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Defense Threat Reduction Agency test personnel prepare to carefully offload the 30,000-pound massive ordnance penetrator, or MOP, for a static test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (DTRA photo)

Air Force taps ARA to develop Next Generation Penetrator prototypes

The NGP is the planned successor for the GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which was used by the Pentagon earlier this year to strike Iran's underground nuclear facilities.

Sep 8, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program launched the USSF-36 mission carrying the U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) spacecraft, at 11:50 p.m. EST (8:50 p.m. PST) into orbit Aug. 21 from historic Launch Complex (LC)-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (Photo credit: SpaceX)

Pentagon launches secretive X-37B space plane for new mission

During the on-orbit mission, dubbed OTV-8, the Boeing-made spacecraft will conduct a wide range of tests and experiments focused on laser communication tech and quantum inertial sensors,…

Aug 22, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission Seven successfully landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, March 7, 2025. The X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, to exercise the service’s ability to recover the spaceplane across multiple sites. (U.S. Space Force courtesy photo)

Next X-37B space plane mission will test laser communications, quantum sensor for US military

This will be the eight mission for the Boeing-built space plane.

Jul 28, 2025 By Jon Harper

On-orbit render of a spacecraft resembling Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) satellite. (Credit: Boeing)

Space Force awards Boeing $2.8B deal to deliver next-gen nuclear communication satellites

Boeing beat out Northrop Grumman for the contract and will deliver the first two satellites under the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program.

Jul 7, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

A graphical artist rendering of the F-47. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

Pentagon’s 2026 budget plan includes more than $4B for next-generation Air Force fighter jets

Senior defense officials discussed funding for the Air Force's F-47 and CCA programs at a House Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday.

Jun 10, 2025 By Jon Harper

A rendering of a next-gen fighter. (Boeing photo)

Boeing wins contract for Air Force’s NGAD stealth fighter jet — now known as the F-47

Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the sixth-generation fighter jet program — which has been designated the F-47.

Mar 21, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Dana Deasy, Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, holds a media briefing on the COVID-19 Telework Readiness Task Force on Monday, April 13, 2020, in the Pentagon Briefing Room. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard)

Former Pentagon CIO appointed to senior position at Boeing

The company has a new chief information digital officer and senior vice president for information technology and data analytics.

Jan 6, 2025 By Jon Harper

Anduril, General Atomics move into next phase of Air Force CCA drone program

The Air Force plans to make a production decision for CCA Increment 1 by fiscal 2026.

Apr 24, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

What’s next for the Navy’s Orca unmanned submarine?

“We're super excited to have one now in our own hands,” Capt. Scot Searles said of the extra-large UUV.

Jan 12, 2024 By Jon Harper

Powered by 27 Merlin engines, generating more than five million pounds of combined thrust, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Complex (LC)-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Dec. 28, 2023 at 8:07 p.m. EST, carrying the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission into Earth orbit. (SpaceX photo)

Space Force launches X-37B robotic space plane for new round of classified experiments

The X-37B will conduct tests on space domain awareness technologies, operations in new orbital regimes and radiation effects on NASA materials.

Dec 29, 2023 By Mikayla Easley