The Space Force has assigned SpaceX and United Launch Alliance seven National Security Space Launch missions in fiscal year 2026 for a total cost of $1.14 billion, the service announced today.

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Aspen Digital’s offensive cyber project will explore putting in place legal protections for the private sector and the creation of an economic statecraft toolkit, as part of an effort to tackle ...

The Sept. 30, 2025 Congressional Research Service "In Focus" report discusses the political crisis in Venezuela and U.S. policy toward the country.

The Sept. 30, 2025 Congressional Research Service "Insight" report discusses compensation for military service members during a government shutdown.

Expeditionary advanced base operations, or EABO, is an operating concept recently adopted by the Marine Corps with an eye towards the Indo-Pacific. EABO involves the use of mobile and stealthy units ...

On Oct. 2, 2025 the Air Force issued a production extension justification and approval document for the Boeing-built KC-46 airborne refueling aircraft.

The Defense Department will carry on with activities to develop the fiscal year 2027 budget request in the background of the federal government shutdown, a Pentagon official told Inside Defense . The ...

The Senate confirmed former Virginia Senate candidate and retired Navy Capt. Hung Cao as Navy under secretary today, by a 52-45 vote. President Trump nominated the U.S. Naval Academy graduate in ...

The Air Force is looking to strengthen its capability to rapidly develop, produce and eventually mature novel advanced aircraft engine options, according to a request for information posted today .

The Defense Department is awarding Alaska Range Resources (ARR) $43.4 million to extract, process and purify extracted stibnite to produce "military grade" antimony trisulfide, according to a DOD ...

The Navy awarded two contracts for work on its Trident II D5 missile program in the final hours of fiscal year 2025, dishing out over $1.1 billion to upgrade the submarine-launched nuclear missile, ...