Colton Jones

Colton Jones serves as Deputy Editor of Defence Blog, with a specialization in the U.S. defense industrial base. A former member of the United States Air Force, Colton brings firsthand military experience to his analysis of procurement, defense manufacturing, and Pentagon policy. He is one of the blog’s lead writers and most respected defense experts.
Army

US Army’s $8.4B contract locks in PrSM production through 2032

The U.S. Army has committed $8.4 billion to expand production of its next-generation Precision Strike Missile, awarding Lockheed Martin one of the largest ground-launched missile contracts in years and locking in a manufacturing pipeline that runs through...
Maritime Security

U.S. Navy charters four landing-capable ships for Okinawa operations

The U.S. Navy has hired four civilian cargo ships capable of driving military vehicles directly onto beaches and island piers without fixed port infrastructure, chartering them for operations out of Naha, Japan, starting July 30, 2026, in...
Maritime Security

Boeing gets $121M to upgrade U.S. Navy and Australian submarine hunters

The aircraft the U.S. Navy relies on to hunt submarines and track enemy ships across millions of square miles of open ocean is getting smarter, faster, and harder to evade, after Boeing received a $121 million contract...
Army

U.S. Army gets more hypersonic missiles in Navy-led $83M deal

The U.S. Army is getting more hypersonic missiles, after the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Space an $83 million contract modification on June 22, 2026, to procure additional All-Up Rounds under the Conventional Prompt Strike program satisfying Army...
Army

Idaho Guard swaps 70-ton tanks for light utility vehicles

An Idaho National Guard cavalry unit that once rode into battle on horses and later trained on 70-ton tanks reorganized from an armored combined arms battalion into a mobile infantry battalion equipped with Infantry Squad Vehicles on...
Army

U.S. Army launches $95 million biotech accelerator

The U.S. Army is building a biotech startup accelerator designed to fast-track biological defense technologies from laboratory bench to battlefield, and it wants nonprofit organizations to run it, with up to $95 million on the table and...
Army

Pentagon wants computers that work with almost no power or memory

The Pentagon's most ambitious research arm wants to build computers that can think in the dark, operate on almost no power, and keep working even when their own hardware is failing, and it is now asking the...
Aviation

U.S. Air Force buys anti-drone guns to protect nuclear missile base

Drone threats to military bases have become so routine that the U.S. Air Force is now buying specialized handheld guns capable of knocking them out of the sky, and the unit guarding America's nuclear missiles just put...
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