


Recap: Highlights from the US Army’s 2025 conference in Washington
The Army continues to transform, with efforts focused on next-gen weaponry, long-range artillery, unmanned systems and much more.

Unmanned
Pentagon stages first ‘Top Drone’ school for operators to hone skills
Industry and military drone operators flew tethered and untethered first-person drones through a course designed to test endurance and maneuverability.

Saudi Special Forces 'Involved in Yemen Ops'
Saudi Arabian special forces are involved in the military operation against Shiite Huthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, a Saudi adviser said Saturday.

Experts: OCO Strangling Budget Reform Attempts
Experts say the presence of the overseas contingency operations (OCO) fund is preventing needed reforms to the defense budget

Flurry of Contracts Spark US Navy Shipbuilding
US Navy orders new destroyers, littoral combat ships, Coast Guard gets a new cutter

Polish, Dutch Defense Ministers Targeted By Bugging
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak and his Dutch counterpart Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert have been targeted by unknown perpetrators who bugged a restaurant in Warsaw where the two officials met for talks April 1, reported local broadcaster TVN 24.

Budgets Only $1B Apart on DoD War-Fund Level
House and Senate budget negotiators have less to discuss than at first glance about the Pentagon's war fund than it might seem as they craft a compromise 2016 spending blueprint.

Poles, Baltics and Scandinavia Rally Troops as Russia Growls
Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and its subsequent meddling in eastern Ukraine have triggered vigilance in nearby Poland, the Baltic states and Scandinavia.

Pakistan To Buy 8 Submarines From China
Pakistan is renewing efforts to modernize its submarine arm with eight submarines from China as well as a search for surplus European submarines.

DoD OKs Refueling Help for Yemen Campaign
The Pentagon has agreed to provide aerial refueling support for Saudi and allied pilots attacking Houthi rebels in Yemen, an expansion of the U.S. military 's role in the conflict, a Defense Department official said Thursday.

Inside the US Mission in Iraq
US and coalition forces have trained two brigades' worth of Iraqi troops, with three more underway, a top US general in country told Army Times.
