For the U.S. government, breaking up with Elon Musk is easier said than done. Just days after President Trump in early June raised the prospect of cutting ties with Musk’s businesses, the Trump administration initiated a review of SpaceX’s contracts with the federal government, according to people familiar with the matter. The review was intended to identify potential waste in the multibillion-dollar agreements the company has with the government, the people said.
Russia's Defense Ministry on July 20 claimed to have shot down at least 26 Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region, as both sides continued their long-range strike campaigns despite Kyiv suggesting a resumption of bilateral ceasefire talks this week.
Iran suffered a significant setback when Israel killed top military leaders and the U.S. struck its nuclear facilities, but a pattern of high-value weapons seizures shows Tehran is making new efforts to arm its militia allies across the Middle East.
In March, military and industry representatives from the United States and United Kingdom gathered to launch Joint Project Vanaheim, a collaborative effort initiated to “shape the future” of C-sUAS capabilities. But as an example of just how fast capabilities are developing on battlefields around the globe, individuals involved say that just four months after launching Vanaheim, a new threat has emerged that the project has not even begun to think about.
Participants from across the military will converge on Camp Atterbury in Indiana next month for a “Top Gun” school for first-person kamikaze drones—the type that right now are helping Ukrainians defend against invading Russian forces.
NATO members who are not currently F-35 operators have expressed an interest in supporting the maintenance and repair of alliance aircraft in their countries, Michael Williamson, president of Lockheed Martin International, stated July 18 at the Royal International Air Tattoo.
York Space Systems, a key supplier for the Space Development Agency’s proliferated constellation, announced it is acquiring ATLAS Space Operations, a ground software provider.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says bases in Indiana and New Jersey can house detained immigrants without affecting military readiness—a step toward potentially detaining thousands of people on bases on U.S. soil. Hegseth notified members of Congress from both states this week of the proposal to temporarily house detained immigrants at Camp Atterbury in Indiana, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.
Belgium will acquire an 11 additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, boosting its planned fleet for 45 aircraft. Defense Minister Theo Francken declared the plans after securing Parliamentary approvals for the Strategic Vision plan to invest more in the country’s security by raising defense spending to the equivalent of 2 percent of GDP in 2025 and steadily rising to 2.5 percent in the 2030s.
Every year, tens of thousands of birds strike aircraft around the world, but not many of those are caught on camera. But one Spanish photographer captured some incredible images of just such an occurrence involving not just any plane, but a Spanish Air Force EF2000 Eurofighter Typhoon undergoing a high-performance air show routine.
