Sarah Sicard is a Senior Editor with Military Times. She previously served as the Digitial Editor of Military Times and the Army Times Editor. Other work can be found at National Defense Magazine, Task & Purpose, and Defense News.
The DOD's fiscal 2026 budget calls for the Air Force to retire its remaining 162 A-10 attack planes. The Senate's version would have the service keep 103.
The memo directs the military services to create active duty formations by September, built for the sole purpose of scaling the use of drones across DOD.
“The principle and details of this redesigned cooperation are currently being discussed with the partners," French armaments agency DGA told Defense News.