In the waning days of 2025, the White House released a new National Security Strategy prioritizing the Western Hemisphere and stirring questions about the US commitment to Europe and the Indo-Pacific. What didn’t drop as expected is a coinciding National ... See more
After spending the bulk of the year straddling two beats — the US Army and broader Pentagon — I bid adieu to full-time service coverage, but not before digging into a host of contracting and acquisition changes flowing between the two. With Defense Secret... See more
WASHINGTON — With 2026 just around the corner, a senior Pentagon official is warning companies in the defense industrial base to start now to get their ducks in a row ahead of a 2027 mandate that their products be free of parts from certain Chinese compan... See more
WASHINGTON and SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Beyond a recent reorganization, the Army is undering a holistic reevaluation of its approach to autonomy, especially for ground vehicles, that is likely to result in cuts to some programs in development, according to a... See more
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense should take steps to improve the way it tests and evaluates big-ticket programs if it wants to successfully get weapons into troops’ hands more quickly, according to a congressional watchdog. In a Government Accounta... See more
