon systems.

Army Contracting Command has awarded Anduril a contract worth up to $20 billion to consolidate procurement of the company's commercially available technologies for the government ...

The Pentagon's independent weapons testing office is calling for "extreme measures" to streamline testing and accelerate fielding of the military's most advanced systems, a push that comes as the ...

The Navy is standing up five new Portfolio Acquisition Executives (PAEs) who are set to absorb a large share of the duties currently performed by Naval Sea Systems Command amid a Pentagon-wide ...

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Defense contractor AeroVironment announced today it has acquired uncrewed-aircraft-system and advanced-air-mobility-platform producer Empirical Systems Aerospace in an agreement valued at ...

The second increment of the Army's Precision Strike Missile recently passed its first flight test, Lockheed Martin announced last week, setting the stage for a long-range fires capability that can ...

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The Army has picked five ground autonomy companies for cash prizes and potential follow-on contracts as part of an unmanned competition in Europe that wrapped up today. Selected from a group of 17 ...