Inside Defense has obtained Defense Department documents sent to Congress this week detailing key procurement and research and development information. Coverage of the documents and their contents has ...

Difficulty in validating hardware for the Air Force's Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is putting the program behind schedule and could narrow the number of flight tests the service can perform before ...

In June 2025, the Defense Department quietly submitted key fiscal year 2026 procurement, operations and maintenance and research, development, test and evaluation budget documents to Congress.

The House Appropriations Committee wants Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain why he ordered cuts to the Pentagon's independent weapons testing office as "it is widely understood that there is ...