Warfighting in space circa 2040 will be vastly more complex and dangerous than today, therefore the U.S. joint force needs to begin now to develop both the capabilities and concepts of operation to succeed in that environment, according to a foundational assessment by U.S. Space Command.
In a small warehouse in the United Arab Emirates, workers spend up to 12 hours a day snapping together 3D-printed components to make interceptors capable of knocking Iranian drones out of the sky at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. The facility, which came online last month, is being used by Powerus, a startup in West Palm Beach, Fla., to make inexpensive interceptors.
The number of U.S. service members reported wounded or killed in the Iran war has jumped to 774, after the Pentagon added scores of new troops to the wounded list in the last few days.
In this episode, Heather "Lucky" Penney talks combat search and rescue with Col. Michael "Mongo" Kingry, Deputy Commander of the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base. When two F-15E aircrew were shot down deep inside Iran during Operation Epic Fury, the Air Force paused an entire air campaign to bring them home and did so successfully. ... It's the product of decades of investment in unique technology, training, tactics, and people.
America’s specialized counter-drone team is running a directed energy pilot program on multiple military bases to inform the government’s path to operationalizing high‑energy lasers, high‑power microwaves, and other associated weapons, without shutting down airspace or disrupting missions on the ground.
Reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military dropped for the third year in a row in 2025, and the Pentagon received a slightly lower number of sexual harassment complaints last year compared with 2024, the department said in a report that was made public Aug. 21.
The number two official at America’s premier technical spying agency offered a dire warning about the threat posed by China “in every domain,” including alleging that Chinese companies helped Iranian forces target U.S. installations in the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict.
Taiwan's government on Aug. 20 proposed an 18 percent rise in defense spending for next year, including for drones and missiles, taking it above T$1 trillion ($31.41 billion) for the first time as Taipei bolsters its military to ward off China.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is expected to step down from his role by the end of the year, if not sooner, after months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Faster intelligence gathering and analysis enabled by AI is allowing special operators to pull off missions that would have been impossible years ago, U.S. Special Operations Command leader Adm. Frank Bradley, said Aug. 19. But malign actors empowered by simple AI tools are undermining military and civilian leaders’ confidence in digital information, he said.
With the race for sixth-generation combat aircraft gathering pace, India has opened talks with France on participating in its Future Combat Air System, or FCAS, as it seeks a role in technologies that could shape air combat in the future.
The U.S. Navy is developing and currently flight testing a new long-range air-to-air missile that will far exceed the capabilities of the current AIM-120 and likely the recently disclosed AIM-174B as well. The new AIM-424 “Malice” air-to-air missile is being developed for the F/A-18, the F-35, and F/A-XX.
Saab has unveiled its roadmap for its Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) program, a stealthy, supersonic ‘fighter drone,’ which could enter service in the 2030s with the Swedish Air Force and potentially other customers. The aerospace and defense company is already working on two uncrewed technology demonstrators and today presented a full-scale mock-up of an operational drone that those two aircraft could inform.
A Marine Corps fighter squadron received a rare Air Force award this month for actions in the Middle East in the spring and summer of 2025. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 542 received the Department of the Air Force’s Gallant Unit Citation for actions between March 15-Oct. 7, 2025, according to an Aug. 19 Marine Administrative Notice on new awards.
