$1.75B Defense Contracts Awarded For Missile-Tracking Satellites Launching in 2028
The government has awarded contracts worth $1.75 billion to build missile-tracking satellites for the U.S. Space Force as part of President Donald Trump’s vision for a greater national missile defense system. The contracts, awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) to Sierra Space, a technology company based in Louisville, Colorado, and to […]
Zelenskyy Seeks More European Air Defense Support for Ukraine at Paris Meeting
PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Paris on Monday to ask two dozen European leaders for help developing measures against Russia’s ballistic missiles, which have pummeled his country’s power grid in the more than four years since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion. European foreign ministers were also meeting separately in Brussels where […]
Italy Suspends Defense Cooperation with Israel Amid Rising Political Tensions
Italy has moved to suspend the renewal of a long-standing defense cooperation agreement with Israel, marking a notable shift in relations between the two countries as tensions rise over Israel’s military actions in the Middle East. The agreement, originally signed in 2003 and ratified in 2005, provided a framework for cooperation in military training, procurement, […]
Senate Budget Resolution Would Add $1.2T to Defense Spending Over 10 Years
The House is taking up a Senate-passed budget resolution that sets nearly $1 trillion in defense spending—roughly $500 billion below the levels President Donald Trump has publicly pushed—setting up a potential battle within the Republican Party over how far to go on military funding. The framework outlines roughly $5.5 trillion in federal spending for Fiscal […]
Guard, Reserve Sound Alarm That Readiness Strained in Defense Budget Talks
Readiness is being strained as funding uncertainty, aging equipment and rising mission demands collide in the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, top Guard and Reserve leaders warned. Guard and Reserve leaders testified before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee on Friday, cautioning that rising mission demands, aging equipment and funding uncertainty are straining readiness across […]
Defense Bill Will “Turbocharge” Surging Military Recruiting Numbers: Senator
The $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 is now law after passing both chambers of Congress and being signed Thursday by President Donald Trump, incorporating numerous policies and provisions including continued efforts to boost service member recruitment. On Dec. 10 the 3,086-page bill passed the House on a 312-112 vote (115 […]
Army Plans to ‘Disrupt’ Buying, Give Less Work to Defense Contractors
The U.S. Army plans to shift to a Silicon Valley model as it works to speed up the development, buying and fielding of new equipment — and traditional defense prime contractors shouldn’t expect to continue business as usual. “In just a matter of weeks, we will announce changes to how we buy military equipment,” Army […]
Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Leaking National Defense Info on Foreign Dating Website
A retired Army lieutenant colonel who worked as an Air Force civilian employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide classified information through an online dating app to someone claiming to be a person in Ukraine. On Thursday, 64-year-old David Slater entered his guilty plea, a Justice Department news release said. Slater, after retiring from […]
Defense Department Webpage on Jackie Robinson Goes Down, Then Returns amid Diversity Purge
A Department of Defense webpage describing baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson’s military service was restored Wednesday after it was missing earlier in the day. That development came after pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were taken down — the Pentagon said that was a mistake — […]
Army War College Is Editing Website to Obey Anti-DEI Order as Trump Reshapes Defense
The U.S. Army War College’s website, since at least Wednesday evening, has shown only one page: a notice about ongoing content removal under the Trump administration’s new guidelines to scrub mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion. Under Department of Defense instructions, the notice states vaguely, “certain posts have been removed, are in a process of […]