Helicopter   Military Aircraft Procurement   Defense Budgets & Spending   Defense Policy  
Breaking Defense • Carley Welch

Hegseth says Pentagon is revisiting Army aviation cuts as Army Transformation Initiative shifts away from legacy helicopters

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers he is “taking another look” at the Army Transformation Initiative after concerns that proposed budget actions could create gaps in aviation capability during the transition away from the service’s legacy helicopter fleet. The review follows a year of reform implementation and fresh congressional scrutiny of aviation priorities.

Also: Defense One and insidedefense.com
2026-05-12T14:48:31.863570-07:00
Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Budgets & Spending   Defense Policy  
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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Congressional Budget Office estimates $1.2 trillion price tag for Golden Dome

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a national missile defense system broadly aligned with President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome executive order could cost roughly $1.2 trillion over 20 years, a figure that dramatically exceeds the Pentagon’s public estimate of about $185 billion.

Also: Aviation Week and Air & Space Forces Mag
2026-05-12T15:14:25.264888-07:00
ArianeGroup   Europe   Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Defense Policy   Thales  
edrmagazine.eu • Jules Roukoz

Long-range land strike: Thales and ArianeGroup conduct first successful firing in line with French forces’ ambitions

By edrmagazine.eu: Thales and ArianeGroup successfully conducted the first firing of the new ballistic munition FLP-t 150, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with the support from the Missile Testing Division of the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA EM) at the Ile du Levant test site.

Also: Satellite Evolution and 4 more
2026-05-12T01:42:01.665405-07:00