Pentagon Seeks $74.2 Billion as Drone Buildup Strains Ground-Unit Training
The Pentagon is asking for a combined $74.2 billion for drones and defenses against them, but equipment is reaching Army…
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Pentagon Bills Preserve $1.1 Trillion, Leaving $350 Billion Unresolved
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 plan contains a sharp contradiction: congressional committees have preserved a roughly $1.1 trillion discretionary budget while…
Swiss F-35 Deal Lacked Guaranteed Price, Risks Billion-Franc Increase
Switzerland’s purchase of 36 F-35A fighters was repeatedly described as a fixed-price deal, but a parliamentary oversight investigation found that…
Qatar-Gifted 747 Adds $45.3 Million Training Cost as Lawmakers Move to Block Transfer
The Qatar-gifted Boeing 747 is generating another major taxpayer expense: Rep. Joe Courtney said the Air Force recently announced a…
Sentinel Cost Estimate Rose 81% With 450 Launch Facilities to Modernize
$140.9 billion is the revised acquisition estimate for Sentinel, the U.S. Air Force program replacing the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic…
Air Force Studies C-17 Restart That Could Cost Billions Before Delivery
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III remains valuable because it combines heavy-cargo capacity with access to relatively short or rough airfields….
New Air Force One’s Secure Communications Baseline May Expire a Year Before 2029 Delivery
The two delayed aircraft intended to become the next Air Force One fleet face an unusual timing problem: Their reported…
US Approves Proposed $24.3 Billion Saudi F-35 Package, Contract Not Final
$24.3 billion is the estimated ceiling for a proposed Saudi package covering 48 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters, 49 Pratt &…
Lockheed’s Fourfold Missile-Defense Ramp Depends on Unpriced Contracts and Annual Funding
Lockheed Martin’s plan to quadruple annual Terminal High Altitude Area Defense production from 96 to 400 interceptors remains a program…
Experts Say Navy Could Study Ford-Class Changes Without Building Them
Defense experts believe the U.S. Navy could complete studies or limited redesign work on two requested Ford-class carrier changes moving…
Brave1 Market Opens 17-Parameter Drone Orders, but Units Fund Purchases
A Ukrainian military unit can now describe the drone it needs across more than 17 parameters and send that requirement…
Switzerland Seeks $1.2 Billion Up Front to Protect Air-Defense Delivery Slots
Nearly $1.2 billion would be paid substantially in advance not to approve another set of weapons purchases, but to keep…
Taiwan Plans Fourth Patriot Battalion as 102-Missile Delivery Faces Uncertainty
Taiwan plans to establish a fourth Patriot air-defense battalion while the status of 102 U.S. made interceptors scheduled for delivery…
F-35 Variant Prices Rise 8.5% to 11.5%, Reaching $121.4 Million
All three F-35 versions have become more expensive in the latest production lots. The F-35 Joint Program Office estimates average…
Space Force’s $77 Million Satellite Push Hits a Coordination Gap
Commercial satellites have helped the U.S. military monitor Chinese naval movements and identify possible clandestine airstrips in Ecuador. Yet after…
Counter-Drone Directory Tallies $53 Billion, but Commitments Outrun Firm Contracts
More than USD53 billion is the headline number attached to publicly announced counter-drone spending and commitments in 2026. The September…
Golden Dome Cost Estimates Span $185 Billion to $1.2 Trillion
Golden Dome for America now carries two official cost figures with markedly different boundaries: $185 billion through delivery in 2035…
Ukraine Says €140 Million Funding Gap Blocks Tripling Daily Drone Production
Ukraine says its factories can triple military-drone production, but the manufacturing headroom has not been matched by secured financing. At…
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