President Trump's executive order for an "Iron Dome" missile defense shield of the U.S. brings attention to the gaps in homeland defense.

Republican lawmakers are proposing a $19.5 billion down payment in fiscal year 2026 on a new domestic air defense capability that would mark a massive expansion of national missile defense ...

Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...

The Missile Defense Agency, tasked with developing and maintaining U.S. air defense, has spent more than $194 billion, including $10.4 billion in the 2022 fiscal year. But the agency’s approach ...

The legislation would authorize slightly more than $19 billion for the creation of a new missile defense shield in fiscal 2026.

Japan has test-launched a domestically developed ballistic missile in the United States, Tokyo said, amid the threats posed by China and North Korea. The Japanese Defense Ministry on Friday ...

With Elon Musk’s cost cutters due any day, military leaders are eyeing bloated contracts, programs and legacy weapons systems ...

SecDef hints at pushback, but others worry about the team's record of breaking into databases and making hasty cuts.

Namely, Mark Zaid. A longtime national security attorney based in Washington, Zaid has held a high-level Top Secret-SCI government security clearance for more than 20 years. This clearance has ...