Analysis

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is looking for industry input on live and virtual exercises to improve cyber protections for space systems. Last month, U.S. Air Force […]

A National Academies panel said Monday that monitoring, detection and verification of nuclear weapons and fissile material should be a higher national security priority and more coordination on the issue […]

The Biden administration plans to move ahead on discussions with allies and partners about establishing rules of the road for systems in space. On Dec. 7 last year, the United […]

Defense companies’ pause in all political donations by their Political Action Committees (PACs) in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is unlikely to disfavor disproportionately […]

Defense budgets and sales next year will remain “relatively” stable and defense spending worldwide will increase in the low single digits—surpassing $2 trillion—amid rising geopolitical tensions, the auditing and consulting […]

The concept designs of three companies that have acknowledged their interest in the U.S. Air Force vision for MQ-Next all feature flying wings–a nearly 550 year-old concept, first pondered by […]

Michèle Flournoy, a candidate for defense secretary if Joe Biden wins the November election, according to defense analysts, suggested that a new relationship between the Defense Department and Congress is […]

A recent U.S. Air Force contract with small satellite company BlackSky Global LLC to monitor how COVID-19 is affecting military supply chains shows the promise of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled […]

The manufacturing and production industry’s pivot to increasing automation in its facilities is not new, but embracing this way of building products will be essential to companies’ success in the […]

A new government watchdog report warns that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is once again at risk of missing its test schedule, amid the ongoing removal of former program partner […]