President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2026 seeks to reduce the topline discretionary budget by $163 billion, reflecting a 23 percent cut from the enacted FY 2025 level. Increasing Defense
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NavalX held the 2025 Crucible Pitch Competition in April and selected the top six projects that seek to address critical military requirements and present commercial opportunities. NavalX said the competition provided the
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The U.S. Navy has conducted a flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The experiment highlighted the initial use of the service’s Conventional
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Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense, has issued a memorandum directing the secretary of the Army to implement a comprehensive transformation strategy, reform the acquisition process, eliminate wasteful spending and
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The Department of Defense has published its Software Modernization Implementation Plan for fiscals 2025 and 2026. The document provides a detailed strategy for accelerating the delivery of software capabilities necessary to meet
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The Department of Defense released the Intellectual Property Guidebook for DOD Acquisition on May 1. Enhancing Intellectual Property Acquisition The DOD said Thursday the publication offers in-depth guidance on navigating IP laws and
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Anduril’s collaborative combat aircraft—a.k.a. CCA—prototypes are undergoing evaluation as part of the ground test phase of the U.S. Air Force’s CCA Increment 1 program. The CCA
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The Department of Defense has appointed national security leader Douglas Matty as chief digital and artificial intelligence officer. In a LinkedIn post published Wednesday, the DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
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The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program, or OSD ManTech, shared on LinkedIn Wednesday that it has unveiled two new biomanufacturing facilities during BioMADE’s 2025 Member Meeting held in Minneapolis,
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The U.S. Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System Survivable Endurable Evolution program, known as SBIRS S2E2, has achieved operational acceptance, verifying the system’s capability and readiness to support its operational mission. “The
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