The U.S. military is working with the State Department and is rushing aid to Venezuela after powerful twin earthquakes hit the country overnight, killing more than 160 residents.
Emerging weapons manufacturers were called to the Pentagon to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth June 25 to discuss how to boost munitions production in the wake of the war with Iran, four sources told Breaking Defense.
From a modest workshop in Southern California, a new startup is pursuing the ambitious vision of building patrol-like satellites for critical space infrastructure, much like the guards on alert around valuable facilities here on Earth.
The research infrastructure that underpins America’s prowess in defense technology is “deteriorating,” according to a Department of Defense report released June 24.
A major study commissioned by U.S. Special Operations Command has found that special operations troops experience higher rates of cancer than the rest of the military, providing the clearest evidence yet that an issue long discussed within the SOF community deserves closer examination.
During a meeting with his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo, Canada’s defense minister has said that Ottawa is “interested in learning more about” the Global Combat Air Programme, or GCAP, next-generation fighter.
Iran attacked a cargo ship June 25 as it tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz along a new route promoted by a United Nations maritime agency, dashing hopes that shipping traffic might have found a narrow passage through the ongoing blockade.
The Pentagon’s new Post-Quantum Cryptography Strategy frames the emergence and full realization of quantum supercomputing as an existential threat to U.S. national security and global military dominance.
When the Iranian missiles and drones came for the nerve center of America’s naval operations in the Middle East, some of them hit their mark. The U.S. Navy base in Bahrain was repeatedly targeted between late February and June. Strikes that got through caused extensive damage, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of satellite imagery, social-media footage, and interviews with current and former service members.
A Chinese national who was arrested at a New York airport after authorities say he illegally took photos of aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base has been sentenced. Tianrui Liang plead guilty to photographing defense installations and was sentenced June 18 to one year of supervised release.
An airstrike on northwest Syria last week killed a senior member of the Islamic State group, the U.S. Central Command said on June 24.
The son of a politician, William “Billy” Mitchell grew up in Wisconsin as the oldest of 10 children. In such a crowded household, Mitchell learned early on to speak up for himself and his beliefs. After enlisting in the United States Army in 1898, Mitchell came to believe, most of all, that developing America’s airpower was essential to its defense. Not everyone shared Mitchell’s view, not that he minded much.
