Dated defense reporting: contract awards, deliveries, test events, hearings and program decisions.
The Pentagon's Europe posture is formally under review again: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new review of U.S. force posture in Europe at a June 2026 meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, warning that allies short on defense commitments will face consequences, per published…
Pentagon industrial policy in mid-2026 runs through three instruments at once: a $1.15 trillion House authorization bill that would permit multiyear procurement of munitions, fighters, and destroyers; a Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement rulemaking on printed circuit board…
The Army met its fiscal 2026 active-duty recruiting goal four months before the September 30 fiscal year end, signing contracts with more than 61,500 future soldiers, per a May 23, 2026 Army announcement. The milestone is the service's third consecutive year hitting its enlistment target, after…
A foreign military sale becomes public when the Defense Security Cooperation Agency posts a formal notification — in 2026, frequently as a Federal Register notice rather than a standalone press release. Ten such notices appeared on June 1, 2026 alone, including Transmittal No. 26-0Z, under a…
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing on July 14, 2026 for four Pentagon nominees, including Jules W. Hurst III as Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), per the committee's official notice. Hurst, acting comptroller until May 2026, told senators he would push for a…
Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is on track to host 36 F-35s and 12 F-16 aircraft once a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement is finalized, an expansion adding 271 personnel and 325 dependents, per an April 17, 2026 Talk Business & Politics report. The base has…