The secretary of defense also defended cuts to the E-7 Wedgetail, Constellation-class frigate, and Ukraine assistance funds during the congressional hearing.

The investment comes as among the first in a bid to reach an ambition of manufacturing one SSN every 18 months, which are set to be delivered from the end of the 2030s.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who pushed for unmanned and AI integration at US Fifth Fleet, would take the helm of US Central ...

WASHINGTON — The Air Force is pushing back its schedule for modernizing the Eisenhower-era B-52 Stratofortress with a new radar by a year amid integration challenges, according to a new report ...

WASHINGTON — The US Navy today relieved a senior officer overseeing the acquisitions of its unmanned maritime systems and small combatants due to “a loss of confidence” based on “a ...

WASHINGTON — Despite the current downward trend in budgets and lack of Trump administration support for climate research, Muon Space’s chief executive is seeing an uptick in interest from ...

WASHINGTON — The US Army wants to shrink the time between when it receives MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) prototypes and when manufacturer Bell can kickstart production, but ...

DSEI JAPAN — The Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) being pursued by the UK, Japan and Italy to develop a sixth-generation fighter by 2035 appears poised for a major step forward, with executives ...

BELFAST — As the NATO summit approaches, some foreign leaders seem to have warmed to a 5 percent spending pledge through a novel, two-tiered approach — but one that comes with its own ...

The Navy has never gone this long without a fully empowered chief of naval operations. Former officials and analysts say the consequences of that are stacking up by the day.

GEOINT 2025 — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said today that her office is examining ways to reform how the US Intelligence Community (IC) does procurement, including ...