01-01-2026 12:00 via defenseone.com

2025 in review: defense systems

USAF plan to fly C-5, C-17s even longer elicits concern
Service says it needs to hedge against delays to planned Next-Generation Airlift plane.November 25, 2025 | Thomas NovellyNATO has built a cloud for Ukraine’s classified battle data
The last hurdle is figuring out information-sharing policies to keep it all safe.November 25, 2025 | Lauren C. WilliamsAir Force’s AI ambitions mean simplifying its tangle of networks
Over the next year, battle-networks chief aims to reduce systems to
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Army’s noncommittal procurement strategy is creating quandaries for vendors
Why is GSA’s procurement chief in international negotiations over Ukraine and Gaza?
The D Brief: Trump: ‘I don’t need international law’; Senate votes to limit Venezuela action; USAF consolidates PEOs; Marines’ own robot wingman; And a bit more.
USAF consolidates some acquisition program offices into mission-focused groups
Marine Corps picks industry team to create a robot wingman of its own
The D Brief: Offshore banks to hold seized-oil profits; Pay caps for defense CEOs; Army’s flight-school outsourcing, snagged; Right-to-repair urged; And a bit more.
Trump lambastes defense CEOs over pay, stock buybacks
The right-to-repair fight could make or break US troops’ robot-war plans
As Army narrows field for its flight-school outsourcing contract, Congress says: not so fast
Overhauling acquisition, production and procurement processes to rebuild the industrial base
How the Venezuela operation could affect Pentagon budgets
Defense Business Brief: US-made biotech; Rocketdyne; Hegseth’s industry tours
Senate confirms LaNeve to be next Army Vice Chief
The D Brief: Trump plans oil seizure; US forces seize tanker; Greenland seizure floated; Experts pan Maduro seizure; And a bit more.
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