Thursday, January 22, 2026
Key Issues SPY-6 production DOT&E cuts Golden Dome
Defense firm Leonardo DRS is poised to cut the ribbon on a new $120 million facility in South Carolina that will soon begin assembling propulsion equipment for the Columbia-class submarine program in a bid to add highly sought-after capacity to the pained submarine industrial base.
A fully retrofitted Qatari jet gifted to the United States to serve as a new Air Force One is on track to be able to shuttle President Trump around the globe no later than this summer, according to the Air Force.
Congressional appropriators have approved funding to begin procuring a new, ski-equipped C-130J aircraft, marking a major step toward recapitalizing the U.S. military's small and aging polar airlift fleet used to support operations across the Arctic and Antarctica.
A draft document points to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle as the preferred platform to host a drone-killing laser weapon under what would be the Army’s first directed energy program of record.
Congressional appropriators are directing the Army secretary to submit a comprehensive spending plan for the newly created Joint Interagency Task Force 401, which focuses on countering the drone threat, according to a joint explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal year 2026 compromise defense spending bill.
Congress' reliance on temporary funding measures is delaying contracts, disrupting production schedules and increasing costs across major U.S. weapons programs, according to a new Government Accountability Office report detailing how continuing resolutions reshape Pentagon acquisition decisions.
House and Senate appropriators are looking to give the Air Force's F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance platform an additional $505 million in research and development funds to keep the program moving forward, according to a compromise version of the fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill.
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael's office unveiled a pilot program today aimed at giving industry free licenses to access selected patents from military laboratories.
Defense firm Leonardo DRS is poised to cut the ribbon on a new $120 million facility in South Carolina that will soon begin assembling propulsion equipment for the Columbia-class submarine program in a bid to add highly sought-after capacity to the pained submarine industrial base.
The Marine Corps is preparing to host a series of industry days focused on positioning, navigation and timing capabilities that can be operated in Global Positioning System-denied and electromagnetic warfare-contested environments.
The Defense Department has issued new top-level guidance restructuring its enterprise-level data program into three component teams and renaming the Advana software platform to the "War Data Platform."
Congressional appropriators are directing the Army secretary to submit a comprehensive spending plan for the newly created Joint Interagency Task Force 401, which focuses on countering the drone threat, according to a joint explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal year 2026 compromise defense spending bill.
The House voted 341-88 to pass a three-bill spending package that includes the fiscal year 2026 defense appropriations bill.
