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What will happen to the Air Force’s next-gen fighter jet?
Delays in Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program and Boeing’s lackluster performance on its own defense efforts could be driving recent—and unexpected—comments from Air Force leaders that it might not build a next-gen fighter jet. Aviation…
Climate change is a threat, not a distraction, to the US military
Some members of Congress have recently tried to play the gotcha game, pressing witnesses to answer whether climate change is as serious a national security threat as other traditional issues. In one Armed Services Committee hearing, Navy…
The D Brief: Most of NATO meets 2% goal; Russian lies infecting AI; Kyiv’s robot boats; Army’s…
New: Twenty-three out of 32 NATO members now meet the 2% of GDP target for defense spending, which is twice the number from just four years ago and the most ever to meet the 2% target, according to the latest figures released Monday by the…
Little fanfare as US upgrades Cuba to ‘fully cooperating’ with anti-terror efforts
The U.S. State Department removed Cuba from its list of countries “not fully cooperating” with anti-terrorism efforts in mid-May 2024, but you would be forgiven for not noticing.There was little fanfare accompanying the news: no…
Ukraine’s robot boats are rewriting the rules of naval warfare
Ukraine’s use of aerial drones and robot boats are hampering Russian naval operations in the Black Sea and rewriting the playbook for war planners concerned with maritime chokepoints.The turn to uncrewed weapons…
Delays push Army’s hypersonic missile to fiscal 2025
Problems with the launcher and launch sequence of the new Long Range Hypersonic Weapon System will keep the U.S. Army from fielding its first LRHW battery until fiscal 2025, a government watchdog said Monday. The service aims to…
G7 nations tell China to ‘act responsibly’ in cyberspace
The Group of Seven member nations said China must do its part to “act responsibly” in the cyberspace domain and vowed to stop any damaging hacking activity linked to Beijing.On June 14—the second day of the 50th G7 Summit in Italy—the…
The D Brief: ‘Most intense combat since WWII’; Navy’s big drone bet; Chinese, Philippine ships…
The paint has burned away from the missile launchers aboard the destroyer Laboon, one of the U.S. warships whose crew has just minutes or even seconds to respond to incoming fire in the Red Sea. “It is every single day, every single watch,…
Army names air-defense vehicle for Medal of Honor recipient
The Army will name a new air-defense system for a Vietnam War hero amid a broader push for weapons that can ward off drones and other airborne threats.The name “Sgt. Stout” will apply to the Increment One variant of the Maneuver Short-Range…
What can this weekend’s Ukraine peace summit achieve?
The “Summit on Peace in Ukraine”, hosted by Switzerland this weekend, is not a peace conference in the usual sense. Russia, which has dismissed it as irrelevant, won’t participate. And any summit aimed at ending the war can’t produce a…
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