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Leidos has hired Ted Tanner to be the company's new chief technology officer, the company announced today. Beginning on Jan. 5, Tanner will succeed Jim Carlini, Leidos' CTO since 2019 who previously ...

Several Defense Department components are set to award MatrixSpace Inc. $500,000 for its winning low-cost sensing solution aimed at countering small drones, the Defense Innovation Unit announced ...

The Dec. 11, 2025 Congressional Research Service "In Focus" report discusses the evolution of U.S. extended nuclear deterrence and regional capabilities.

The Dec. 11, 2025 Congressional Research Service "In Focus" report discusses command and control of nuclear forces.

The Air Force Department has identified nearly all the portfolio acquisition executives it will propose as part of the Defense Department's new reform strategy, service Secretary Troy Meink said ...

The Defense Department has told a government watchdog it cannot act on recommendations to update the test and evaluation of weapon systems until the ongoing overhaul of the acquisition ecosystem has ...

The migration to post quantum cryptography (PQC) must not only be planned and executed with deliberate urgency to maintain warfighter lethality and information dominance in the [DOD] global ecosystem, ...

The first B-52 Stratofortress with new equipment from the Radar Modernization Program has been delivered to the Air Force for testing, the service announced this week.

The Defense Innovation Unit today named 10 startup teams to participate in a 12-week accelerator program for the rapid development and prototyping of dual-use, artificial intelligence-powered ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget said today that President Trump would sign the compromise version of the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill passed with bipartisan support by ...

Materiel failure of the airframe or engine components, along with human error, were to blame for the most serious V-22 Osprey accidents, according to a Government Accountability Office report released ...