Pentagon wants to fix how America makes the steel for its weapons

DARPA, the Pentagon's advanced research agency responsible for some of the most consequential technological breakthroughs in American military history, has issued a request for information targeting metals producers, ceramics manufacturers, and composites makers with an unusual proposition:...
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Pentagon wants mobile launchers to test missile defense systems

America's missile defense testing program has a logistics problem, and the Pentagon wants industry to solve it:...
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US Air Force spends $95M to learn exactly how lasers destroy targets

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract worth up to $95 million to study how laser...
Aviation

Raytheon secures $1.1B deal for AIM-9X missile production

Raytheon has secured a $1.1 billion contract modification to produce nearly 2,000 AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for...

Ukraine opens its military to the global recruitment market

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Ukraine is turning to the global labor market to fill its infantry ranks, with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announcing, that the government will license...
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Turkish army receives another batch of homegrown ballistic missiles

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Türkiye has quietly expanded its arsenal of domestically produced ballistic missiles, with the country's Ministry of National Defense confirming that ROKETSAN has delivered additional...
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US Air Force prepares to integrate nuclear warhead into new Sentinel ICBM

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to sole-source a contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems to integrate...

Pentagon wants mobile launchers to test missile defense systems

America's missile defense testing program has a logistics problem, and the Pentagon wants industry to solve it:...

US Air Force spends $95M to learn exactly how lasers destroy targets

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract worth up to $95 million to study how laser...

Raytheon secures $1.1B deal for AIM-9X missile production

Raytheon has secured a $1.1 billion contract modification to produce nearly 2,000 AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for...

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Ukraine opens its military to the global recruitment market

Ukraine is turning to the global labor market to fill its infantry ranks, with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announcing, that the government will license...

Turkish army receives another batch of homegrown ballistic missiles

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U.S. spends $35 billion to quadruple THAAD interceptor production

The U.S. government has awarded Lockheed Martin a $35 billion contract to quadruple production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor, the missile...

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Pentagon demos laser weapons for Hegseth at White Sands

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A Spanish defense firm has completed live flight testing of its BANDIT-X drone interceptor before military operators...

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German AI startup powers military drones without GPS

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Polish combat robots train to hold the Suwałki Gap

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Britain builds its 100th Boxer armored vehicle for the army

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Europe must kick its addiction to American tech

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Production speed is the new military edge, analyst argues

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Ukraine hits Russian energy infrastructure to blunt oil revenue surge

Ukraine has doubled its strikes on Russian oil infrastructure and is keeping up that pace into May,...

U.S. startup Aeon prepares revolution in tactical missiles

A U.S. defense startup is making a bold push into the tactical precision weapons market with a...

New SATCOM tech helps downed pilot rescues

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Analysis: Russia and Ukraine intensify deep-strike drone war

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Expert links private nuclear sector to U.S. defense resilience

As the United States moves to rebuild parts of its nuclear fuel supply chain amid competition with Russia and China, privately backed technology firms...

Dutch firm details how high-end military models are made

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Iran targets U.S. coalition with asymmetric warfare

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