One person is dead and a person of interest is in custody following a firearm discharge at Malmstrom Air Force Base on Nov. 1. According to the 341st Missile Wing, the incident involved a firearm being discharged inside a dormitory on the base.
The Space Force is looking for a new crop of Guardians who can keep up physically with troops in highly specialized units like Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets, while bringing technical space expertise to those missions, the head of its new specialized command told Task & Purpose.
In the U.S. military's ever-changing quest to be warfare-ready and protective of America's national security, countering hostile drones both domestically and abroad is a critical frontier. Cameron Chell, CEO of Draganfly Inc., a company that plans, builds, and supplies drones to governments in hotspots around the world, tells Military.com, the U.S. needs a lineup of specialized, adaptable, high-tech counter-drones to fight autonomously in the skies.
Iran’s strikes on more than two dozen U.S. bases in the Middle East focused on early-warning systems before hitting aircraft and buildings, causing billions of dollars in equipment damage, according to an Associated Press analysis.
The Pentagon has shipped some cyber operators from Maryland to sunny Hawaii in an effort to reinforce U.S. Pacific Command’s technical defenses there under a concept called Cyber Defense Forces Pacific, according to a senior PACOM official.
Lags in communication could undermine even the most advanced technology available, the deputy chief of Indo-Pacific Command warned Oct. 29. “If we field cutting-edge compute and advanced software applications, but retain rigid, multi-layered bureaucracies requiring hours to authorize time-sensitive engagements, then we've negated our technological overmatch,” Lt. Gen. George Rowell, deputy commander of INDOPACOM, told attendees at TechNet Indo-Pacific.
The U.S. attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island on Nov. 2, U.S. officials said, in the latest of a series of limited strikes Washington has secretly carried out against the country in recent weeks as President Trump touted the possibility of a diplomatic deal.
Oshkosh Defense is teaming up with autonomous aircraft firm Grid Aero, in a partnership aimed at scaling up production on the latter’s Lifter drone, the companies announced Nov. 2. The partnership comes as the Pentagon is pushing for affordable Group 4 and 5 unmanned autonomous systems—like Grid Aero’s Lifter, the design of which was unveiled last August—that are produced at scale and that it can purchase in bulk.
The Department of the Air Force can move ahead with its purchase of advisory and support services after the Government Accountability Office denied a contractor’s protest over security clearance requirements the company said were overly restrictive.
Today, China has three aircraft carriers, with a fourth on its way that Western experts believe will be nuclear-powered. They’re part of the world’s largest navy, which now has a battle force of more than 400 ships and submarines, according to official U.S. numbers seen by The Wall Street Journal. That means China’s fleet is around 35 percent larger than the American Navy by hull count. It is one of the largest peacetime naval buildups in modern history.
Russia is fitting drones with larger jam-resistant antennas, making it harder for Ukrainian forces to use electronic countermeasures to scramble their navigation signals, Ukrainian officials said.
A new pocket-sized receiver can co-opt video from Russian unmanned systems, allowing Ukrainian drone operators to intercept enemy live feeds in real time, the device’s makers said this month, while adding only a little extra weight to operators’ kits.
Nov. 2, 2026, marked the 79th anniversary of the one and only flight of the Hughes Flying Boat, the so-called Spruce Goose. The massive machine is the crown jewel of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore. The one-of-a-kind aircraft is the centerpiece of the museum in a building that was—quite literally—designed around it.
