In early July, terrifying shrieks were heard across Kyiv. As part of a wider attack on the Ukrainian capital, Russia had launched cheap one-way drones powered by turbojet engines instead of propellers. ... It was the latest innovation in one-way attack drones and, like others, it only became possible thanks to China, whose factories provided the engines, according to Ukrainian officials who examined some of them.
Ursa Major, a Colorado-based defense startup specializing in hypersonics and solid rocket motors, announced plans Aug. 25 to take the company public next year in a $2.3 billion deal.
The Navy is exploring two options for its Silent Anvil Air-Launched Torpedo and is seeking contractors that fit the bill. The first is a new torpedo launched from an aircraft or drone that glides into the water and acoustically homes in on the target. The other is a glide kit affixed to an existing torpedo.
The Air Force announced Aug. 25 that VivSoft Technologies will develop and field a new platform intended to consolidate the service’s fragmented aircrew scheduling, training and readiness-management capabilities.
In an intriguing development, Poland has been named among the Foreign Military Sales customers covered by a massive new U.S. contract with Boeing for the F-15 program. This has prompted renewed speculation that Warsaw could eventually acquire the F-15EX Eagle II. Poland’s Ministry of National Defense, however, says there is currently no such plan.
Shortly after taking office last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled the nation’s top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during U.S. military operations.
American Special Forces are conducting joint operations with local troops against drug cartels, and more U.S. military assets are incoming, Ecuadorian officials said last week. The announcements come nearly six months after the U.S. and Ecuador carried out their first joint strike against a group inside the country, which officials labeled as drug traffickers.
The Trump administration has submitted to Congress a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that could allow the kingdom to enrich its own fuel for nuclear reactors, according to two officials with firsthand knowledge of the transmission of the agreement.
When the Defense Department on July 13 suspended Phase 2 requirements for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and began a 60-day review of the effort, it simultaneously launched an initiative called “Brilliant at the Basics.”
INDYCAR's Freedom 250 is one of the biggest spectacles in sports, and the prerace celebrations were capped in an eye-catching way. All seven branches of the United States military were represented in a flyover ahead of the green flag, which was waved by President Donald Trump.
