We now have our first look at a Chinese modular, road-mobile, electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) catapult actually launching a drone. The system, which consists of multiple specially-designed trucks linked together, first emerged right at the end of last year and was soon loaded onto the deck of a cargo ship.
U.S. troops could receive new weapons and tech with “undocumented shortfalls” after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reshaped a key Pentagon testing office last year by cutting nearly 100 civilian posts and leaving more work those who remain, according to a new government watchdog report.
The Pentagon on Tuesday announced a new campaign to recruit hundreds of young programmers for AI and engineering challenges, according to an advance notice seen by Defense One.
U.S. Special Operations Command is conducting market research on industry’s ability to develop a long-range, air-launched loitering munition.
Billed under the motto “strategic awakening of Europe,” France’s Bastille Day celebrations on July 14 will have a distinctly defiant undertone to them. A point of particular focus will be the aerial display, which is scheduled to include a full 98 fixed-wing aircraft this year, up from 65 in 2025. Front and center—quite literally—will be France’s most important partners on the European continent.
A band of conservative hardliners on June 30 blocked a procedural rule that would have teed up debate and final votes on a slate of legislation, dealing a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he aimed to advance the annual defense authorization bill this week.
“Ukraine is demonstrating something every security leader should understand: airpower is not defined by the platform that delivers it—it is defined by the effects it creates,” writes retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia faced a fresh round of pressure on June 30 as Ukraine launched another attack on the Russian capital, continued to disrupt Russian fuel supplies and pressed its campaign to cut off Crimea, the peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on June 30 to spend an extra £15 billion ($20 billion) to modernise Britain's depleted armed forces in a long-delayed investment plan that is designed to prepare for the wars of the future and mark his legacy.
President Trump has weighed a return to all-out war with Iran, holding multiple conversations in recent days with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine on more strikes, but has decided to stick with diplomatic talks for now, according to U.S. officials familiar with the discussion.
Three Democratic lawmakers have introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization bill that would require military service members be vaccinated for influenza following a recent outbreak.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced a proposed rule change June 30 that would lift the ban on supersonic flights over the continental U.S. by non-military planes, a policy that’s been in place since 1973.
