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First-of-Its-Kind Electromagnetic Spectrum Exercise Tests Senior Leaders in Arctic Conditions

Breaking Defense

For the first time, the Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center hosted a tabletop event for senior leaders to examine what it means to operate within the electromagnetic spectrum environment.

Munitions at Risk? Inside the Pentagon’s $350B Gamble

Breaking Defense

Recent Congressional moves on reconciliation have pushed the Pentagon’s $350 billion request indefinitely down the road, and raise the specter that a major part of the department’s funding plan—vital to ramping up munitions production and the Golden Dome missile shield—might not materialize.

Pentagon OIG Partners with Justice Department’s New Government Fraud-Hunting Team

DefenseScoop

The Pentagon’s inspector general recently met with the Justice Department’s first-ever assistant attorney general for the national fraud enforcement division to explore opportunities for their teams to cooperate more closely on efforts to confront increasingly complex scams impacting the Defense Department and military.

Drone Swarms Packed into Unassuming Containers Sought by DARPA

The War Zone

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is asking for concepts for drones with a high degree of autonomous operation, as well as remotely-operated containerized systems to launch, recover, and otherwise support them.

Air Force Overhauls Basic Training to Build ‘Airminded’ Warfighters

Military.com

The U.S. Air Force is undertaking what leaders describe as its most significant overhaul of basic military training in more than seven decades. Maj. Gen. Davidson told Military.com that the effort is designed to fundamentally change how new Airmen think about their role in war.

Military Space Boom Meets Beltway Friction

SpaceNews

Washington is about to pour money into military space at a scale the industry has not seen in decades. The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 defense budget would more than double funding for the U.S. Space Force to more than $71 billion, turning what has been a steady growth story into something closer to a blockbuster surge.

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Iran War Hangs Over China Summit

The Wall Street Journal

As the heads of the world’s two superpowers meet in Beijing this week, President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will have another nation looming over their summit: Iran.

Iran Responds to US Ceasefire Proposal but Trump Rejects It as ‘Unacceptable’

The Associated Press

Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the Iran war via Pakistani mediators on May 10, but U.S. President Donald Trump quickly rejected it in a social media post as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”—the latest setback to efforts to resolve the standoff in the Persian Gulf that has throttled shipping and sent energy prices soaring.

US Military Kills 2 ‘Narco-Terrorists’ in Latest Strike on Alleged Drug Boat

The Hill

The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike on another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on May 7, killing two suspected “narco-terrorists,” according to U.S. Southern Command.

Putin Says He Thinks Russia-Ukraine War Is Coming to an End

Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 8 that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow's most ‌scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.

PODCAST: Want to Reset the Air Force? Lessons from the Reagan Build-Up

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

President Trump's defense spending boost presents major opportunities for the Air Force. However, it's been nearly four decades since the service has seen this level of investment. We chat with retired Gen. Ron Fogleman, the 15th Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and retired Gen. Mike Loh, who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the first commander of Air Combat Command, to learn how they tackled this challenge during the Reagan-era build up.

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Pentagon Releases Declassified UFO Files Including Videos and Photos Held by the Government for Decades

NBC News

The Pentagon on May 7 began releasing “never-before-seen” files relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena—previously and more infamously known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs—that the government has been holding onto for decades.

What Does It Take to Ace the New Air Force Fitness Test?

After the B-52? Air Force to Study More Heavy Bomber Options

Smaller AIM-9X Could Give Drone Wingmen More Firepower

Missile Defense Agency Plans Counter-Hypersonic Test in Fiscal 2027

Air Force to Field Cruise Missiles on Cargo Plane Pallets in 2027

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