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Air Force hedges on next-gen tanker plans
Tomorrow’s tankers might just be today’s tankers with self-protection gear, Air Force officials say—because the service can’t afford to pursue all its next-generation plans.The Air Force has been devising plans to develop a future tanker…
The D Brief: B-52s head to the Mideast; Russia’s progress, charted; Nat’l Guard on election standby;…
The Pentagon ordered more ships, fighter jets, and B-52 bombers to the Middle East this weekend, Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder announced Friday evening. The bombers arrived in the region Sunday, officials at Central Command…
Russia produced fake video of immigrant election fraud in Georgia, officials say
Kremlin spin doctors are responsible for creating a video purporting to show a person from Haiti claiming to have fraudulently voted several times in counties around Georgia, the U.S. intelligence community said Friday.The video, which has…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 165: Mark Montgomery’s insights from Ukraine
Defense One Radio, Ep. 165: Mark Montgomery’s insights from Ukraine - Defense One
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New solid-rocket maker aims to start production next year
Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major plans to start building solid rocket motors next year at scale—moving from concept to production in just a year and a half. “We have, in the last 18 months, rapidly scaled our internal team…
Defense officials to talk acquisition, business priorities Nov. 13
The coming months will be a time of transition across the U.S. military, with a new president-elect and administration likely to lay out new defense priorities in the face of increasing conflict around the globe.Many ongoing Pentagon…
‘Every single American’ a target of election interference, former DHS official says
Foreign adversaries aiming to influence next week’s election and sway the outcome of the presidential race are targeting “every single American” in their efforts, a former Department of Homeland Security official warned Thursday.Suzanne…
The D Brief: Russia’s foreign-made drones; Ukraine’s EW-hardened drones; China’s $50B littoral…
Ukrainian UAV wars: Russia launched 2,023 attacks against Ukraine using Iranian-designed drones last month, Ukrainian officials announced Friday. Those drones would have required an estimated 170,000 “foreign components,” including…
US-made jam-resistant drones helped Ukrainians cut through Russia EW
When Russian jamming neutered the recon drones flown by a group of Ukrainian special operators near Dnipro in August, they turned to a new solution: V-BAT drones built to withstand the massive electronic interference used by both sides in…
Pilot error blamed for crash of F-35 that flew for 11 minutes after ejection, investigation finds
The crash of an F-35 stealth fighter jet that went missing for more than 24 hours after the pilot ejected was caused by pilot error, a Marine Corps investigation found—but multiple system failures and bad weather contributed to the…
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