Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, two regional officials said April 27.
Users of the Pentagon’s enterprise-wide generative-AI platform now have access to Google Cloud’s latest and most advanced commercial AI model, Gemini 3.1 Pro, after several weeks of using the software in preview mode.
Global military spending reached a new record of almost $2.9 trillion in 2025—the 11th consecutive year of growth—even as the United States recorded its sharpest single-year decline in decades, according to new data published April 27 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The Navy has successfully completed the highly-anticipated maiden flight of Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray, a critical milestone for the service’s effort to field its first aircraft carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle.
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman has taken to his bully pulpit to urge incremental development of new Space Force kit, calling on acquisition program offices to focus first on speedy delivery of “minimum viable capabilities.”
The Pentagon is proposing a massive spending increase for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, or DAWG, which oversees the development of drones and other unmanned systems. The Defense Department’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 asks for nearly $54 billion for the DAWG, up from just $225.9 million that it has received for the current fiscal year, budget documents show.
The U.S. Air Force wants inexpensive, long-range missiles that can be launched in mass volleys by cargo aircraft. According to a recent Request for Information, Beyond Adversary’s Reach, Family of Affordable Mass Missiles, or FAMM-BAR, would be a common air-to-surface missile carried in pallets aboard cargo aircraft. The service envisions producing 1,000 to 2,000 missiles per year for five years.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would continue to support Russia's policies and discussed bolstering military ties with Moscow, state media KCNA reported, as analysts said such cooperation looked set to endure beyond the war in Ukraine.
The Defense Department can temporarily require journalists to be escorted inside the Pentagon, a federal appeals court ruled April 27, a win for the department in its efforts to limit the media’s access to officials and building space.
The U.S. military killed three alleged “narco-terrorists” in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on April 26, U.S. Southern Command said on social media.
The war with Iran so far has not deterred young people from joining the Air and Space forces, according to the general in charge of recruiting for those branches. “We haven’t seen any significant change,” Brig. Gen. Jeff Nelson, commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, told Stars and Stripes.
A pilot of the 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, Calif., landed their wounded F-15 safely after a rare and what could have been a catastrophic malfunction.
