Shield AI Unveils Fully Autonomous VTOL Fighter Jet A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off...
How Pigeons Helped U.S. Navy Blimps Hunt German U-Boats in World War II The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the...
State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Retaining Classified Records A senior adviser at the State Department and expert on Indian and South Asian affairs is accused by the Justice Department of...
Lessons from the Korean War: How Air Combat Then Still Shapes U.S. Tactics Today When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for...
Maryland Air National Guard Flying Mission Ends Despite Fight to Preserve It The sun set on the flying operations of the Maryland Air National Guard, marking the official end of the state’s longtime...
As Boeing's Stock Rises on a New Foreign Deal, US Officials Signal China May Be Next to Order Planes Boeing's stock climbed after the American aerospace giant announced a significant jetliner order from Uzbekistan and as...
CT jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney gets $670 million contract modification for fighter-jet work The contract modification was disclosed this week on the website of the Department of War, which was previously called the...
Air Race Championship Takes Flight in New Mexico's Roswell The National Championship Air Races are kicking off in New Mexico for the first time in the competition's 60-year history.
Boeing’s New Defense-Minded Engineering Center in Daytona Promises 400 Jobs Boeing celebrated its new Florida investment with the opening of a defense industry hub on the campus of Embry-Riddle...
F-35s Will Be Deployed Against Drug Cartels in Caribbean, Marking Latest Escalation by Trump President Donald Trump’s administration is sending multiple F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico in operations against drug...
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...
