Defense workers’ morale has plunged under Trump, survey finds Defense March 20, 2026 The Defense Department’s civilian workforce is reporting a precipitous drop in job satisfaction, according to a survey released Thursday, following…
Navy bets $900M on automated factories to boost submarine production Defense March 20, 2026 The Navy is betting $900 million that highly automated factories can help it add submarines in an era when skilled…
This missile just proved itself in Iran. The US needs more, ASAP Defense March 20, 2026 Pentagon officials report that the ground-launched Precision Strike Missile—PrSM for short—made a successful combat debut in the opening hours of…
Pentagon leaders called Claude AI ‘woke.’ Tests show otherwise. Defense March 20, 2026 When Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline to renegotiate its contract with the Pentagon to include “all…
A-10s are striking Iranian boats. Some say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ to stop the Warthog’s retirement. Defense March 19, 2026 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are strafing boats in the Straits of Hormuz as part of President Trump’s war on Iran, and…
‘It takes money to kill bad guys,’ Hegseth says of $200B Iran war request to Congress Defense March 19, 2026 The Pentagon’s $200 billion request to cover the costs of the Iran war will reimburse what the Defense Department has…
US intelligence elevates AI as a top global threat in new report Defense March 19, 2026 Artificial intelligence is a major subtheme of the U.S. intelligence community’s annual report on threats—one increasingly described in strategic, not…
Anduril: new factory will start making drone wingman in just ‘days’ Defense March 19, 2026 Anduril will soon start making its robot drone wingman offering for the Air Force at its new Ohio factory months…
Defense Business Brief: DOD lab audits?; Notes from McAleese; Spotlight on Alabama manufacturing Defense March 18, 2026 The Pentagon should audit its labs and their projects to make sure scientists aren’t developing technology that can be bought…
Annual threat assessment omits election security Defense March 18, 2026 For the first time in nearly a decade, foreign threats to U.S. elections are omitted from the intelligence community’s annual threat…
Record-smashing $1.5-trillion spending proposal will fund only the ‘most essential things’: comptroller Defense March 17, 2026 Virtually all of the giant reconciliation fund has been doled out, the Pentagon’s acting chief financial officer said Tuesday. “Everything except…
Lawmakers press SOUTHCOM on Hegseth’s ‘no quarter’ rhetoric Defense March 17, 2026 Questions about following illegal orders—a frequent theme of the second Trump administration—came up again at a Capitol Hill hearing on…
