One thing Democrats and Republicans agree on: the Trump administration’s delayed defense budget has left Congress to draft a massive bill on its own with little clarity on which national security programs need funding or how the Pentagon plans to spend the money. […]

Senate and House lawmakers have outlined competing visions for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2026, setting the stage for negotiations over national security policy and military spending priorities and in particular laying out different next steps for the Pentagon on artificial intelligence (AI) approaches. […]

The Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) said today it has awarded contracts for four prominent artificial intelligence (AI) technology developers to help the Pentagon speed adoption of “advanced AI capabilities” including agentic applications. […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to fast-track drone procurement in a major shift aimed at regaining U.S. dominance in unmanned warfare. […]

The Department of Defense is developing a “data dictionary” that aims to enable seamless interoperability without changing existing workflows that will be piloted at the end of this year.   […]

President Donald Trump has nominated James Caggy to serve as assistant secretary of defense for mission capabilities, as the administration moves to fill key roles in the Pentagon’s research and engineering (R&E) directorate. […]

U.S. Cyber Command’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request includes a new initiative to rapidly test and validate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for operational cyber missions. […]

A Federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) for two additional weeks in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of major research universities against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to establish a new joint interagency task force to confront the growing threats of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — more commonly known as drones. […]

The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) will stop processing and distributing data by the end of July from a decades-old military weather satellite program that has provided crucial environmental intelligence, a spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

The future of one of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) flagship satellite constellations is in limbo as the Department of Defense (DoD) weighs whether to replace the planned Tranche 3 Transport Layer with commercial satellite communications solutions. […]

The Defense Department’s (DoD) undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment has issued a set of rules to implement a policy announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in May that limits the agency’s use of IT consulting contracts in order to reduce reliance on outside firms and bolster the department’s in-house expertise. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking for input from industry on its plans to “blow up” the agency’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) while switching to a real-time cybersecurity posture.  […]

Two of the Trump administration’s nominees to serve in key tech-related roles at the Department of Defense (DoD) told lawmakers during their nomination hearing on Thursday that they plan to speed acquisitions in emerging capabilities areas such as artificial intelligence, microelectronics, and quantum science, among others. […]

Senior Pentagon officials today unveiled a detailed breakdown of President Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense (DoD) budget request that totals $1.01 trillion and includes major investments in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and space-based capabilities. […]

A Federal judge last week temporarily blocked the Department of Defense (DoD) from implementing a controversial policy slashing research funding for U.S. universities by granting a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by a coalition of 12 major research institutions. […]

The Pentagon’s process for acquiring military capabilities is due for a total replacement – not just a fix – according to the House Armed Services Committee’s top leaders from both sides of the aisle. […]

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is finalizing an international partnership strategy that will emphasize the importance of embedding allies and partners into space warfare through shared goals in security, communication, and integration, with a particular focus on interoperability and rapid technology transfer. […]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday to spell out the Pentagon’s investments in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and their countermeasures (C-UAS), citing escalating concerns about the threat such systems pose to U.S. forces and critical infrastructure. […]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today about the Defense Department’s (DoD) struggle to recruit and retain cyber talent amid a civilian hiring freeze and unfunded workforce development programs. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) Katie Arrington has publicized her goal of “blowing up” the Risk Management Framework (RMF), but what does that actually mean? […]

U.S. military officials said today that for responding swiftly and effectively during crises real-time data is now as critical as boots on the ground — and that’s why military services are making data management a top priority, aiming to enable smarter decisions, sharper resource deployment, and clearer communications when it matters most. […]

The U.S. Space Force is delaying the launch of its first next-generation missile warning satellite to geosynchronous (GEO) Earth orbit from late 2025 to “no earlier” than March 2026, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) continues to stumble in delivering innovative technologies to its weapons systems programs, prompting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to urge the Pentagon to adopt modern development practices or risk more delays, rigid requirements, and runaway costs. […]

House appropriators are directing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to launch a U.S. Space Force pilot program aimed at reorganizing acquisition efforts by “mission areas” and extending the tenure of program managers – marking a major push to improve the delivery of space capabilities on time and within budget. […]

If signed into law, a new discussion draft of legislation to execute oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program would centralize oversight and standardize workflows while modernizing the VA’s systems.  […]

A Federal watchdog report is sounding the alarm over missing cybersecurity plans, weak performance tracking, and major delays across some of the Defense Department’s (DoD) priciest tech programs. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is getting ready to launch the final version of its Software Fast Track (SWFT) framework in July, marking a significant step toward replacing outdated software acquisition processes with a faster, AI-driven system. […]

Katie Arrington, the acting chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Defense (DoD), previewed a new program on Wednesday from the Pentagon’s tech shop called “Mission Network as a Service” that aims to enhance data interoperability across DoD components. […]

Pentagon Acting Chief Information Officer Katie Arrington delivered a blunt message to defense contractors on June 5: stop complaining that the agency’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is too difficult. […]