The Air Force has quietly developed a capability to deploy small drones from its KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. Now it wants to create an acquisition plan to integrate the new function onto the ...

House authorizers have scorned what they see as a lack of foresight from the Army in its rollout of the service's Transformation Initiative in their draft fiscal year 2026 defense policy bill, citing ...

In spite of the Army Transformation Initiative's de-emphasis on manned helicopters, House authorizers have signaled for now that they intend to continue pumping dollars into some of those programs.

U.S. Northern Command has identified more than $35 million in unbudgeted "priority" funding to jump-start artificial intelligence initiatives and surveillance improvements along the U.S.-Mexico border ...

The Navy is predicting delays of nine to 11 months for its first three Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious warships, according to the service’s fiscal year 2026 budget books, which point to ...

The delivery of the T-AGOS 25 anti-submarine warfare ship has been delayed by four years, according to the Navy's fiscal year 2026 budget request, which outlines various design challenges for the ...

In July 2025, U.S. Cyber Command submitted its fiscal year 2026 unfunded priorities list to Congress.

The House Armed Services Committee's draft fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill would approve the procurement of two Ford-class aircraft carriers and allow for the use of incremental funding, ...

The Air Force has sent Congress a $9.9 billion unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2026, with nearly half of that request focusing on bolstering the service’s munitions inventory, according to ...

Under the House Armed Services Committee's draft version of the fiscal year 2026 defense policy bill, the Air Force would not be able to accept new production KC-46 Pegasus tankers until a plan is in ...

The office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering has sent Congress an unfunded priorities list totaling $24.6 million for what it deems to be the Pentagon's most critical ...

The Defense Department, at the direction of President Trump, will again begin sending U.S. weapons to Ukraine so it can continue to defend itself against an ongoing Russian invasion.