Ashley Roque

“Without continued funding, Golden Dome will stop with everything we've already built and delivered,” Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein told reporters today. By Ashley Roque on August 11, 2026 4:48 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

“Leading up to [2028], we're going to do a lot of experimentation and test with this unit to make sure that we're ready to fight with it when it's delivered,” said Lt. Gen. John Rafferty. By Ashley Roque on August 12, 2026 4:35 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

Brig. Gen. Robert Mikesh, charged with offensive fires, detailed a quadruple challenge — energetics and propulsion, targeting and seekers, the industrial base and “munitions breadth and depth.” By Ashley Roque on August 13, 2026 3:34 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

The seven-year framework deals cover key SM-3 components including avionics and ejector assemblies.

“These exercises are not only costly […] but send a signal that is completely inappropriate and hostile,” Trump wrote in a social media post. By Ashley Roque on August 17, 2026 12:14 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

Today’s decision comes after decades of fits and starts to find a new mobile howitzer, including the ill-fated Crusader, Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon and Extended Range Cannon Artillery.

“The cavalry arrived here to meet your cavalry in private industry to make sure that we are not drone sufficient, from parity, but drone dominant,” Pentagon R&E chief Emil Michaels said. By Ashley Roque on August 20, 2026 2:24 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

The Trump administration hosted its inaugural Drone Dominance event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, gathering nearly 100 representatives from around 40 companies.

The Pentagon is attempting to "lock in" LaNeve's nomination for the next Army Chief of Staff amid lawmaker concerns and the potential departure of the service's secretary. By Carley Welch and Ashley Roque on August 26, 2026 3:12 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

Up to $2.2 billion could be divvied up among the handful of vendors. By Ashley Roque on August 26, 2026 4:00 pm Share Options Share a link to this article