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The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its counterparts in the U.K. and Australian governments launched the second annual AUKUS Pillar II Maritime Innovation Challenge this week, this time focused […]

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a recent interview rebooting plutonium pit production is key to bringing nuclear power forward for energy and defense during the Trump administration. Plutonium […]

F-47 Contract. The Air Force award to Boeing to develop the F-47 manned Next Generation Air Dominance fighter is a cost-plus incentive-fee contract the service said last week, that includes […]

The White House nominated Brent Sadler, a naval analyst at the Heritage Foundation, to be the administrator for the Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) on March 24, according to Senate […]

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) Wednesday told the commander of the Strategic Command Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton that he thinks adding a nuclear warhead to the nation’s submarines could be […]

A bipartisan group of congressional representatives want to expand the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) authority to develop counter drone technology, according to a press release by Rep. Susie Lee […]

WASHINGTON – Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), ranking member of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, on Tuesday said that the U.S. needs to “reciprocate” the commitment Australia made to the […]

Two former Defense Department officials from the first Trump administration last week argued a new person and organization should be put in charge of the White House’s new Golden Dome […]

$2 Billion. In the last few years, Congress has stepped up investments under the Defense Production Act, which Congress is to reauthorize this year. “In recent years, spurred by the […]

The Air Force last Friday awarded Boeing [BA] the contract to build the first sixth-generation manned fighter aircraft that it said will have more stealth, range, maneuverability, sustainability, readiness, and […]