Sandhoo, who has served as acting director since September 2025, will lead the Space Development Agency while also serving as Space Force PAE for missile warning and tracking. […]

The winning companies will move forward as preferred vendors in DOD’s next Drone Dominance Program ‘Gauntlet’ event later this year. […]

A recent multinational exercise in Lithuania evaluated more than 20 systems designed to combat unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, to evaluate how emerging counter-UAS capabilities will perform in realistic environments. […]

Federal officials on May 14 said Anthropic’s Claude Mythos tool marks a turning point for government cybersecurity and military operations, warning that advanced AI models will require stronger public-private partnerships to defend against emerging risks. […]

According to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” initiative could cost as much as $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy, and operate over 20 years, far exceeding the White House’s current $185 billion estimate. […]

The U.S. Air Force has entered into a $72 million enterprise license agreement (ELA) with Salesforce to move its fragmented point solutions onto a single interoperable platform.   […]

The Pentagon will not use Anthropic as a Department of Defense (DOD) vendor despite ongoing government interest in the company’s powerful Claude Mythos artificial intelligence (AI) tool, DOD Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Emil Michael said Tuesday at the Politico Security Summit. […]

Former U.S. Army Chief Information Officer (CIO) Leonel Garciga is joining Booz Allen Hamilton as a senior executive advisor, the company announced Friday.  […]

The Department of Defense (DOD) selected Joseph Tonon to serve as the next director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), the agency announced. As director, Tonon will take on the agency’s longstanding challenge to modernize the federal government’s background investigations system. […]

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao appointed retired U.S. Navy Capt. William Toti to perform the duties of the undersecretary of the Navy, according to a statement Cao published Friday on X. […]

The Department of Defense (DOD) today released the first tranche of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) files, opening decades of previously classified records to public scrutiny for the first time. […]

The U.S. Space Force added $4.4 billion to its effort to develop space monitoring satellites and services, sending a 10-year contract vehicle from a ceiling value of $1.84 billion to $6.24 billion, according to a notice from the service. […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is advancing its IT modernization efforts through a three-pronged approach aimed at improving efficiency, reducing costs, and strengthening mission support, USACE G-6 Director Allen Strunk said during a Federal News Network webinar on Tuesday. […]

The U.S. Army is partnering with technology providers including Anduril, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Palantir, Perennial Autonomy, and RTX on a series of hackathons aimed at integrating critical military technology systems. […]

The U.S. Army announced today that Chief Information Officer (CIO) Leonel Garciga has stepped down from his post. […]

Three university teams were named winners of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Aligned Skills Curriculum and Experiential Network Design (ASCEND) challenge competition. The winning proposals were selected to help shape future national cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) workforce training programs. […]

President Donald Trump nominated Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to serve as the next chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, according to an announcement on Friday. […]

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) should put better analytical capabilities in the hands of its regional operators to help the agency accomplish a portion of its mission set, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued on April 24. […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers Wednesday that the Pentagon will soon announce a new sub-unified command focused on autonomous warfare. […]

Hung Cao, acting secretary for the Department of the Navy, warned Monday that unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have become the modern battlefield’s equivalent of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). He urged defense contractors to accelerate the development and delivery of UAS and counter-UAS technologies. […]

The Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Information Officer (CIO) will host the finale of its ASCEND “Shark Tank”-style competition on May 1, where five finalists will present their proposals to a panel of DOD experts. […]

A new tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is helping the Navy connect sailors with personalized job opportunities, and it’s already driving a 40% boost in second-term retention, according to Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Ben Kohlmann. […]

The Department of Defense (DOD) is launching a cyber apprenticeship program, designed to “rapidly cultivate a new generation of elite cybersecurity professionals,” officials said on April 28. […]

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is seeking to partner with industry and nonprofit organizations to accelerate the adoption of advanced technologies for maritime and cross-domain operations. A sources sought notice published Friday says the effort will be led by the command’s Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics directorate. […]

The U.S. Space Force acquisition arm has tapped 12 companies to help develop space-based interceptor prototypes for President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative. […]

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) released a data strategy and an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy to operationalize data and accelerate its transition to an AI-first force. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DOD) fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget proposal hinges on a major gamble: that Congress will approve $350 billion in mandatory spending through reconciliation to help reach a $1.45 trillion defense topline. […]

The U.S. Space Force announced on Monday that it canceled its contract with RTX – formerly known as Raytheon Technologies – for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) program following years of technical issues and delays. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DOD) fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget proposal would send U.S. military spending soaring to $1.45 trillion – $1.1 trillion in discretionary funding and $350 billion in reconciliation funding – fueling major investments in missile defense, autonomous systems, cyber capabilities, and space, as part of a broader push to modernize the force. […]

President Donald Trump has nominated Roger Mason to become director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), an intelligence community (IC) component that operates satellites and ground systems to secure against worldwide threats. The nomination is subject to Senate approval. […]