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Spending by the Defense Department in 2024 on the top 100 startups with dual-use and defense technology more than doubled versus 2023 but remains less than 1 percent of the […]

The Defense Department on Wednesday asked for public comment on a presidential directive to reform how the department acquires stuff, including mandating a preference for commercial solutions. The public has […]

The House on Thursday voted 218-214 to pass the massive reconciliation bill with $150 billion for defense that the Pentagon has built into its fiscal year 2026 spending plans. After […]

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] another 10-year contract to maintain and upgrade the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system in a contract worth up to $2.97 […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last Wednesday announced its first awards under its Luno B commercial analytics services contract with orders to Ursa Space Systems and NV5 Geospatial. Under a […]

Steve Parker, a long-time Boeing [BA] veteran who has led the company’s defense segment in an acting capacity since last September, has been named president and CEO of the business […]

RTX [RTX] is integrating Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy pilot software into an operational weapon that will allow it to autonomously coordinate and collaborate with other systems equipped with the same […]

Electra has received a small research contract from the Army to mature hybrid-electric propulsion systems the company is developing for its ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft to advance the […]

The Army has detailed plans to pursue two autonomous launcher concepts that would fire both offensive and defensive weapons, seeking information on industry’s potential solutions for a new rapid prototyping […]