Trump taps ‘The DoddFather’ to oversee critical technologies at the Pentagon
President Trump nominated Michael Dodd to be assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza) Emerging Tech -
The US Capitol is seen in Washington DC, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) Emerging Tech Congress sets Pentagon research, development, test and evaluation spending at $141B
The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025 was signed into law Saturday by President Trump.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright) Tech Trump nominates Anduril executive, former special operations officer to be Army undersecretary
If confirmed, Michael Obadal would serve as the Army’s No. 2 civilian official.
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U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Jan. 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Op-Ed Protection of spectrum by Congress also protects Trump’s Iron Dome from shortsighted 5G policy
The binary choice many in the telecommunications industry are lobbying Congress to make would kill President Trump’s Iron Dome for America and continue to leave the U.S. homeland exposed to an array of long-range strike threats, Sen. Mike Rounds writes in this Op-Ed.
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Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Feinberg, businessman and CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, served as the head of President Trumps Intelligence Advisory Board in Trump’s first term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Tech Stephen Feinberg, Trump’s pick for deputy defense secretary, vows to ‘review the value’ of Replicator
Questions have swirled about the new administration’s vision for the initiative and whether there are plans to transform or terminate it.
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Daniel Driscoll, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Army, speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Tech Daniel Driscoll confirmed as Army secretary for Trump administration
President Trump has stated that Driscoll will be a “disruptor and change agent” at the Pentagon.
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A medium range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), held on March 30, 2023 in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. (MDA photo) Space Space Force stands up planning team to assess tech for Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’
The technical integrated planning team is currently analyzing technological maturity, cost estimates and capability gaps of space systems that could be part of the architecture, according to a senior Space Force official.
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(Image credit: Northrop Grumman) Space SDA solicits industry studies on potential capabilities for Trump’s Iron Dome for America
The Space Development Agency is interested in custody layer, HBTSS and other capabilities for the planned missile defense architecture.
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he and First Lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) Space Trump revives push for space-based interceptors in ‘Iron Dome for America’ edict
The new executive order tasks Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to deliver a comprehensive plan for a next-generation homeland missile defense reference architecture in the next 60 days.
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An artist’s rendering of Kratos’ Erinyes hypersonic test bed (Credit: Kratos) Weapons Pentagon awards Kratos megadeal worth nearly $1.5B for new hypersonic testbed
The award is for Task Area 1 of the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2.0 program.