Pentagon

US Air Force’s nascent radar plane faces the axe

Hegseth says the E-7 Wedgetail may be discarded to fund Pentagon shift toward space-based ISR.

The ‘buy-American’ push is backfiring

It’s time for U.S. and European policymakers to be smarter and more cooperative.

What will DOD civilians do at the border? The Pentagon won’t say.

The Defense Department declined to provide any details on Monday’s order to provide support to DHS.

Pentagon won’t say how many civilians have left since February

The department has used a mix of layoffs and voluntary resignations to cut workforce.

Air Force Reserve faces steep fighter cuts, uncertain future

Plan to eliminate multiple squadrons “takes us out of the fight,” the Reserve’s top general said in a Pentagon interview.

Hegseth halves staff of Pentagon’s testing-oversight office

The move may reduce the quality of DOT&E’s second opinions, but may not affect safety, former officials said.

Don’t limit defense innovation by capping small-biz awards

A proposed change to the Small Business Innovation Research program would deprive the military of some of its best problem-solvers.

Missile Defense Agency preps $151B contract vehicle for Golden Dome

MDA previewed a draft solicitation for work on the ambitious missile-defense system.

For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller

Everyone loves big AI, but “maybe there is a smaller-parameter model that could run on a laptop.”

The DOD’s tech agency braces for 10% workforce cut

The agency hopes to bring some staff back in a “surgical rehiring,” said Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton, head of the Defense Information Systems Agency.

Space Force losing 14% of its civilian workers

That’s more than other military branches, and it means the service will end the year with nearly 1,000 fewer people than expected.

Special operations are becoming the Pentagon’s future ‘normal’

“SOF is floated as a one-size-fits-all solution for a lot of problems,” said one former official.