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Jet-Engine Maker Pratt & Whitney Gets $2.9 Billion Contract Modification for Fighter-Jet Work -- About 30% of the work will be carried out in Connecticut, with the vast majority of the in-state production set to take place...

24 days ago

A $13 Million Military Drone Was Lost in the Mediterranean Sea Because the Propeller Fell Off -- The new details, released late last month by Air Combat Command, revealed some of the circumstances that caused the...

1 month ago

Army Eyeing Replacement for M240B Machine Gun -- Dubbed the Future Medium Machine Gun, or FMMG, the new weapon will mirror the M240B in function as a machine gun primarily...

1 month ago

Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field -- Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...

2 months ago

Army Secretary Fires Entire Corps of Civilian Advisers from Communities Across US -- Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has ousted his entire slate of civilian advisers in a sweeping move aimed at clearing space for...

2 months ago

Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings -- The new formation is set to recruit tech executives to work on major Army challenges, but the service has not articulated...

2 months ago

Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options -- The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...

3 months ago

The Army Parade Poses Potential Pitfalls like a Tank Breakdown. Soldiers Say They're Prepared. -- Thousands of soldiers have descended upon Washington, D.C., from more than a dozen Army divisions across the force, and many...

3 months ago

Marine Corps Releases New Details on Drone Competitions Coming to Bases Around the World -- Five Marine Corps bases will host drone competitions to test Marine teams from across the fleet on "hunter-killer" drone...

3 months ago

A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud. -- The Navy has been in a yearslong struggle to modernize its critically important human resources computer systems that...

3 months ago

From Star Wars to Golden Dome: Trump Pushes US Missile Shield Despite Funding and Technology Hurdles -- Trump's promises face skepticism from experts and would require big military trade-offs, including possible troop reductions...

3 months ago

Every Marine a Drone Operator? New Team Aims to Compete, Set Standards for Unmanned Aircraft Warfare. -- The establishment of the team represents a watershed and urgent moment for the Marine Corps.

5 months ago

Roadrunner and Coyote: Navy Set to Deploy Land-Based Anti-Drone Systems at Sea -- Ever since the Navy repelled its first wave of drone attacks from the Houthi rebels, there has been criticism over the fact...

5 months ago

Trump Announces 6th-Generation Fighter Jet Named F-47; Air Force Contract Awarded to Boeing -- Dubbed the Next Generation Air Dominance platform, or NGAD, the now-designated F-47 has been shrouded in secrecy for years...

5 months ago

The Next Frontier for Warfighters Might Be Implants in Their Brains. Is the Pentagon Ready for the Consequences? -- The potential medical applications of access to the brain for treating ailments are far-ranging, but pressure to compete with...

6 months ago

Flaw in Osprey Gears Was Known a Decade Prior to Deadly Japan Crash, Internal Report Shows -- The revelations about the history of the gear problems come as family members from the Japan crash, as well as families of...

6 months ago

Ospreys Cleared to Fly Again, But Problematic Gearbox Gets More Scrutiny -- The Navy office that oversees the military's use of the V-22 Osprey is allowing the services to resume flying the aircraft...

8 months ago

Will the Army Go All-In on the Oshkosh Defense RCV? -- Check out the latest combat vehicle from the people who brought us the JLTV, MTVR and HEMTT.

10 months ago

Sic 'Em! Will the WOLF-X Be the Army's Next Attack Dog? -- BAE Systems, HDT and McQ Inc. are teaming up to build a contender for the Army's Robotic Combat Vehicle contract.

10 months ago

Air Force Uses B-2 Bomber for First Time in Combat Since 2017, Sending Message to Iran -- The bombers conducted airstrikes on five underground weapons facilities, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, and the...

11 months ago

This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity -- When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW's return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...

7 hours ago

Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot -- Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...

7 hours ago

Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...

7 hours ago

Black Vietnam Veteran's Story Reveals War's Harsh Realities 50 Years Later -- It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...

7 hours ago

Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela -- President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.

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