The multi-national Global Combat Air Program to develop a sixth-generation fighter jet is in ascent following a substantial funding commitment and a new contract that takes the program through the end ...

L-band enables a range of operations, including unmanned systems command and control in contested airspace, covert low-signature communications for special operations, persistent ISR from remote ...

The Pentagon has long been after small, modular nuclear reactors — both stationary and mobile — as an energy solution. Today, government and industry aim to bring advanced nuclear technology online ...

Jacob Horne, chief security evangelist at cybersecurity firm Summit 7, said one issue with the top-10 lists is that operational technology is not part of the CMMC assessments that verify contractors’ ...

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Nuclear energy is a natural game-changer for the Army, and in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit, the service awarded five companies up to a combined $2.2 billion to own, construct and ...

The Air Force is currently conducting a CCA Increment 2 concept refinement phase with nine unnamed vendors. Col. Timothy Helfrich, portfolio acquisition executive for fighters and advanced aircraft, ...

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom — The United Kingdom recently released its long-awaited Defence Investment Plan, and experts have warned of risky investment gaps in the maritime domain, as well as an ...

The Marine Corps has mandated that all active-duty and reserve Marines complete a basic course on artificial intelligence by the end of this year. But as the service and the Defense Department as a ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia — A Connecticut-based aerial delivery company partnered with a U.K. autonomous vehicle manufacturer to complete an airdrop of an uncrewed surface vessel.

Citing data from the Reagan Institute’s 2026 National Security Innovation Base Report Card, Stadd said the top 15 technology disruptors in defense received 0.84 percent of Pentagon obligated dollars ...