Defense Systems

Software patches from Army hackathon going straight to troops in CENTCOM

Project Jailbreak is helping to get contractors open up their systems to each other.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Golden Dome defenders push back on $1.2T cost estimate

Program leader says CBO report based on Trump’s executive order doesn’t reflect current plans.

  • Thomas Novelly
Defense Systems

Golden Dome plan would cost $1.2 trillion, CBO finds

That’s seven times what Trump initially said, and almost double the congressional office’s first estimate.

  • Thomas Novelly
Business

Defense Business Brief: Pitching America first; Visa deal?; Skunk Works exec moves up; plus a little more

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: Mines laid in Hormuz; US casualty count; Missile defenses pulled from Asia; DOD’s smaller workforce; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US toll rises to 8; Iran’s new leader; Building military-specific AI; Counting the rationales for war; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Missile makers agree to ‘quadruple’ production, Trump says

The announcement comes after months of White House pressure on defense companies to build weapons faster.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

The Pentagon moves into the era of affordable mass

Even as cheap drones deplete expensive air defenses near Iran, the U.S. military is working to turn the tables.

  • Anna Miskelley, Forecast International
Threats

The D Brief: Death toll, oil prices rise; Ukraine to send anti-drone help; WH calls industry meeting; Claude at war; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The US built up its missile defenses—and will need to do it again

The war against Iran has depleted stocks of vital interceptors.

  • Frank A. Rose
Threats

The D Brief: US-Israel strikes continue; Hormuz closed; 4 US dead, ID’d; SOF join Ecuador drug ops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Iran war spreads across Mideast; Trump: ‘Wars can be fought forever’; Iranian, US death tolls rise; State urges evacuations from 16 nations; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: War on Iran; Retaliation throughout the Gulf; Friendly fire downs F-15s; Anthropic ejected from federal service; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

‘It sounded relentless’: American in Bahrain describes days of drone and missile attacks

A “constant barrage of sirens, missile impacts, Patriot interceptors, drones, and jet engines.”

  • Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: Lessons from Iraq; Trump’s Insurrection Act-threat; DIU seeks swarm controllers; Russia’s Starlink drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Another 340 firms approved to bid on Golden Dome work worth up to $151B

All but a handful of the 2,400-plus companies who sought approval have received it.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Perfidy’ in boat strike?; Pentagon’s new AI plan; Venezuela’s broken air defenses; Quantum space cameras; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US hits 70 ISIS targets; Another tanker seized; Army seeks common C-UAS controller; More firms cleared for Golden Dome work; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Another 1,000 defense companies chosen for $151B Golden Dome competition

The number of awards doubled as more companies are selected to compete for the SHIELD contract vehicle.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth cites ‘fog of war’; USAF axes China-focused reforms; CENTCOM’s new attack-drone unit; Firms qualify for Golden Dome work; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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