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The Pentagon has launched an effort to quickly field a new radar in the southeastern United States to protect the nation from advanced air and missile threats, aiming for an initial capability by 2028 ...

The Defense Department is looking to establish a group of entities across industry and academia to accelerate government access to directed-energy capabilities for military applications, per a ...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin will retire "on or about" Nov. 1, the service announced today, following a nearly 39-year career and just two years as the service's top officer.

Selected submissions from industry will integrate with the 4ID at Fort Carson, CO, in early 2026, according to the Army. The systems should be compatible with the service’s Next Generation Command and ...

The Defense Department's digital and artificial intelligence office, previously reporting directly to the deputy defense secretary, will now fall under authority of the Pentagon's research and ...

The Aug. 14, 2025 Defense Department inspector general's report "assess [es] the effectiveness of the Army’s management of the maintenance, storage, and accountability of Force Provider (FP) modules ...

In an Aug. 15, 2025 request for prototype proposals, the Defense Department announces it "seeks a Joint Directed Energy Consortium (JDEC) other transaction (OT) agreement to support innovation and ...

With a need to update key pieces of military equipment such as ships and drones with more powerful batteries and increase lethality, the Pentagon is using an industry day hosted earlier this month as ...

In an Aug. 14, 2025 memo, Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg directs the Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office be realigned so it now falls under the authority of the ...

In an effort to boost counter-unmanned aircraft systems training, the Marine Corps is seeking contracted support to train Force Reconnaissance units -- Marines typically placed beyond the forward line ...

Signed in September 2023, the memorandum of understanding between the three countries lasts 22 years. Through the agreement, DARC is designed to be an all-weather system to track objects in ...