Inside Missile Defense

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at tightening disclosure requirements for foreign ownership in Defense Department contracting, seeking to close what the lawmakers describe as persistent loopholes that allow opaque shell companies to access sensitive defense supply chains. The measure, which the senators are seeking to attach to the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill, would require prospective DOD contractors and subcontractors to disclose beneficial ownership information at the bid or proposal stage...

The Space Force is looking for a reliable, commercially available software platform that connects separate ground command-and-control systems and the data powering them into one unified operational environment, according to a recent Defense Innovation Unit notice. “The goal is to fundamentally shift from isolated mission areas to a dynamic, unified structure capable of securely connecting and sharing data from any tactical C2 center from multiple locations, at scale,” DIU said. Today, the Space Force is limited by a...

The Navy has published a request for information seeking vendors to help refine requirements and reduce costs for the future T-AH(X) hospital ship program, which the service plans to begin buying in fiscal year 2027.

The Trump administration has directed the Pentagon, National Security Agency and other federal agencies to rapidly implement a series of artificial intelligence cybersecurity initiatives, including the creation of a government process for evaluating advanced AI models and a voluntary framework allowing some frontier-model developers to provide early access to the government before public release. In a June 2 executive order, President Trump said the administration would pursue an "America First" approach to AI security while avoiding what the...

The Pentagon is proposing legislation to Congress to prevent contractors from registering trademarks that use the Missile Defense Agency's name and seal, a protective measure aimed at safeguarding government authority over a portfolio that is experiencing unprecedented budget growth.

GE Aerospace has qualified two solutions for improved power generation for Army ground vehicles, the company announced Monday, with low-rate initial production slated for 2026 and deliveries to kick off the following year.

The House is targeting July 23 -- before lawmakers leave Washington for summer recess -- to approve its version of the fiscal year 2027 reconciliation bill, from which the Trump administration has requested $350 billion in defense spending. “We have the framework ready. We've had many conversations, and it's going to take us continuing to work. We will meet this week multiple times on this subject, and I think that we're going to be successful on this, and defense will...

Elbit America announced it has teamed with Anduril on its wheeled SIGMA howitzer solution for the Army's Mobile Tactical Cannon effort, which comes a month out from when a winner is expected to emerge from the competition.

House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA) is calling on the Pentagon to send Congress detailed information on its request for supplemental funding to support the U.S. military's ongoing operations in Iran. Wittman sees a supplemental as a necessary third leg of a three-pronged funding effort that consists of the Pentagon’s $1.15 trillion base-budget request for fiscal year 2027 and the $350 billion proposed reconciliation bill, he explained to reporters during a roundtable on...

Draft legislation to be considered June 4 by the House Armed Services Committee seeks to establish a Pentagon executive agent to identify Israeli-origin defense technologies --including missile defense systems, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and directed energy weapons -- and integrate them into U.S. military systems and programs of record. The chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization legislation would direct the defense secretary to designate an executive agent who would also facilitate “the transition of technologies from research...