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.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
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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.
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.
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.
As the Air Force’s new Integrated Capabilities Command sits in a provisional status, lawmakers on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee are asking the service to provide updates regarding its formal establishment and ongoing modernization work while showing support for the effort.
The Defense Department is hoping the pending congressional reconciliation package will inject $2.1 billion extra to significantly ramp up procurement efforts for the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber, according to budget request documents obtained by Inside Defense.
House appropriators have budgeted zero dollars for M10 Booker procurement next year as the Army calls for an end to its contract with vendor General Dynamics Land Systems, according to the report accompanying the committee's fiscal year 2026 draft spending bill.
Oklo, Inc. has been selected to develop and operate the Air Force's first-ever micro-reactor, pending certification from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the service announced yesterday.
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.
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'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.
As the Air Force’s new Integrated Capabilities Command sits in a provisional status, lawmakers on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee are asking the service to provide updates regarding its formal establishment and ongoing modernization work while showing support for the effort.
A not-yet-approved budget reconciliation bill accounts for an overwhelming majority of planned research and development spending for the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program in fiscal year 2026, according to budget request documents obtained by Inside Defense.
The House Appropriations Committee voted 36-27 to advance its version of the fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill, despite lacking an official request from the White House.
