Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 22 declared his readiness to adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year under the last remaining nuclear pact with the United States that expires in February, and he urged Washington to follow suit.
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s newest and most capable aircraft carrier launched and recovered the next-generation of Chinese naval aircraft—including the J-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter, J-15 attack jet, and KJ-600 airborne early warning and control aircraft, according to the PLAN.
Chinese and Russian submarines have conducted a joint patrol, in the latest step in a growing Sino-Russian partnership. While the exercise only involved two subs, the warning was clear: America should contemplate the prospect of confronting a China-Russia alliance.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said there is no reason not to resume stalled negotiations with the United States, if Washington drops its "obsession" with eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Air & Space Forces Magazine Editor-in-Chief Tobias Naegele visited CAE’s booth at AFA’s 2025 Air, Space & Cyber Conference to meet with Nick Yates, CAE’s Senior Business Development Manager, to discuss how the Air Force is transforming warfighter training through next-generation training architecture for fifth- and sixth-generation aircraft.
The Space Development Agency is reconsidering whether or not it will further develop position, navigation, and timing capabilities as part of its mega-constellation of satellites in low-Earth orbit.
The Space Force intends to buy commercially available spacecraft and payloads for the follow-on to its flagship space domain awareness (SDA) constellation, under a new plan in which the service will own and operate the satellites, according to service officials.
One of America’s most secretive spy agencies is wrestling with an embarrassment of riches, and it needs AI to help. The National Reconnaissance Office now has so many satellites in orbit—especially in its new and rapidly growing “proliferated Low Earth Orbit” constellation—that traditional, labor-intensive ground control can’t efficiently manage them all, said NRO director Chris Scolese.
Lockheed Martin is pushing for the U.S. Air Force to extend the scope of the upgrade for the F-22 Raptor fighter so that it will include the earlier Block 20 aircraft that the service currently uses for training. These Block 20 jets, 35 in all, had previously been on the chopping block, but amid questions about the ultimate replacement plan for the F-22, the manufacturer is pushing for the upgrade effort to be expanded to these earlier and currently far less-capable aircraft.
The Pentagon is looking for commercial retailers to run commissaries on military bases in the latest push to privatize troops’ quality of life. The Department of Defense wants to see if private commercial grocery operators or investment firms are willing and able to run 178 commissaries at military bases across the U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, according to a Request For Information, or RFI, posted to Sam.gov, the federal government’s website for contract opportunities.
