Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Air Force to plan modifications to turn a Qatari-owned jumbo jet into the next Air Force One aircraft, service Secretary Troy Meink disclosed today.

A small UUV is defined as less than 45 inches in length and less than 200 pounds. The Navy is aiming for industry options to include a UUV that can have at least an eight-hour endurance at three knots ...

Recently sworn-in Air Force Secretary Troy Meink will receive his first briefing Friday on the beleaguered LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, which is in the midst of a major ...

The MOU follows the signing of a letter of intent by United States and UAE military leadership to establish a new “major defense partnership,” which would see DIU in charge of facilitating potential ...

The Marine Corps must own the technical data rights for the platforms it operates, the service's top officer said yesterday, describing a situation in which a forward-based F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Monday that senior leaders have identified $48 billion in savings over the next five years that could result from the recent Army Transformation Initiative.

In May 2025, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, Chief of Staff Gen. David Allin and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman submitted their service's fiscal year 2026 posture statement to the ...

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The UAE was also formally welcomed into the U.S. National Guard State Partnership Program through a new partnership with the Texas National Guard that is intended to “bolster military modernization ...

The Pentagon has awarded Raytheon Technologies a $1 billion contract to produce up to 55 Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors, a move that comes as defense leaders reconsider the future of the ...

“Modernizing America’s nuclear stockpile is essential to delivering President Trump’s peace through strength agenda,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. “The remarkable speed of the B61-13’s ...

The Army will soon select up to three companies to deliver prototypes for its next-generation network under a competitive solicitation that may lead to a variety of projects leveraging industry’s ...