The new Defense Department budget request seeks big investments in artificial intelligence and autonomy: Large and small undersea drones, flying drone swarms, flying wingmen for both the Navy and ...

The field of quantum computing, like qubits themselves, exists in a state of indeterminacy, with multiple companies making big claims about wildly different approaches. On Thursday, DARPA—the ...

Secure comms with allies is hard. The Pentagon wants to change that The department is working on an effort to streamline a complex set of classified networks they use with allies and partners.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends the Public Forum of the NATO summit on June 24, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. Pierre Crom/Getty Images ...

PARIS—Companies building a next-generation combat fighter for France, Germany, and Spain are publicly sparring over development of the program. Germany’s Airbus and France’s Dassault ...

The D Brief: Uneasy ceasefire; FY26 budget plan, finally; ‘Largest Patriot engagement’; China’s drone mothership; And a bit more.

SecDef doubles down on claims Iran’s nuclear program is ‘obliterated’ Hegseth rails against reporting on DIA’s initial assessment that strikes did not destroy Tehran’s efforts.

PARIS— A key milestone for the Pentagon’s program to upgrade the F-35 engine has been pushed back a year, raising questions about the overall timeline of the effort. The engine upgrade will ...

DARWIN, Australia—Japan, Australia, and the United States are strengthening their three-way defense cooperation—vowing, among other things, to consult with each other in military planning and ...

In this handout provided by the White House, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio sit in the Situation Room on June 21, 2025. Daniel Torok / The White House via Getty Images ...

Established defense contractors lend tech startups a helping hand Oracle launched a new defense ecosystem to support companies that lack the funds or infrastructure to jump right into a Pentagon ...

Robot-boat startup HavocAI has built 42 autonomous vessels in 18 months. And now, as the military focuses on deterring China, the company is working to finish a 100-footer by the end of the year ...