Despite the run-up YTD, as of December 30, 2025, the defense tech sector is valued at just over 26x 2026 earnings and 22x ...

Microsoft said on Friday that it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical support to the U.S. military following a report in news outlet ProPublica led to questions from a U.S.

The cuts to the Defense Technical Information Center are intended to refocus it on “its core statutory mission” according to a Pentagon spokesperson. The Department of Defense announced staff cuts ...

From DOGE’s initial descent to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, defense contractors are weathering policy changes at different rates during the first leg of the second Trump ...

Defense officials are signaling a shift away from traditional contracting and toward startups. VC funding for the space has hit $19 billion, up from $10 billion last year, per PitchBook. Business ...

The European Union proposed a multibillion-euro spending plan to improve the transport of weapons and troops and to support defense technology startups, as tensions with Russia remain high. The ...

The head of the Defense Innovation Unit, a champion of acquisition reform who was instrumental in the Pentagon’s push to rapidly build and deploy new technology, resigned Friday due to political ...

Drawn by local talent, cheap labor and state cash incentives, start-ups building the weapons of the future are revitalizing manufacturing in once-vibrant industrial towns. A worker inspecting a drone ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The United States Department of Defense has long sought to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Brown is a Partner at venture capital firm Shield Capital. The President’s defense budget, released in June, embraces a ...

Tech companies are displaying A.I., lasers and more as they compete for a piece of President Trump’s ambitious plan for a missile defense shield. Will Bruey, the chief executive of Varda Space ...