He spent two days behind enemy lines in Iran. On Sept. 13, on the season premiere of 60 Minutes, the U.S. Air Force officer shot down in Iran speaks for the first time about his harrowing experience. Norah O'Donnell interviewed the weapon systems officer, with the mission call sign Dude 44 Bravo, about his two days on the ground in Iran back in April.
The Defense Innovation Unit and its industry partner Honeywell Aerospace recently flight-tested quantum sensing technology as the Pentagon pursues new navigation capabilities that aren’t dependent on GPS.
Guards at a New Mexico Air Force base were cleared to continue using religious greetings while operating the facility’s gates, according to a statement provided to NOTUS—a policy that comes after complaints about the greetings spurred Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to defend the Christian service members.
In the wake of Iranian attacks that devastated U.S. bases in the Middle East, the U.S. Air Force wants portable air-defense guns that can destroy drones and cruise missiles.
Iranian forces are claiming to have recovered a U.S. Navy drone submersible that appears to be Anduril’s Dive-LD. The claim comes from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, a group that isn’t renowned for the veracity of its claims. However, this time, IRGC’s claims come with photographs and a video that depicts a drone closely resembling Anduril’s Dive-LD, which is a platform we knew was in testing with the Navy, but, to this point, has not been disclosed as being in active service.
Ukraine is contracting a supply of around 1,000 missiles for U.S.-designed Patriot air-defense systems with the help of allies and through a European Union loan, Kyiv's defense minister said on Sept. 8.
The United Kingdom today published a new 2027-2035 national space strategy centered on “defense, national security, and economic growth,” accompanied by an interagency spending plan totaling “more than” £7.8 billion ($10.6 billion) through 2030.
President Donald Trump has threatened to pursue a ban on U.S. sales of aircraft from Canadian firm Bombardier unless they move production south of the border. American officials have not elaborated on how such a total prohibition on domestic sales could take shape, but there are potential ramifications for the U.S. military, as well as commercial operators in the United States.
The Air Force’s fighter jet fleet is too small and too old, with new aircraft deliveries caught in industrial bottlenecks. Meanwhile, Congress has mandated that the service keeps planes it says it no longer needs or wants, according to an annual congressional review.
While publicly singing the praises of the recent Trump administration policy designed to build up U.S. capacity for transportation “to, from, and within space,” government and industry sources privately are asking one big question: How will these ambitious plans be funded?
NATO airspace in Europe is now an active front line. Almost every week this summer brought new reports of drone incursions over the alliance’s eastern frontier and North Atlantic Treaty Organization jets mobilized to shoot them down.
U.S. Southern Command on Sept. 7 sank another Ecuadorian vessel that the U.S. alleged was linked to the criminal group Los Choneros. It was the latest action by the U.S. against boats and vessels in Latin America that it said were involved in drug trafficking.
A former Air Force One pilot will recount his experience protecting President George W. Bush at a Sarasota airport breakfast Sept. 11, marking 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks transformed a routine school visit into a high-stakes security mission.
