Business
DOD completes $1B investment in L3Harris missile unit
L3Harris Technologies is keeping an 80% stake in the solid-rocket-motor business, which is becoming a public company.
Business
The Navy will keep shrinking until the industrial base catches up
A commission on the service’s future is looking at ways to help the service along as ships wear down before they can be replaced.
Business
New test range opens for the startup-war era
The 400,000-acre site in Georgia focuses on bringing new companies, new tech, and operators together.
Business
Airbus’ autonomous supply-helicopter effort may pave the way for an armed model
An automated perception test involved technology from Shield AI, L3 Harris, and Parry Labs.
Business
US push to counter hackers draws industry deeper into offensive cyber debate
The White House is expanding the market for offensive cyber capabilities—and drawing more of the private sector into that ecosystem—even as policy boundaries around their use remain unclear.
Science & Tech
‘Hybrid constellations’ are making it hard for militaries to hide
Vantor plans to combine high- and low-resolution space imagery in its satellite fleet.
Policy
Spy agencies eye new Anthropic AI model that spots cyber flaws
Claude Mythos Preview has found vulnerabilities in "every major operating system and web browser," company officials say.
Business
Two firms picked as finalists for contract to outsource Army pilot training
Award still planned for September despite lawmakers’ qualms.
Defense Systems
General Atomics pauses drone wingman flight tests after crash
The company is competing for the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft.
Ideas
How Ukraine’s defense industry innovates at the speed of modern war
The reasons are far more organizational than technological.
Science & Tech
Startup debuts agentic AI assistant for war
As the Pentagon eyes agentic AI, a veteran-founded company introduces a tool that puts the military first.
Business
AI boat maker Saronic smashes $9 billion valuation
The company just closed a $1.75 billion funding round with eyes on increasing production tenfold.
Business
War boosts counter-drone sales, joint ventures
Recent weeks have seen a flurry of partnerships by defense-tech companies and orders from nations under fire.
Defense Systems
More Columbia-class submarines?
Sen. Tommy Tuberville floated the idea of fielding 16 instead of the planned dozen.
Policy
Judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic ban, calling it illegal retaliation
The court ruled that the Trump administration's actions were "arbitrary and capricious."
Defense Systems
