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- Navy Secretary Phelan leaving post immediately, Pentagon says
- FY27 budget request negates need for INDOPACOM spending wishlist: Commander
- Space Force shifts from SDA transport layer to new Space Data Network ‘backbone’
- The sights of Sea Air Space Day 3
- Trump taps defense firm execs to lead space acquisition, NRO
- Italy lists Ukraine among top buyers for arms, while eyeing drone deal
- OMB director rebukes shipbuilders over production delays
- Army unveils sweeping XM30 push, $4B bet on NGC2 in newly released budget materials
- Not one-drone-fits-all: Admirals stress unmanned systems tailored to the mission
- Rheinmetall lands multibillion dollar FV-014 loitering munitions framework contract
- Turkish firms boost defense ties with Malaysia in missiles, comms and AI
- Northrop slated to deliver surface EW system to carriers in 2028
- The Navy’s plan for pilot training could add the first clean-sheet trainer aircraft since the 1950s
- Battleship costs and sub timelines at Sea Air Space







