North Carolina-based rare earth magnet maker Vulcan Elements and critical mineral refinery ReElement are teaming up with the federal government on a $1.4 billion partnership to scale the companies' ...

The Enduring-High Energy Laser (E-HEL) would protect forces from groups 1 through 3 UAS, meaning those that weigh less than 1,320 pounds, according to the Oct. 30 solicitation. E-HEL will use a hard ...

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This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Army setting up a "Close Combat Innovation Cell," the Air Force's 10-year fighter aircraft procurement plan, plus a retired general getting a bit part ...

The Defense Department, flush with cash from Congress, is moving ahead with a decade-long effort to modernize the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Test Site in the Marshall Islands, a key hub for U.S.

If the Air Force is going to have a fighter force with "low" operational risk by 2035, as it detailed in a recent report, the government is going to need to figure out a way to pick up the tab for ...

The test flight took place at a California test location on Oct. 31, the service wrote in a news release, adding the “testing expands the program’s knowledge base on flight performance, autonomous ...

The government shutdown, in its 30th day as of Thursday, is "clearly the challenge" facing defense contractor L3Harris, and is "definitely impacting the timing of awards," CEO Chris Kubasik said today ...

Despite losing out on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program more than two years ago, Oshkosh has won an additional $25 million from the Pentagon in exchange for access to intellectual property ...

American Rheinmetall will also have full access to the U.S. supply chain to order parts, according to Milner, as well as to repair and operator manuals needed to fix up the Bradleys, which are ...

EX Eagle II, F-35A Joint Strike Fighter and F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance jets in greater numbers to meet homeland defense priorities determined in the Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance ...