The Navy Knows How Many Ships the Future Fleet Needs – But It's Not Telling for Now The man in charge of the Navy's surface forces has rolled out a new plan to ready the fleet for a possible conflict with...
US Will Help Australia Build Nuclear Submarines as China Looms The sharing agreement with Australia comes competition for influence over trade routes with Beijing has become a top policy...
Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion JEDI Contract with Microsoft, Will Restart Bid Process Microsoft said it understands the Pentagon was put in a difficult spot given the legal battle, but it will pursue the new...
Air Force Gives Raytheon $2 Billion For Nuclear Cruise Missile Development The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies $2 billion to develop the Pentagon's new air launched nuclear cruise...
Switzerland Becomes Latest Nation to Choose F-35 for Its Next Fighter Jet The deal with Lockheed costs roughly $5 billion Swiss francs, which amounts to $5.5 billion in U.S. currency.
Marine Corps Takes Major Step Forward on New King Stallion Helicopter Program Teams from Marine Corps Air Station New River are preparing for suitability and evaluation tests on the newest CH-53K King...
New T-7 Red Hawk Trainer Faces Delays over Parts Shortages, Testing The Air Force had planned to ask for $206 million next year for development on T-7, but will ask for just $189 million...
Air Force Kicks Off Search for New Refueling Tanker Amid KC-46 Woes The Air Force announced plans to buy between 140 to 160 "KC-Y" commercial derivative tankers at a rate of 12 to 15 aircraft...
The Army Is Putting 30mm Autocannons on More Stryker Vehicles The Army has awarded a six-year contract to Oshkosh for the production of the weapon system for up to six Stryker brigades.
Navy Speeds Up Ship Retirements as It Ramps Up Investment in New Platforms While the Navy's most recent plan included plans to decommission 48 active ships by 2026, the new budget request speeds up...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...