President-elect Trump announced today he has selected Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary. “Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First,” Trump said. “With Pete at the ...

Among the service’s top priorities are modeling, simulation and analysis. The idea, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory, is to be able to foster collaborative, simulated scenarios to ...

U.S. Special Operations Command is nearly doubling the ceiling of a 2022 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Counter Unmanned Systems from $967.6 billion to $1.9 billion, according ...

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The 2024 election, which saw the return to power of former President Trump, has shifted the GOP into the Senate majority, while control of the House remains up for grabs. Though much is still unknown, ...

President-elect Trump has selected Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) to be his national security adviser, tapping a second member of the House Armed Services Committee to join to his administration. Earlier this ...

Brian Kubik, Lockheed’s vice president of PAC-3 programs, told Inside Defense this week that the Army was present at the test, and the primary goal was to test software updates to the PAC-3 MSE since ...

In spite of a change in philosophy to its overall acquisition approach, and a shakeup that saw the cancellation of one long-term aircraft program earlier this year, Army leaders remain publicly ...

The Defense Department last year traded away 153 Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors as part of a decision to terminate production of the guided missile interceptors in exchange for buying a ...

The Air Force's restructuring plan will likely continue forward under the Trump administration , according to analysts, but modernization efforts could change. The restructuring, announced in February ...