U.S. President Donald Trump expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges April 6 as his ultimatum to make a deal ticked closer, after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war.
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking new hardware and software that can fuse together disparate data feeds and provide a real-time picture to aircrews that lack adequate situational awareness on the modern battlefield, according to a new solicitation.
Pentagon R&D spending would drop by about one-third under the White House’s 2027 defense-spending proposal—but the impact of that $4.5 billion reduction might be cushioned by the tech industry’s willingness to fund its own research.
A new Pentagon policy for veterans still in the Individual Ready Reserve puts a sharper tone on how the Pentagon views inactive service members, moving from a last resort to a backup source for manpower.
New videos give an even clearer view—unquestionably our best ever—of the legendary classified stealth drone, previously seen landing in Greece last month.
The rescue of the F-15E weapon systems officer (WSO) missing in Iran after his fighter was shot down was one of the most complex and dangerous missions the U.S. military can undertake. These kinds of operations can come in many forms. In this case, before the WSO was finally recovered from the mountain crevice where he was hiding, a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) deep inside enemy territory had to be rapidly set up and secured so that it could act as a staging area for the aircraft, equipment and troops taking part in the mission. This is an exact mission set U.S. special operations forces train for extensively.
As the Trump administration grasps for a way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without sending in ground troops, attention is turning to the United Nations-backed deal struck with Ukraine and Russia in 2022 to try to restart critical grain exports.
President Trump said April 6 the latest ceasefire proposal from Iran was “significant” but still “not good enough.”
The Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile defense system might get $17.5 billion in fiscal 2027 after receiving a $23 billion down payment through a reconciliation bill passed last summer. But almost all the funding for President Donald Trump’s ambitious missile defense shield hinges on another reconciliation bill – the White House is asking Republicans to pass a significant portion of the president’s massive $1.5 trillion defense budget request through the party-line reconciliation process.
On September 3, 1951, a 21-year-old Navy ensign walked onto the flight deck of the USS Essex. The aircraft carrier was stationed off the coast of Korea, and as the young pilot prepared for his seventh combat mission, it was a beautiful, albeit cold, morning. Catapulted into the air, the pilot’s F9F Panther jet flew by Mount Fuji and over the Sea of Japan before crossing into Korea.
