North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea on Aug. 20, South Korea’s military said, a day after the North shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.
The U.S. Department of State approved a possible $4.5 billion Foreign Military Sale to Qatar for the purchase of aerial refueling aircraft and related equipment. Qatar’s government requested to buy up to four KC-46As, eight PW4062 turbofan engines, 10 AN/ALR-69A radar warning receivers, 15 Guardian Laser Transmitter Assemblies for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems, and 8 LAIRCM system processor replacements, according to an Aug. 20 release.
The Pentagon wants more transparency from defense primes and their supply chains on the cost of building weapons and is considering the use of software that would pull data directly from companies’ financial systems to get it, according to memo reviewed by Breaking Defense.
Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv, the latest in a string of assaults on Ukraine’s capital, which has been left exposed this summer by the global shortage of Patriot air-defense missiles.
As the Trump administration looks to spawn drone production lines at home, nearly 100 company representatives and government officials converged on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Aug. 20 for the first White House Drone Dominance event.
One of Golden Dome’s most supportive voices in Congress fears that prioritizing Iran war funding along with continuous partisan gridlock threatens President Donald Trump’s plans for a sprawling missile defense shield.
The Defense Innovation Unit has a new, specialized team that’s hustling to clear major constraints associated with transitioning proven commercial technologies directly into the military services.
A small number of gamblers have made $8 million placing military and defense-related bets on the Polymarket prediction site, most placed by about 150 accounts that almost always bet correctly. The researchers say they suspect the accounts are linked to military insiders who could be flagged for law enforcement as “the most likely potential insiders,” researchers said in a new report.
hina’s new medium-sized tactical airlifter is emerging from the shadows, as much clearer imagery becomes available. Previously widely referred to as the “Y-30,” the four-turboprop transport now appears to be designated the Y-15, a change reflected by the prototype’s apparent “15001” serial number and increasingly supported by open-source reporting.
A Pentagon-level organization is being created to fast-track prototypes for defeating uncrewed aircraft systems with airborne lasers, continuous wave lasers, and high-power microwaves.
Bryon Hargis, cofounder and CEO of Castelion, says new funding will ramp Blackbeard hypersonic missile production as the company expands capacity and develops new weapon systems.
espite being officially retired in 2008, a pocket fleet of U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth jets has continued to operate from the secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport in Nevada. The service has said it plans to keep flying the aircraft for research and development, test and evaluation, and especially training purposes through at least 2034.
