South Korea said Aug. 19 the South Korean and U.S. militaries have agreed to shorten their drills at the U.S.'s request. South Korea’s military said in a statement the ongoing drills with the U.S. would end Aug. 21, not Aug. 27 as initially planned. It said the allies also agreed to downsize some joint field training exercises.
Australia and Japan have successfully conducted field trials of a codeveloped high-energy laser that could see applications on board ground vehicles and naval vessels, Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy said in a release.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency concluded its Lift Challenge last week, and although none of the participants achieved the desired goal of building a drone capable of lifting four times its weight, they came close.
China’s Unitree Robotics—among the world's biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots—based designs for its most successful robot dogs on innovations funded by the U.S. military, according to a former U.S. defense technology official and three top researchers involved in the project.
Northrop Grumman successfully completed a critical design review for upgrades to the Navy’s fleet of airborne early warning planes, putting the company on track to deliver the modernized aircraft before the end of the decade.
The U.S. Space Force uses space to fight wars on Earth. Now, it’s preparing for a future in which wars could be fought in space. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday spoke with Gen. Chance Saltzman to learn more.
A vessel attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz was attacked Aug. 18, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO).
Mykhailo Fedorov has called for elections in Ukraine despite Russia’s ongoing invasion, after his firing as defense minister sparked nationwide protests against President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Israel carried out airstrikes on a defunct military air base in northwestern Syria on Aug. 18, prompting the United States to condemn the attack as a threat to regional stability in the latest outburst of American frustration with Israel.
When first responders rushed to the scene after a Marine Corps F/A-18 crashed in Washington State in June, they were greeted by the pilot. The Marine walked towards them, holding up a phone and calling 911, with blood smeared across his face.
