Defense Watch

Sub Contract Close. Navy officials on May 19 told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) the service is close to finalizing a contract with General Dynamics’ Electric Boat and HII […]

MQ-9 Follow-On. As the U.S. Air Force considers a follow-on to the MQ-9 Reaper by General Atomics, the service has received more than 50 responses to a request for information […]

Michael on Mythos. Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, said there is broad interest across the U.S. government in assessing Anthropic’s new Mythos artificial intelligence-powered cyber security model, which […]

AI/Classified Networks. The Pentagon announced on May 1 it has entered into agreements with SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services to leverage their advanced artificial intelligence […]

NRO Nominee. The Trump administration nominated Roger Mason to replace National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Chris Scolese who last May told the House Armed Services Committee of his intention to […]

CCA Engine. RTX’s Pratt & Whitney said that one of its PW500 engines is installed on a Northrop Grumman YFQ-48A Talon Blue drone, which may be an entrant for Increment […]

More EA-37Bs? The Air Force’s EA-37B saw its first combat use in Operation Epic Fury, according to U.S. Central Command, and the service’s fiscal 2027 budget requests $660 million for […]

Reed Knocks Budget. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, criticized the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion defense spending request for fiscal year 2027, specifically pushing […]

Dems Want Iran Hearing. Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee have called on Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) to immediately convene a public hearing with Pentagon officials on the Trump […]

Railgun Redux. The Navy’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) began testing a Navy railgun again in February at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The testing was revealed in a […]