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  • Swedish air chief talks next-gen warplane, Gripen’s anti-drone role
    Swedish air chief talks next-gen warplane, Gripen’s anti-drone role

    The year 2026 promises to be a time of decisions, as the Swedish air force strives to keep its options open when it comes to a new fighter design.

    11 months ago
  • Navy to begin constructing 2 ‘Trump class’ battleships
    Navy to begin constructing 2 ‘Trump class’ battleships

    “The U.S. Navy will lead the design of these ships,” the president said Monday, “along with me because I’m a very aesthetic person.”

    11 months ago
  • DOD needs more consistent Indo-Pacific deterrence funding, GAO says
    DOD needs more consistent Indo-Pacific deterrence funding, GAO says

    An annual assessment of how DOD funds deterrence efforts in the Indo-Pacific revealed problematic inconsistencies, according to a GAO report.

    11 months ago
  • Pentagon counter-drone task force plans Golden Dome link
    Pentagon counter-drone task force plans Golden Dome link

    Data sharing between the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Golden Dome project will focus on larger drones, Brig. Gen. Matt Ross said.

    11 months ago
  • Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles
    Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles

    Sweden’s air chief now expects Taurus integration “considerably earlier than previously planned,” he said in an interview with Defense News.

    11 months ago
  • Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row
    Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row

    DOD is the only one of the government’s 24 major agencies never to pass.

    11 months ago
  • Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter
    Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter

    Raytheon was awarded a contract from the Air Force to put its air-cooled, compact PhantomStrike fire control radar into the X-62 as part of its upgrades.

    11 months ago
  • US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships
    US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships

    The first hull is expected to hit the water in 2028 as a more nimble companion to the Navy’s larger warships, Navy Secretary John Phelan said.

    11 months ago
  • Lukashenko: Russian nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles now in Belarus
    Lukashenko: Russian nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles now in Belarus

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the Oreshnik will enter combat duty this month but didn’t give any other details.

    11 months ago
  • Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage
    Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage

    “America does not want a fair fight — we want a fleet so capable, so ready and so forward that the fight never begins,” CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle argues.

    11 months ago
  • Swedish air chief talks next-gen warplane, Gripen’s anti-drone role
    Swedish air chief talks next-gen warplane, Gripen’s anti-drone role

    The year 2026 promises to be a time of decisions, as the Swedish air force strives to keep its options open when it comes to a new fighter design.

  • Navy to begin constructing 2 ‘Trump class’ battleships
    Navy to begin constructing 2 ‘Trump class’ battleships

    “The U.S. Navy will lead the design of these ships,” the president said Monday, “along with me because I’m a very aesthetic person.”

  • DOD needs more consistent Indo-Pacific deterrence funding, GAO says
    DOD needs more consistent Indo-Pacific deterrence funding, GAO says

    An annual assessment of how DOD funds deterrence efforts in the Indo-Pacific revealed problematic inconsistencies, according to a GAO report.

  • Pentagon counter-drone task force plans Golden Dome link
    Pentagon counter-drone task force plans Golden Dome link

    Data sharing between the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Golden Dome project will focus on larger drones, Brig. Gen. Matt Ross said.

  • Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles
    Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles

    Sweden’s air chief now expects Taurus integration “considerably earlier than previously planned,” he said in an interview with Defense News.

  • Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row
    Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row

    DOD is the only one of the government’s 24 major agencies never to pass.

  • Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter
    Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter

    Raytheon was awarded a contract from the Air Force to put its air-cooled, compact PhantomStrike fire control radar into the X-62 as part of its upgrades.

  • US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships
    US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships

    The first hull is expected to hit the water in 2028 as a more nimble companion to the Navy’s larger warships, Navy Secretary John Phelan said.

  • Lukashenko: Russian nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles now in Belarus
    Lukashenko: Russian nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles now in Belarus

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the Oreshnik will enter combat duty this month but didn’t give any other details.

  • Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage
    Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage

    “America does not want a fair fight — we want a fleet so capable, so ready and so forward that the fight never begins,” CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle argues.

  • Swedish air chief talks next-gen warplane, Gripen’s anti-drone role
    Swedish air chief talks next-gen warplane, Gripen’s anti-drone role

    The year 2026 promises to be a time of decisions, as the Swedish air force strives to keep its options open when it comes to a new fighter design.

  • Navy to begin constructing 2 ‘Trump class’ battleships
    Navy to begin constructing 2 ‘Trump class’ battleships

    “The U.S. Navy will lead the design of these ships,” the president said Monday, “along with me because I’m a very aesthetic person.”

  • DOD needs more consistent Indo-Pacific deterrence funding, GAO says
    DOD needs more consistent Indo-Pacific deterrence funding, GAO says

    An annual assessment of how DOD funds deterrence efforts in the Indo-Pacific revealed problematic inconsistencies, according to a GAO report.

  • Pentagon counter-drone task force plans Golden Dome link
    Pentagon counter-drone task force plans Golden Dome link

    Data sharing between the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Golden Dome project will focus on larger drones, Brig. Gen. Matt Ross said.

  • Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles
    Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles

    Sweden’s air chief now expects Taurus integration “considerably earlier than previously planned,” he said in an interview with Defense News.

  • Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row
    Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row

    DOD is the only one of the government’s 24 major agencies never to pass.

  • Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter
    Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter

    Raytheon was awarded a contract from the Air Force to put its air-cooled, compact PhantomStrike fire control radar into the X-62 as part of its upgrades.

  • US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships
    US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships

    The first hull is expected to hit the water in 2028 as a more nimble companion to the Navy’s larger warships, Navy Secretary John Phelan said.

  • Lukashenko: Russian nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles now in Belarus
    Lukashenko: Russian nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles now in Belarus

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the Oreshnik will enter combat duty this month but didn’t give any other details.

  • Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage
    Winning the long game: Sustaining sea power as our enduring advantage

    “America does not want a fair fight — we want a fleet so capable, so ready and so forward that the fight never begins,” CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle argues.

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