Ideas

The Defense Department Is a Bad Customer. Let’s Change That.

Two active duty officers spent time at tech firms. Here’s what they learned.

Policy

Navy’s Next 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan Could Avoid Details–Again

Secretary Del Toro wants to give “decision space,” but lawmakers want specifics.

Business

Russia Banned from 2022 Farnborough Air Show

The July trade show is the year’s biggest for European manufacturers and customers of airliners and military aircraft.

Business

Defense Firms Brace for Billions of Dollars in New Taxes, And Hope for Congressional Relief

If a 2017 law stays in place, there’s a fear U.S. companies would reduce research-and-development spending.

Business

US Defense Firms Could Take Hit as West Sanctions Russia

The country plays a small but important role in both supply chains and sales.

Business

The U.S. Needs More Military Arms Makers, Says Pentagon No. 2

Defense firm consolidations have killed competition for government contracts, a White House-ordered study finds. The industrial base must expand, says Hicks.

Business

Anduril Buys Robotic Submarine Maker Dive Technologies

The company says its technologies will allow it to become a player in the undersea domain.

Business

Lockheed, Airbus Say They Would Build New Air Force Tankers in Alabama, Georgia

Team takes aim at service’s “bridge tanker” contract against likely rival Boeing.

Exclusive Science & Tech

SecDef Austin Summons Hypersonics CEOs

Pentagon meeting set for next week in race to outpace China and Russia.