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The U.S. Navy had its fair share of problems when developing the USS Zumwalt, the stealth destroyer that would be the namesake of a new class... Read More
Pratt & Whitney is refining its proposed upgrade path for the F135 Joint Strike Fighter engine to include increased power and... Read More
Putin didn't waste any time.Within days after Mexico canceled a $1.4 billion order for U.S. helicopters, Moscow swooped in for the... Read More
The PLA Marine Corps (PLAMC), part of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), may have inducted into service a new lightweight battle tank,... Read More
The US Air Force is stretched to the brink, with an air fleet too small and too old to meet burgeoning high-tech threats from Russia and... Read More
The Expert Infantryman Badge turns 75 years old next year, and just in time for this milestone birthday, the Army is preparing to... Read More
The Defense Department approved a $200 million military aid package to Ukrainian forces on Friday, bringing the total amount of American... Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned NATO against cultivating closer ties with Ukraine and Georgia, saying... Read More
FARNBOROUGH, England -- Forget about paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for custom flight ops integration each time it needs to be... Read More
The Corps wants to put the power of a swarm of suicide drones, also known as loitering munitions, in the hands of one Marine.It's a plan... Read More
On June 7, during a training exercise in the Baltics, four U.S. Army Stryker vehicles driving along a road between Kaunas and... Read More
In the weeks leading up to last Monday's summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, observers from across the political spectrum on both... Read More
How good is the U.S. Army at developing strategic leaders? Give the organization a grade (from F to A+), and support your assessment:1. Russ... Read More
Harking back to Soviet big science, a 10-point plan calls for new organizations and focus areas, from job training to a giant new R&D... Read More
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley announced the creation of an innovative Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) in 2017. According to the Army... Read More
My first trip away from home was to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to complete Basic Combat Training for the U.S. Army. It was my first time... Read More
Each Saturday, before Bob Dole sets off on his latest vocation, he has cornflakes, a little sugar on top, and a bottle of chocolate Boost.It... Read More
Thousands of jobs at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country remain vacant because VA leaders contend they can't find... Read More
He had just completed a stint in the Netherlands, where he worked with NATO officers on the Airborne Warning and Control electronic... Read More
NATO's first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay, articulated the military alliance's mission succinctly: “Keep the... Read More
The tumult following the news conference by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin obscured a seemingly innocuous but telling comment the U.S.... Read More
At NATO's summit, the heads of state will discuss security in and around the Black Sea.No subject could be timelier for Russian threats and... Read More
It is no secret that U.S. President Donald Trump has an instinctive animus against the European Union and NATO. He supported the Brexit vote... Read More
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Two decades and three presidents after development of what was once called the Joint Strike Fighter commenced, the F-35 fighter is looking... Read More
Diagram: H.M.S. Hood (top), a battleship of the British Royal Navy that the German Battleship Bismarck (bottom) sunk with plunging fire on 24... Read More
Mine or torpedo? For a hundred years, the cause of the explosion that sank USS San Diego (ACR-6) has been a mystery. But now... Read More
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom — Raytheon is nearing an agreement with the Defense Department to build a new weapon that can travel... Read More
The US Navy used an MH-60S helicopter-mounted laser system to scan and detect underwater mine-like targets during the ongoing multi-national... Read More
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese naval and air forces surprised most of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor. Although... Read More
No one yet knows what deals U.S. President Donald Trump may have struck with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their private two-hour... Read More
The Air Force has no plans to speed up development of new reconnaissance aircraft for the 55th Wing in spite of revelations by The... Read More
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Russia should pay a price for its “destabilizing behavior,” but added that any punishment... Read More
Frontline 3D printers. Ammunition delivery drones. Dune buggies, both diesel and all-electric. Sophisticated logistics networks. In its... Read More
China is engaged in aggressive intelligence operations in the United States, ranging from the recruitment of academics to stealing... Read More
U.S. government officials at Farnborough are there to “reassure our companies that we have their back … but also to reassure our... Read More
The corporate world and the U.S. national security apparatus increasingly find themselves in conflict over technology and expertise, with... Read More
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The US Navy used an MH-60S helicopter-mounted laser system to scan and detect underwater mine-like targets during the ongoing multi-national... Read More
On June 7, during a training exercise in the Baltics, four U.S. Army Stryker vehicles driving along a road between Kaunas and... Read More
Just less than a year ago, President Trump overrode what he called his “original instinct” to “pull out” of... Read More
The machine-learning revolution has arrived. Artificial intelligence is rapidly conquering complex tasks, from facial recognition to... Read More
Signs that President Donald Trump's “America First” policy could harm U.S. businesses and curb the United States' clout around... Read More
The following is the July 13, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, The Defense Budget and the Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked... Read More
Britain's seemingly perpetual defense review showed no sign of coming to a conclusion July 19 when the government published what it referred... Read More
Two decades and three presidents after development of what was once called the Joint Strike Fighter commenced, the F-35 fighter is looking like a success. Three variants tailored to the needs of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have met all of their performance objectives. A test program consisting of over 9,000 separate flights has been completed without a single major mishap. Prices for the Read More
Less than seven months ago, a group of journalists and Internet sleuths reported that the fitness-tracking application Strava was revealing highly sensitive information about U.S. military personnel around the world, including in Iraq and Syria. The security breach, which alarmed lawmakers and Pentagon officials, prompted the U.S. military to launch a review of its guidelines for wireless devices Read More
