The Trump-class battleship could cost $15 billion to $21 billion for the lead vessel if it was ordered in 2030 and average $10 billion to $15 billion for follow-on ships, according to early estimates ...

Autonomy stacks could be useful for soldiers in the field who need to conduct logistical tasks such as sustainment, Army officials found during the XTech Overwatch exercise in late October. The ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory is starting an effort to rapidly mature new hypersonic missile technologies, according to a notice posted today. AFRL plans to formally ask for white paper ...

On Jan. 15, 2026 Eric Labs from the Congressional Budget Office gave a presentation on "Congress, the Golden Fleet and the Shipbuilding Industrial Base in 2026" at the Surface Navy Association's ...

Government Accountability Office report recommends the Navy "(1) has consistent representation from warfigher organizations in test planning, (2) makes a decisio ...

President Trump on Wednesday imposed 25% tariffs on some "advanced" semiconductors, with broad exceptions for equipment purchased for domestic use, signing a proclamation that says the administration ...

Amphibious ships Makin Island (LHD-8) and John P. Murtha (LPD-26) will be the first vessels to undergo the Navy's new "signature availability" maintenance approach starting in fiscal year 2027 as the ...

After industry feedback, the Navy is changing its tactics with maintenance availabilities, including earlier awards and the use of artificial intelligence-powered planning tools, an official said ...

On Jan. 15, 2026 the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan to be head of U.S. Southern Command and Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to be ...

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APFIT selected 16 projects totaling more than $480 million in funding for the first group of FY-26 awardees, though only 14 were named in the Defense Department’s announcement last month due to ...

The Space Force awarded Slingshot Aerospace $27 million to integrate its artificial intelligence technology into its training infrastructure, the company announced today. Slingshot’s TALOS AI system ...