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Troy Meink, the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), is President-elect Trump’s pick to become Air Force secretary. Meink, a former U.S. Air Force KC-135 navigator and […]

The Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program manager this week said the first ship to get the new hypersonic missile system should finish installing missile tubes and be ready for testing by […]

While the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act and both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill approved Air Force funding for seven low-rate initial […]

Brandon Williams, a former one-term congressman from New York’s 22nd district, is President Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. Chris Wright, Trump’s nominee […]

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday that he supports building a significant number of uncrewed U.S. Navy vessels in the […]

Anduril Industries has tapped Columbus, Ohio, for its future hyperscale production facility where it plans to manufacture tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons annually to meet what it […]

The program manager for the Constellation-class frigate this week said the Navy plans to finally complete design of the ship this year and commented some of the delays were due […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) selected 13 companies to provide geospatial intelligence under the Luno B contract, the agency said Wednesday. Luno B is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract […]

While the readiness of U.S. Navy aircraft is largely up to snuff, surface ship and submarine maintenance are continuing hurdles for the service, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James […]

The U.S. Navy is examining the fielding of relatively inexpensive weapons, including projectiles and directed energy, to protect service ships at distance against missiles and drones–both of which have been […]