Defense News
Defense News is a running record of what happened: contract awards, deliveries, test flights, hearings, cancellations and personnel changes across military programs. Items are short, dated and sourced to documents or on-record statements. Read by staff, suppliers and analysts needing the day's defense developments without commentary.
Daily defense reporting on contract awards, deliveries, test events, hearings and program decisions, each filed with sources and figures attached.
How Multiyear Procurement Works: Five Program Years, Six Findings, One Cancellation Bill
Multiyear authority buys the industrial base a stable demand signal and costs the services their flexibility, with savings estimates that GAO has questioned since 2008.
Asha VenkataswamyWhy a Stopgap Budget Bill Can Freeze a Defense Program in Its Tracks
Asha VenkataswamyF-47 Program Builds Test Aircraft on Schedule for 2028 First Flight
Boeing is assembling F-47 test aircraft in St. Louis on a schedule pointed at a 2028 first flight, backed by rising budgets in FY2026 and FY2027.
Asha VenkataswamyThe Navy's Final Flight IIA Destroyer Has Been Delivered
USS Patrick Gallagher, delivered by Bath Iron Works in June 2026, closes out the Arleigh Burke Flight IIA line as the fleet pivots to Flight III.
Asha VenkataswamyCNO: Virginia-Class Deliveries Run Five Boats Behind the Two-a-Year Plan
The Navy's top admiral says Virginia-class attack submarines are being delivered at roughly 1.3 boats a year, leaving the fleet five hulls short of plan.
Asha VenkataswamyMDA's Project Maverick Seeks an Interim Answer to Hypersonic Threats
The Missile Defense Agency is standing up Project Maverick to field an interim counter-hypersonic capability years before the Glide Phase Interceptor arrives.
Asha VenkataswamyAir Force Clears the T-7A for Production After Milestone C
The Air Force passed the T-7A Red Hawk through its Milestone C production decision, releasing a first low-rate initial production lot worth $219 million.
Asha VenkataswamyMDA Calls FTX-40 a Success and Declares 'Industrial Warp Speed'
A successful FTX-40 flight test and a production-acceleration push mark a new phase for US missile defense as funding scales sharply upward.
Asha VenkataswamyNew Atlas Dry Dock Arrives at Kings Bay for the Columbia Era
A floating dry dock has arrived at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay to support maintenance of the Navy's next ballistic missile submarines.
Asha Venkataswamy