Pentagon

The U.S. military will develop a new, higher-yield variant of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb designed for delivery by modern aircraft, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 27. Designated the B61-13, […]

The Pentagon will release its first National Defense Industrial Strategy in December, which the department’s acquisition chief said will include a focus on the “increasing roles that allies and partners […]

The Defense Department faces limitations in its insight into defense mergers and acquisitions (M&A) despite its concerns that industrial base consolidation can decrease competition and reduce resiliency in the supply […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded four contracts to Honeywell‘s [HON] aerospace division, AT&T [T], Iridium Communications [IRDM], and Lynk […]

Long-range air defense is key to pushing Russia back to its borders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 11 on the 594th day since Russia invaded Ukraine for the […]

The Defense Department has awarded X-Bow Systems a $64 million contract to position the startup as a second supplier of large-diameter solid rocket motors (SRMs) for two Army and Navy […]

The acquisition process for typical programs of record is drawn out but has proven successful yet for the Defense Department to take advantage of advances in digital technologies that evolve […]

The Pentagon wants to have an Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C) system up and running by 2027 to enable military forces to switch rapidly from one satellite band, orbit, or […]

The Pentagon has “deep concern” over the lack of Ukraine aid in the stopgap funding measure passed to avert a government shutdown, the department’s comptroller has said, adding it may […]

A federal government shutdown would particularly harm small companies in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), according to a Sept. 28 letter to congressional leaders from National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) […]