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The FAA is replacing paper flight strips with digital flight strip systems at 90 airports by 2028 and has Leidos implementing the system at 18 airports since November 2022. Separately, the FAA is pursuing a Common Automation Platform (CAP) contract to consolidate multiple air-traffic systems;…
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is resuming its Tranche 1 satellite launch campaign after a 9-month pause triggered by on-orbit technical issues with satellites built by York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin.…
The VA expanded use of AI to address a roughly 600,000-claim disability compensation backlog is under heightened scrutiny from Congress, the GAO, and the VA Inspector General due to governance gaps and quality problems.…
The Pentagon has announced framework agreements for multiyear production contracts with Anduril, CoAspire, and Zone 5 Technologies to produce 8,000 affordable cruise missiles per year under the FAMM program.…
A Congressional Research Service report documents a significant shift in Japan’s defense policy: Tokyo plans to nearly double defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2028 and to remove longstanding restrictions on arms transfers.…
The Air Force has formalized a major expansion of its cruise missile buy: a July 10 contract action notice increases planned procurement to as many as 11,200 JASSM and LRASM missiles over the next 5–7 years via a multiyear procurement through 2032.…
The NRO Director nominee testified that the relationship between the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and Space Force is evolving, with Space Force taking greater ownership of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) programs that were previously initiated by NRO.…
Two senior national security space nominations — Erich Hernandez-Baquero for the Air Force's top civilian space acquisition role and Roger Mason to lead the National Reconnaissance Office — are undergoing Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearings.…
The Air Force is advancing two major F-16 upgrade efforts with dedicated funding that create near‑term contracting activity for defense suppliers. The reconciliation package provides $187 million for IVEWS electronic warfare system production plus $30 million for additional flight tests, and the…
The Navy awarded TOTE Services LLC a $2.2 billion Vessel Construction Management (VCM) contract to manage procurement of up to eight Medium Landing Ships, marking a material change in Navy acquisition approach.…
GAO reports that DOD has obligated $2.64 billion for southern border operations since FY2025, using multiple funding strategies: $1.74 billion in realigned appropriations, $608 million in counter-drug transfers, $300 million in military construction funds, and $1 billion from the One Big Beautiful…
Europe is executing its Readiness 2030 plan with nearly $1 trillion in defense investment, including a $200 billion defense financing program that has already deployed $6 billion. Collective European defense spending reached 2.1% of GDP in 2025, with frontline NATO allies moving toward 5% of GDP,…
The Department of Interior has launched an Electronic Probate System, branded eNativeTrust, to modernize the Bureau of Indian Affairs' trust estate services for Native American property inheritance cases.…
European government space spending rose 12% to approximately $15.4 billion in 2025, driven primarily by rising national defense budgets, according to a European Space Agency report.…
The Space Development Agency awarded $1.75 billion in contracts to L3Harris and Sierra Space for 36 missile tracking satellites under the Golden Dome missile defense program's Tranche 3, bringing the tranche total to 104 spacecraft with delivery expected by late 2028.…
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a prominent member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senate Budget Committee, died on July 12. His death creates a vacancy on the committees that directly oversee defense policy, military budgets, and appropriations,…
The War Department announced the suspension of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) phase two requirements, which had been initially scheduled to take effect in November, and launched a comprehensive review of the entire CMMC program.…
The Pentagon is shifting toward a "wartime footing," driving major industrial-base changes: 10,000 new defense firms entered the market over two years and the Department awarded more than $120 billion in contracts to nontraditional companies in FY 2025.…
Canada has signed four agreements worth $1.75 billion with BAE Systems Australia to acquire Arctic Over-The-Horizon Radar (A-OTHR) technology for NORAD operations. The program is moving from planning into the delivery phase and will involve building multiple radar installations across Canada to…
President Trump has pledged to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot PAC-3 interceptors domestically, a manufacturing right currently extended to only a handful of U.S. allies. The pledge represents a meaningful shift in U.S.…
The Veterans Health Administration has appointed John Figueroa as acting Under Secretary for Health after John Bartrum's resignation; Figueroa will oversee continued rollout of the Federal Electronic Health Record (FEHR) modernization program.…
The Air Force and Space Force have requested Congressional approval to reprogram $900 million in FY2026 funds, shifting primarily from aircraft procurement programs and space launch to cover higher-than-expected personnel costs.…
The Department of Energy is expanding its AI model portfolio within its Joulix suite — which currently offers Claude and Gemini — and is adding OpenAI integration while explicitly declining to add Perplexity and Grok despite those services having FedRAMP authorizations.…
Two major executive orders on commercial space issued over the past year, plus multiple directives elevating "space superiority" as a policy priority, signal increased government attention to the commercial space sector.…