After the collapse of the Future Combat Air System fighter effort, Airbus and a cohort of seven other leading German defense and aviation companies have formally banded together as “Team Gen 6,” saying they “stand ready to take on the responsibility for a sixth-generation fighter aircraft.”
British Defense Secretary John Healey resigned on June 11, accusing U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer of skimping on defense spending at a time of “rising threats.”
Occasional bursts of energy from a Russian missile-detection satellite have been briefly disrupting satellite navigation across large parts of Europe, a pattern that may indicate a “qualitative escalation in GNSS [global navigation satellite system] interference.”
Operators of the C-17 Globemaster III have been reaching out to Boeing about possibly restarting the product line, and the company has been “encouraged” by these engagements. Separately, Congress recently directed the U.S. Air Force to prepare a formal briefing on the feasibility of acquiring new Globemaster IIIs.
U.S. President Donald Trump said June 11 he had called off new military strikes on Iran, claiming a breakthrough in negotiations to end the war just hours after the American leader threatened to escalate the conflict by seizing control of Iran’s oil industry.
The Pentagon went into lockdown June 11 over an air quality issue, prompting the department to execute a shelter-in-place order for the affected area.
The U.S. Space Force is seeking potential users of a new launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base reserved for smaller rockets. The Space Force released a request for information June 8 seeking interest from launch vehicle operators in Space Launch Complex (SLC) 9, a proposed launch site at Vandenberg that would be used for small- and medium-class launch vehicles. Responses to the RFI are due July 8.
Congressional Republicans are backing the Trump administration’s effort to rebrand the Defense Department as the Department of War, inserting language into must-pass legislation that would make the name change official.
Since Oct. 2, 2025, AFA’s Alamo Chapter has maintained a weekly presence at Basic Military Training graduations at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base—the Air Force’s and Space Force’s sole site for enlisted basic training.
Military food may not be the first issue people think about when they talk about readiness. Robert Irvine thinks that’s a mistake. The celebrity chef says how America feeds its troops affects far more than morale, touching readiness, retention, military families, and even long-term health.
