The Trump administration wants automakers and other American manufacturers to play a larger role in weapons production, reminiscent of a practice used during World War II.
Israel's security cabinet convened on April 15 to discuss a possible Lebanon ceasefire, a senior Israeli official said, more than six weeks into a war with Hezbollah that spiralled out of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
President Donald Trump said April 15 that China has agreed not to send arms to Iran and is “very happy” with U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. Navy has a critical new mission in the Strait of Hormuz: find and destroy any Iranian sea mines before they throw the global economy into further chaos.
An effort to ramp up U.S. weapons production and build more ships, planes and drones will require a massive upfront investment, President Donald Trump’s budget director told a House committee April 15.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to head to Capitol Hill next week to meet with top House and Senate lawmakers and hash out the Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget.
An unmanned helicopter concept being developed by Airbus for Marine Corps logistics missions may pave the way for an armed variant, company officials say.
Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg’s March 9 memorandum sets an ambitious deadline for Pentagon and military leaders to transition the Maven Smart System into a formal program of record by the end of this fiscal year.
The general in charge of America’s Golden Dome missile defense shield said April 15 that a high-profile and technologically ambitious element of the project, space-based interceptors, may not make it into the final architecture as originally envisioned if the tech is shown to be prohibitively costly.
The rollout of new portfolio managers across the Defense Department could have an acute impact on organizations like the Space Development Agency, which “probably won’t” carry the same name in the future as a result, according to its acting director.
The Department of the Air Force has awarded the base contract for new space-based air moving target indication systems and is now pursuing a contract for the first operational increment, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced April 15.
The U.S. Air Force for the first time utilized the service’s new artificial intelligence wargame system in an event late last month.
With orders for the twin-rotor helicopter still rolling in, Boeing has provided details on its future plans for the venerable H-47 Chinook, including adding launched effects and creating a path toward a crewed version of the aircraft.
Small details have led to big results for Maggie Slife. After coming up short in qualifying for nationals a year ago, the Air Force gymnast has been focusing on the little details to improve her performance. Her shape for handstands on bars, clean dismounts, and leaps on the floor—nothing was going untouched
