DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

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

July 1, 2025

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

Aircraft

E-7 Wedgetail Scrapped by Air Force Over Cost Overruns and Vulnerability Risks

July 1, 2025

The U.S. Air Force has decided to halt the E-7 Wedgetail airborne early-warning and control program, ending a three-year effort to replace the aging E-3 Sentry fleet with a more modern, radar-equipped 737 derivative. Defense officials disclosed the move during the FY-26

Aircraft Propulsion

Italian Air Force Orders 54 EJ200 Powerplants from EUROJET for Upcoming Eurofighter Batch

June 30, 2025

EUROJET Turbo GmbH has agreed to deliver up to fifty-four new EJ200 engines for the Italian Air Force's forthcoming batch of twenty-four Eurofighter Typhoons. Defense officials confirm the deal was signed in Rome with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA)

Advanced Propulsion Systems

Why DARPA Cancelled Its DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Project

June 30, 2025

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

Sierra Space Opens M Power Station Tech Center in Colorado to Scale Defense Solar Production

Defense Infrastructure & Manufacturing

Sierra Space Opens $45M Power Station Tech Center in Colorado to Scale Defense Solar Production

June 30, 2025

Sierra Space has placed its new "Power Station" technology center into full production. The site, located in Broomfield, Colorado, brings automated solar-array manufacturing under one roof. According to industry sources, the company finished factory acceptance tests early yesterday and shifted directly into

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

E-7 Wedgetail Scrapped by Air Force Over Cost Overruns and Vulnerability Risks

Italian Air Force Orders 54 EJ200 Powerplants from EUROJET for Upcoming Eurofighter Batch

Why DARPA Cancelled Its DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Project

Sierra Space Opens $45M Power Station Tech Center in Colorado to Scale Defense Solar Production

Authors

Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer