Carter Johnston

1 month ago | navalnews.com | Carter Johnston

A massive $150 billion reconciliation bill pitched by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has moved to the House Budget Committee after a 35-21 vote, paving the way for the $1.012 trillion topline defense budget. This is the first time the HASC’s reconciliation process has been used to directly add funding to the U.S. Department of Defense; part of President Donald Trump’s FY2026 Discretionary Budget Request released this week.

1 month ago | navalnews.com | Carter Johnston

A missile test performed at Vandenburg Space Force Base, California last month was the first test of an extended range variant of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) looking to hit targets beyond the 499+ kilometer threshold of the baseline missile variant. Lockheed Martin confirmed the details to Naval News in an interview at Modern Day Marine 2025 in Washington D.C. during an interview regarding PRsM and updates to the M142 HIMARS.

2 months ago | navalnews.com | Carter Johnston

General Atomics has confirmed the existence of a new airborne laser program being developed for the U.S. military’s fleet of MQ-9 drones. After Naval News got a first look at a new airborne laser prototype at Sea Air Space 2025 earlier this month, General Atomics has confirmed the existence of a joint program within the Department of Defense that is looking to deliver airborne laser weapons to the MQ-9 fleet currently fielded in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps.

2 months ago | navalnews.com | Carter Johnston

The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed unmanned surface vessels (USV) to Japan as part of a larger push to bring unmanned logistics systems to the Indo-Pacific. The USVs, developed by Leidos, are capable of supplying distributed forces in contested environments by leveraging a design similar to narco-subs used in the Gulf of America.

2 months ago | realcleardefense.com | Carter Johnston

Following the trend of U.S. Navy ‘containerized’ solutions for various platforms