Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who pushed for unmanned and AI integration at US Fifth Fleet, would take the helm of US Central Command, should he be confirmed.

The Navy has never gone this long without a fully empowered chief of naval operations. Former officials and analysts say the ...

WASHINGTON — The “greatest risk” for the Navy’s planned fiscal 2034 delivery of the nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Nuclear (SLCM-N) is integrating it onboard Virginia-class submarines ...

BEIRUT — General Atomics is in talks to sell Saudi Arabia up to 200 MQ-9 unmanned systems, according to a company spokesperson. The discussions are part of the $142 billion in defense deals ...

GEOINT 2025 — The Space Force and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have signed a long-negotiated agreement on how they will split responsibility for acquiring intelligence ...

DSEI JAPAN — Japan is on track to take delivery of its fifth and sixth KC-46A Pegasus tankers later this year, a senior industry official here said, also revealing a tanker from the existing ...

WASHINGTON — To speed up drone deployment, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) plans to enlist four to six third-party vendors by the end of summer to help the agency complete Pentagon-mandated ...

WASHINGTON — Raytheon has delivered the first upgraded radar for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) capable of tracking hypersonic missiles to the Missile Defense Agency, the ...

AAAA 2025 — Army aviation cuts were deeper than anticipated but are not necessarily final, and some programs may be saved after further analysis, according to the commanding general of the Army ...

WASHINGTON — In keeping with his penchant for shocking the defense industry, President Donald Trump today seemingly revealed plans to develop a twin-engine version of the F-35 Joint Strike ...

Funding for the items like protective gear and NVGs will be provided from the government’s €100 billon special arms fund, a seismic uplift in defense spending aimed at ending decades of ...

WASHINGTON — Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll hasn’t masked his desire to shake up the defense sector but he upped the ante this week, calling it a “success” if a large prime contractor ...