Senior military officials on Nov. 12 presented President Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings at the White House.
As the Trump administration tries to finalize a deal to sell advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a Pentagon intelligence report has raised concerns that China could acquire the warplane’s technology if the sales go through, according to people familiar with the assessment.
Blue Origin took crucial steps toward its space-development goals on Nov. 13, launching its orbital rocket for the first time with cargo and landing the rocket’s booster.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Nov. 13 evening a new operation dubbed “Southern Spear” to quash “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere.
Russia has created a new branch of its military to oversee the production, operation, and testing of uncrewed systems and the tactics and techniques for using them. Called the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), the new branch mirrors a similar one Ukraine created last year, even using the same name. Its work will encompass aerial, land, and surface drones.
Most federal workers will receive their first paycheck in more than a month between Nov. 15 and 19, and it should include at least most of the backpay that is due, Trump administration officials said Nov. 13.
Joby Aviation and L3Harris Technologies said Nov. 12 they have conducted their first test flight of an autonomous hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, which they hope to sell to the Defense Department to use operationally.
Boeing defense workers approved on Nov. 13 on a new contract that will end a more than three-month strike that has delayed the manufacturer’s production of F-15 fighter jets and other programs.
U.S. defense tech firm Anduril and UAE-based EDGE Group have launched a new joint venture to manufacture drones, with orders for an initial product already booked, the two companies announced Nov. 13.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Nov. 12 announced a planned increase of €4.2 billion ($4.9 billion) in military space spending between 2026 and 2030.
Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the man captured in the iconic “Burst of Joy” photo at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California, has died at the age of 92, his family said.
