Diego Ramos, Author at DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

Air Force Establishes Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office to Meet 2027 Cybersecurity Goals

The Air Force spent the last week making zero trust a permanent part of its operations. A memo issued on July 22 created a dedicated office to oversee it - the Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) - and named its first

July 28, 2025

Defense Budgets / Policy

Berlin Approves Bundeswehr Procurement Acceleration Act to Cut Delays by 2035

Germany has passed a new law to speed up military spending. On July 23, the cabinet approved the Bundeswehr Procurement Acceleration Act. It now heads to the Bundestag, where coalition leaders expect a vote by the end of August. The law will

July 23, 2025

Defense Infrastructure & Manufacturing

BPMI and Gecko Robotics Partner to Fast-Track Nuclear Submarine Delivery with AI Inspections

A new alliance between Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. (BPMI) and Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics was unveiled on July 15. Announced during a White House technology round-table in Pittsburgh, the arrangement places Gecko's autonomous inspection robots and data-analytics software inside BPMI's nuclear-propulsion supply chain.

July 16, 2025

Industrial Partnerships

Why Japan’s Mogami IP Proposal Matters for Future Arms Exports

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Japan's Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) have signalled a shift in Tokyo's approach to defence exports. They're offering to hand all intellectual property related to the Mogami-class frigate to Australia. This marks a departure from Japan's

July 14, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

$25 Million Set Aside as Army Plans 2026 Tests of Blackbeard Hypersonic Round on Autonomous Launchers

The Army is moving fast to fold a new hypersonic strike option into its tactical fires family. Budget lines for fiscal year 2026 outline Project HX3, a pathway that funnels $25 million toward Castelion's Blackbeard Ground Launch missile and an autonomous launcher

July 3, 2025

Defense Budgets / Policy

House Appropriations Committee Proposes Flat $832 Billion FY26 Defense Budget Ahead of Pentagon Request

The House Appropriations Committee circulated its full fiscal 2026 defense draft late on 28 June, two days before the Pentagon is expected to send over its own request. The text assigns $832 billion in discretionary authority, matching last year's enacted figure and

July 1, 2025

Advanced Propulsion Systems

Why DARPA Cancelled Its DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Project

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has closed the books on its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program. Defense officials confirm the termination order went out late Monday. The move ends a five-year push to field a nuclear-thermal upper stage able

June 30, 2025

Space Systems

FY 2026 Request: Space Force Seeks $277M for MILNET and Pauses Tranche 3 Transport Layer

The Space Force wants $277 million next year to launch the Military Internet (MILNET) constellation and has frozen money for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 3 Transport Layer. Defense officials confirm the shift appears in the service's fiscal 2026 budget books, released

June 30, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

MDA Awards $429M Contract to i3 for Advanced Missile Defense Data Evaluation

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) signed a new deal on 10 June 2025. It is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $429 million with Integration Innovation Inc. (i3). The Huntsville firm must collect missile-test data, check its quality, and turn the

June 12, 2025

Aircraft

The F-35 Fighter Jet, The World’s Costliest Weapons Program, Just Got More Expensive

The Pentagon just raised the F-35 bill again. Numbers inside its fresh acquisition report point to $438 billion for development plus production. Last year they put the figure at $412 billion. Now planners must live with extra $26 billion—they said inflation and

October 11, 2023

Diego Ramos

Air Force Establishes Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office to Meet 2027 Cybersecurity Goals

Berlin Approves Bundeswehr Procurement Acceleration Act to Cut Delays by 2035

BPMI and Gecko Robotics Partner to Fast-Track Nuclear Submarine Delivery with AI Inspections

Why Japan’s Mogami IP Proposal Matters for Future Arms Exports

$25 Million Set Aside as Army Plans 2026 Tests of Blackbeard Hypersonic Round on Autonomous Launchers

House Appropriations Committee Proposes Flat $832 Billion FY26 Defense Budget Ahead of Pentagon Request

Why DARPA Cancelled Its DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Project

FY 2026 Request: Space Force Seeks $277M for MILNET and Pauses Tranche 3 Transport Layer

MDA Awards $429M Contract to i3 for Advanced Missile Defense Data Evaluation

The F-35 Fighter Jet, The World’s Costliest Weapons Program, Just Got More Expensive

Authors

Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer