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Building trust at the speed of mission: Why identity is the new frontline in DoD cybersecurity

As threats and priorities evolve, modern identity solutions enable secure, scalable defense operations.

Business

AUKUS review emerged after talks with counterparts, SecDef says

Hegseth cites “long, personal conversations” with UK, Aussie defense ministers.

Business

F-35 engine upgrade hits delay, casting doubt on timeline

Critical design review has been pushed back a year, according to Pratt & Whitney.

Threats

‘Yesterday’s facilities,’ unstable workforce among base commanders’ worries

From sinkholes to policing shortages, military leaders laid out their concerns at a Maryland-wide conference.

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Securing the Federal Cloud: Adapting to Evolving Threats

Experts urge modern cloud security, agile procurement, and a product-based culture to address federal cloud challenges and resource gaps.

Defense Systems

Army expects to make more than a million artillery shells next year

Armaments chief says new factories, streamlined processes will hit goal just a few months late.

Voices

Business

Spat over Europe’s next-gen fighter program spills over at Paris Air Show

Public bickering between France and Germany doesn’t bode well for the continent’s efforts to build up military capability.

Defense Systems

The Navy’s dynamic sub-hunting duo

Future operations will lean on manned-unmanned platforms—MQ-4C Triton and Boeing’s P-8A—and a single digital dashboard.

Threats

‘If Russia is coming, then we will bring the war to Russia’: Inside NATO’s muscular new deterrence plans

Europe and the United States are more aligned than some headlines suggest—but they have different perceptions of the threat.

Business

Boeing says they can build F/A-XX *and* F-47, rejecting SecNav's concerns

Defense chief adds that Qatari-747 conversion won’t affect its Air Force One contract.

Business

Lockheed says new upgrade package for F-35 is ready

The TR-3 upgrade is more than two years late and has been plagued by software-development problems.

Business

Weapons, wariness, and war: Paris Air Show opens amid uncertainty

U.S. defense companies, at least, hope to assuage European fears about Washington’s reliability.

Threats

Four scenarios for the Middle East, from a former IDF intel chief

The collapse of Hezbollah, Hamas, and Assad presented an “opportunity” for Israel to expand its war across the Middle East, Amos Yadlin said.

Ideas

Is gun violence depressing military recruiting?

Perhaps the problem is not that young people are insufficiently patriotic, but that they have been fighting a war, daily, for their entire lives. 

Threats

Mossad agents sabotaged Iranian defenses as airstrikes began, Israeli official says

Covert units inside Iran used precision-guided weapons and vehicle-mounted systems to suppress air defenses, an Israeli security official said in remarks distributed to press.

Science & Tech

How drone warfare fares in the 2026 budget

The president’s proposal leans heavily on one-time reconciliation dollars.