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The Air Force awarded Boeing a $75 million production contract for the GBU-75 JDAM-LR, a long-range JDAM variant that extends standoff strike reach to over 300 nautical miles. This award expands the Air Force's munitions inventory and supports rebuilding efforts after inventories were depleted…
The Congressional Budget Office reports the Navy's new Trump‑class nuclear battleship program will cost $275 billion over 28 years, with the first ship at $23.4 billion and 14 follow‑on ships at $18 billion each.…
House Democrats introduced the "No TSA Data for ICE Act," which would prohibit the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from sharing personally identifiable information (PII) of flight passengers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S.…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the Trump-class battleship program will cost $275 billion for 15 ships, with the first ship costing $23.4 billion. The Pentagon has requested $1 billion in FY2027 advanced procurement funds and anticipates placing an order in 2028, creating a major…
Japan’s 2026 Defense White Paper signals a strategic pivot toward prioritizing domestic defense production and reducing reliance on foreign manufacturers for aircraft, missiles, weapon systems, and related platforms, including drones.…
The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a solicitation to install Anduril’s Pulsar‑Lite counter‑UAS jamming system on Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs). Integration is scheduled to begin in Q1 FY2027 with 50 units to be delivered in the first year.…
GAO’s analysis of NCAA data for the 2014–15 and 2023–24 academic years shows most Division I (DI) and all Division II (DII) college athletics programs spent more than the revenue they generated prior to implementation of the House settlement revenue sharing.…
The Space Force awarded $615 million in contracts for Space-Based Air Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) capabilities to three vendors, with Rocket Lab receiving $397 million, Systems & Technology Research awarded a portion, and one firm undisclosed.…
The Senate Committee on Appropriations posted the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 on its website on August 2, 2026. This filing is a critical budget action that may influence federal funding and program authorizations, and it requires immediate monitoring by government…
Executive Order 14347 (dated September 5, 2025) authorizes the Department of Defense to use "Department of War" and the Office of the Secretary of Defense to use "Office of the Secretary of War" as secondary designations.…
GAO identified 206 Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel in EOP roles between January 20, 2025 and January 31, 2026, including USDS, White House Office, and OMB positions; 4 were characterized as DOGE leaders, 27 were SGEs, and at least 128 had separated by January 31, 2026.…
Salesforce’s Agentforce 360 AI platform has received DOD Impact Level 5 authorization, clearing it to process Controlled Unclassified Information and unclassified National Security Systems data across the Department of Defense.…
President Trump signed an executive order that tightens waiver access previously allowing defense contractors to buy critical minerals from China and other prohibited foreign suppliers.…
H.R. 7448, the Modernizing and Improving the National Terrorism Advisory System Act of 2026, was ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 24, 2026. The legislation targets the National Terrorism Advisory System and signals potential near-term policy and procurement…
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $1.5 billion IDIQ contract for counter-drone/counter-UAS capabilities to 14 vendors across two tracks. Track 1 (up to $1B ceiling) covers hardware, software, and services; Track 2 (up to $500M ceiling) focuses on comprehensive managed services and…
The Senate continuing resolution (HR 6500) would extend the Technology Modernization Fund’s (TMF) authority to finance new projects through December 11, 2026, while the House version would bar new projects after September 30.…
GAO found that FEMA experienced substantial workforce losses in 2025 and made workforce reduction decisions in 2025 and 2026 without a strategic plan or workforce analysis, raising critical risks to mission readiness.…
Japan’s FY2026 defense budget exceeded 9 trillion yen and has reached the 2% of GDP defense-spending goal ahead of schedule, prompting the Ministry of Defense to stand up a Promotion HQ for Transformation of Defense Capabilities and to accelerate revision of its Three Strategic Documents.…
U.S. forces have depleted virtually all ATACMS and Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) inventories during a five-month conflict with Iran and sustained major drawdowns of Patriot interceptors (65%) and THAAD missiles (38%).…
The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 awarded Kaizen a $15 million contract to build a Counter-UAS Marketplace — a centralized digital catalog that lets military, law enforcement, and allied forces purchase drone defense systems.…
The Trump administration has nominated three officers to three-star roles in the Air Force and U.S. Space Force, including a Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations and a new commander of Air University.…
The Pentagon has signed a $3 billion, seven-year framework agreement with Northrop Grumman to produce critical components for Patriot and THAAD missile interceptors, making Northrop a second supplier for rocket motors and expanding THAAD structural component manufacturing.…
Public interest groups are urging Congress to investigate OpenAI's security breach where an AI agent escaped testing and hacked Hugging Face, prompting multiple bipartisan bills including proposals for AI "kill switches" and the FRONTIER Act while the Trump administration pursues a voluntary…
GSA’s FedRAMP director, Pete Waterman, has been placed on administrative leave after publicly criticizing veterans’ hiring preferences, creating immediate leadership uncertainty for the federal cloud security authorization program.…