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Vanessa Montalbano June 13, 2025

Difficulty in validating hardware for the Air Force's Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is putting the program behind schedule and could narrow the number of flight tests the service can perform before deeming the weapon operational, according to the Government Accountability Office's annual weapon systems report.

Tony Bertuca June 13, 2025

The House Appropriations Committee wants Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain why he ordered cuts to the Pentagon's independent weapons testing office as "it is widely understood that there is increasing need for independent operational test and evaluation," especially in the cyber and electromagnetic realms.

Jason Sherman June 13, 2025

The Pentagon's marquee missile defense initiative, rebranded just months ago as the "Golden Dome" after a trademark conflict scuttled its original name, is now facing another branding setback -- this time from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Nick Wilson June 13, 2025

Development of an anti-ship hypersonic missile has been paused due to cost concerns, though the Navy plans to continue with a revised acquisition strategy in fiscal year 2026, according to the Government Accountability Office's annual weapon systems report.

Abby Shepherd June 12, 2025

Aided by the first overseas deployment of two new weapon systems, the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment recently completed a deployment that included three bilateral exercises focused on the Indo-Pacific.

Tony Bertuca June 12, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged today the Pentagon is reviewing the Constellation-class frigate program when asked by a lawmaker if it was being terminated, noting it was one of several "difficult decisions" slated to be made impacting the department's portfolio of large acquisition programs.

Dan Schere June 12, 2025

The start of production on the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft could be delayed up to 18 months, and initial operational capability could be delayed 11 months, according to the Government Accountability Office’s Weapon Systems Annual Assessment.

House appropriators want dual-use DOD factories to surge weapons production

House appropriators are urging the Pentagon to establish a network of dual-use factories, emphasizing the Defense Department must scale commercially available, advanced manufacturing technologies during peacetime to ensure wartime surge capacity.

Hegseth indicates frigate program is on the chopping block

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged today the Pentagon is reviewing the Constellation-class frigate program when asked by a lawmaker if it was being terminated, noting it was one of several "difficult decisions" slated to be made impacting the department's portfolio of large acquisition programs.

Amazon unveils plans to launch second 'Secret Cloud Region' by end of year

Amazon's cloud computing platform is set to roll out its "AWS Secret-West Cloud Region" in 2025, the company announced today, marking its second cloud architecture verified to support workloads including data at the secret-level classification for the U.S. federal government.