A U.S. official told Military Times that American forces are now using unmanned systems “on, above, and below [the sea],” in support of military objectives and said they have been effective, particularly in reducing risk to U.S. forces personnel.
For Gen. Randall Reed, the head of U.S. Transportation Command, a predictable supply chain optimized for perfection has wrought its own “self-induced vulnerability,” especially in the AI age. In turn, he said AI could help TRANSCOM become less predictable to adversaries.
The Defense Department is growing the user base for Palantir’s Maven Smart System amid the Iran conflict and other demands for the AI-powered platform, a senior Pentagon official said Sept. 22.
Australia’s defense minister said Sept. 22 that he did not believe any parts of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft reportedly diverted to Hong Kong were “sensitive,” but said Canberra was working with Washington and F-35-maker Lockheed Martin on the issue.
President Trump signed a deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark to pave the way for a larger U.S. military presence on the Arctic island and end a monthslong standoff that has soured Washington’s relations with European allies.
North Korea said Sept. 22 its latest missile tests involved a new weapons system of “great significance,” with photos indicating it launched a missile previously described as hypersonic.
The rapidly accelerating use of drones among Latin American drug cartels will significantly complicate the Trump administration’s campaign to halt the flow of illicit narcotics into the United States and eliminate the criminal networks that produce and traffic them, according to a U.S. official familiar with an internal government assessment and others with knowledge of the matter.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Sept. 21 that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repel attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Burnham told reporters as he flew to the United Nations General Assembly in New York that he had agreed the Royal Air Force will provide air-to-air refueling of Saudi planes
President Donald Trump on Sept. 22 announced a rebranding of the term “artificial intelligence,” saying during the United Nations General Assembly that from now on, it will be called “super intelligence.” “From this point forward, all of United States’ documents, and hopefully the world’s, will be changed to use the much more accurate term, ‘super,’ as opposed to ‘artificial’,” he said.
Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix is developing upgrades to the F-35’s power and thermal management system to improve reliability and support future mission-system requirements.
South Korea's first mass-produced KF-21 Boramae fighter jet was delivered to the Air Force on Sept. 22, marking a major milestone in the country's decades-long effort to develop and field a homegrown fighter aircraft.
The F-35B fighter can take off on a very short runway, hover in the air and land vertically, but the Italian navy is about to find out whether it can also outrace a Ferrari. In an unusual race planned next month at the Navy’s air base at Grottaglie in southern Italy, one of its F-35Bs will go head-to-head with a Ferrari SF90 to see which has the punchier acceleration
