The U.S. Air Force identified the body found in a burnt vehicle near Eglin Air Force Base the week of Sept. 21 as a service member assigned to a medical unit at the Florida base. Senior Airman Tamera Moniq Bolden-Cleckley, 26, was found on the morning of Sept. 23 in a burnt vehicle by base members on patrol. The vehicle was located at the edge of base at the intersection of Range Road 234 and Lewis Turney Boulevard.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has assigned personnel to use "advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities to identify, disrupt, and neutralize foreign interference" in the upcoming elections, Axios has learned.
U.S. Africa Command is hustling to adopt AI assets, unmanned systems, and other modern technology products as it pivots to do “more with less” of a physical force presence on and around the sprawling continent.
The U.S. Navy, along with the U.K. Royal Navy and Air Force, used the decommissioned guided-missile frigate Klakring for target practice this month, in part to test the outer range limits of the SM-6 missile among other munitions tests.
Defense contractors are spending billions to build factories and increase production to stock America’s nearly bare cupboard of highly engineered missiles. But those efforts haven’t translated into real gains yet, leaving the U.S. and allies with depleted stocks of important weapons while it fights Iran. Most of the new missiles will arrive too late for any conflict in the next couple of years.
President Donald Trump on Sept. 28 denied talking about selling U.S. weapons with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but added that China would “probably like to buy it.” Trump took questions from reporters about his recent meeting with Xi and was asked about U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue’s remark on Sept. 27 that Trump proposed selling weapons to China.
SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket early on Sept. 28, sending the spacecraft into orbit for the first time from its company town and launch facility in Starbase, Texas.
The Air Force Academy has been recognized as one of the top undergraduate colleges in the country, according to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
The Marine Corps awarded $15.7 million to Anduril for its Pulsar-Lite electronic warfare system, according to a recent public notice, fulfilling a sole-source purchase the service was eyeing for months over an “urgent need” to equip its amphibious vehicle fleet with drone-zapping technology.
Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles, or $202.6 billion, on defense in 2027, around 27% more than the 13.5 trillion roubles, or $159.8 billion, originally budgeted and the highest figure since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, government documents seen by Reuters showed on Sept. 28.
The U.K. says it will convene secretive meetings with CEOs from the defense and critical infrastructure industries to address “threats posed by Russia.” In a joint statement on Sept. 25, Britain’s Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office said that armed forces minister Louise Sandher-Jones will chair one “threat briefing” with local defense companies and security minister Dan Jarvis is to lead another for critical infrastructure groups.
Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80 others, officials said Sept. 28. ... The ceaseless Russian drone attacks on cities and towns aim to wear down Ukraine’s resistance and cripple the Ukrainian economy.
When a group of civilian hunters found themselves trapped by a rising river above the Arctic Circle this month, an Alaska Air National Guard team had to use just about every backcountry rescue trick in the book to get them out.
