Programs

Fielded technology, contracts and awards, production, and major acquisition programs

♠️Increment 2: the CCA order everyone is watching is the small one

150 aircraft are under contract. The Air Force wants up to 2,000. Ten months to get into the second round.

Sep 1, 2026

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6 min read

Austal asked the Navy for relief. The answer was no.

A shipbuilder wrote off A$175M after the government declined to accelerate contract relief. Three days later, a Korean buyer offered up to $1.2B for the yard. Both dockets close tomorrow at noon.

Aug 13, 2026

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6 min read

Mass Production: missiles by the family, drones by the half-billion

♠️ The Pentagon signed three companies to build cheap cruise missiles at volume. Read it beside last week's drone buys, and the pattern looks like policy.

Jul 21, 2026

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4 min read

Twelve Years: GAO just told you which programs are exposed

GAO's annual weapons assessment names the exposed programs. Plus, the Drone Czar memo is public, and it goes further than announced.

Jul 7, 2026

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5 min read

Drone Czar

Hegseth centralizes unmanned programs while recent strikes in the Strait show why speed matters now.

Jul 2, 2026

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5 min read

Fleet Shift

Autonomous maritime systems are rapidly shifting from trial phases to actual integration and procurement.

Jun 2, 2026

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4 min read

Warthog Stays

Traditional airpower remains important even as autonomous technology advances quickly.

Apr 21, 2026

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4 min read

Arsenal Shift

The Army opens drone procurement while production scales toward mass deployment.

Mar 26, 2026

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8 min read