US Navy wants new railroad car to transport unarmed ballistic missiles
Existing railcars are almost 50 years old and will soon be retired. But the Navy still has a need to transport Active Inert Missiles.
By Michael Peck
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Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats
Hegseth has defended U.S. military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.”
By David Klepper, The Associated Press
‘A perfect storm’: Airmen, F-22s struggle at Eglin nearly three years after Hurricane Michael
The 325th Fighter Wing may be nearing a breaking point as it approaches its third year in limbo after Hurricane Michael.
New networked night vision for soldiers. Marines? You’ll have to wait
Thousands of the new networked goggles have been fielded in the Army. Marines chose a different option.
By Todd South
Now boarding: Space Force wants to turn launch ranges into rocket ‘airports’
Space Force launch range officials want their installations to be more like an airport departure terminal.
The British Army’s new Ajax vehicles ride too rough, too loud: report
Media reports of vibration and other issues impacting the program first surfaced several weeks ago but the latest report has given more detail.
The Air Force wants rocket deliveries to anywhere on Earth in under an hour
The service believes reusable commercial rockets like the ones SpaceX is developing could transport cargo all over the world.
By Nathan Strout
Eyeing China, Biden defense budget boosts research and cuts procurement
U.S. President Joe Biden’s first budget request for the Department of Defense slashes procurement by $8 billion, whacking scores of legacy weapons and systems as a way to deliver a $5.5 billion boost for the development and testing of cutting-edge technologies that could deter China.
By Joe Gould
US budget: Focus on strategy, not numbers
The debate over the U.S. defense budget is not simply a battle over dollars and cents.
By Daniel DePetris
Expand Pentagon’s Chinese investment blacklist, says new report
Washington has restricted trade against more than 40 companies linked to the Chinese military, but they’re just the “tip of the iceberg,” says a new report.
By Joe Gould
Air Force Research Laboratory opens new space war-fighting facility
The facility will be used to track objects on orbit, advance satellite cybersecurity and develop autonomous capabilities to help space vehicles avoid each other and space debris.
By Nathan Strout