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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.…
The FBI’s National Counter‑UAS Training Center is expanding capacity to meet rising demand: the center plans to train 250 additional counter‑drone mitigation officers by the end of FY2025, bringing total trained personnel to about 1,000 over three years.…
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order in the White House's Oval Office establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission. This creates a new federal commission focused on military spouse issues and signals renewed federal attention on programs supporting military families.…
A federal appeals court is weighing whether to uphold a lower court's injunction that prevents ICE from using taxpayer address data obtained from the IRS; 85 Democrats filed an amicus brief arguing the data-sharing agreement violated taxpayer privacy laws.…
The Air Force's 688th Cyberspace Operations Wing is actively enforcing the Department of Defense's Comply to Connect (C2C) framework by quarantining non-compliant hardware and software on Air Force and Space Force networks.…
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) awarded CACI International an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $500 million for the SkyValor counter-drone system.…
The Space Force has established NITE-STAR, a $981 million IDIQ vehicle with 15 pre‑qualified vendors to develop testing and training infrastructure across two five‑year periods. The vehicle supports the Space Force's Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) priority and is designed to…
The Pentagon CIO issued DoD Instruction 8000.02, a department-wide directive establishing IT category management policies effective July 29, 2026. The instruction mandates that DoD components use enterprise capabilities and best-in-class purchasing solutions before pursuing individual IT…