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…
Golden Dome’s projected cost just jumped $10 billion. Experts fear that’s just for starters. Defense March 17, 2026 Golden Dome’s official projected price tag just jumped $10 billion to $185 billion. Experts say the real cost is likely…
US counterterrorism chief resigns over Iran war Defense March 17, 2026 The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned from his post Monday over U.S.-Israel war on Iran.“I cannot in good…
US Navy aims to use robots, AI to reduce ship maintenance Defense March 17, 2026 The U.S. Navy and GSA will pay Gecko Robotics $71 million to use its drones and AI to inspect ships,…
The US built a blueprint to avoid civilian war casualties. Trump officials scrapped it Defense March 17, 2026 Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat…
Anduril secures $87M contract for a common counter-unmanned C2 program Defense March 16, 2026 The Army-led Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has made one of its first major steps to securing interoperable counter-unmanned systems:…
How the Pentagon is working to wriggle out of China’s rare-earths grip Defense March 16, 2026 HONOLULU—In China, the United States is facing “a strategic competitor that offers a new level of challenge,” and must move…
Demand signals are up, but supply chain risks may still hinder production Defense March 14, 2026 The Defense Department is planning more multiyear deals and expects they’ll help smooth kinks in fragile supply chains. But the…
Why the ‘narrow,’ ‘short-term’ sanctions reversal for Russia is neither Defense March 14, 2026 The Trump administration’s “narrowly tailored, short-term” lifting of sanctions on Russian oil may produce a longer-term boost to Moscow’s war…
Aircrew who died in KC-135 crash likely lacked parachutes Defense March 13, 2026 Six crew members killed aboard a KC-135 that crashed in Iraq on Thursday—the most recent casualties of the war on…
The D Brief: 6 die in tanker crash; Russia’s US-war windfall; Iran’s industry ‘functionally defeated’; Escorts for Hormuz vessels?; And a bit more. Defense March 13, 2026 US-Israeli war on Iran, day 14: The U.S. lost six more service members amid President Trump’s war against Iran on Thursday.…
