How Northrop Grumman Locked In a Decade of Laser Defense for U.S. Army Helicopters

The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman a $4.84 billion contract for Common Infrared Countermeasure systems through 2035, cementing a sole-source transition from pyrotechnic flares to continuous laser jamming across its combat helicopter fleet.

Covenant Emerges From Stealth With $250 Million to Mass-Produce Tomahawk-Class Cruise Missiles

Covenant emerged from stealth with Anthem, a mid-six-figure cruise missile designed for serial production as Tomahawk and JASSM inventories have been burned down in Iran. The company is trying to fill the gap between affordable mass and strategic range before allied magazines define deterrence.

How Seven-Year Interceptor Commitments Are Breaking the Solid Rocket Motor Bottleneck

Lockheed Martin and L3Harris have locked in a seven-year propulsion deal to triple PAC-3 MSE interceptor output, pairing multiyear capital certainty with dual-source manufacturing to overcome a chronic missile bottleneck.

How the Navy Is Using a 2019 Missile Contract to Unclog Tomahawk Production

The Pentagon wants 1,000 Tomahawks a year to replenish spent stockpiles, but prime contractor Raytheon cannot scale output until General Dynamics delivers more titanium warhead cases from Alabama.

Israeli Defense Startup Aitan Raises $41 Million to Take Combat-Tested Drone Software Global

Israeli-founded Aitan is coming out of stealth with a $41 million round and a blunt argument: attritable drones are commodities, and the sovereign asset is the software that flies them together.

Why the Army's $863 Million Artillery Bet Is on $15,000 Screw-In Fuzes, Not Excalibur

The Army locked a five-year, $862.8 million IDIQ for Northrop Grumman's M1156 Precision Guidance Kit, the $15,000 screw-in fuze that turns stock 155mm shells into GPS-corrected rounds. The next variants are built for jammed battlefields, and the line already belongs to one producer.

Why the Air Force Is Rushing a $10 Million Drone to Replace the $50 Million Reaper

After losing at least 45 MQ-9 Reapers in 2026 combat operations, the Air Force is accelerating its Massed Modular Aircraft program to field low-cost attritable drones within three years.

AeroVironment Wins $465 Million to Put High-Energy Lasers Into Serial Production

The U.S. Army awarded AeroVironment a $464.8 million agreement for the Enduring High Energy Laser program, marking the first series-production contract for a laser weapon system in U.S. military history.

Palantir and Anduril Secure $192 Million to Move Army Tactical AI into Production

The U.S. Army awarded Palantir and Anduril a combined $192 million in delivery orders for the TITAN mobile intelligence ground station, marking a pivotal transition from experimental prototypes to fielded production hardware.

The Army's $45 Billion Bradley Replacement Race Just Moved From Digital Twins to Steel

General Dynamics Land Systems delivered its first physical XM30 Wolf prototype to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland in late August 2026. The milestone advances a head-to-head $45 billion competition against American Rheinmetall to replace the M2 Bradley.

The Navy's $90 Million Bet on Affordable Hypersonic Mass

The U.S. Navy awarded Castelion an $89,997,162 firm-fixed-price order to take Blackbeard to Early Operational Capability. The buy tests whether a Mach 5 strike weapon can be produced cheaply enough for the fleet to field it in numbers.

Boeing's $131 Billion F-15 Lifeline Faces a Seven-Month Delivery Slip

The Pentagon set an eye-popping $131.2 billion ceiling on Boeing's F-15 line through 2037, even as delivery delays officially breached the fighter's operational baseline and pushed full readiness to 2028.