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As part of the Air Force’s sweeping overhaul to prepare for a fight against China, the service will start testing a new deployment model at bases around the country. Six bases will host experimental “Air Task Forces”—units that will…

The Air Force is in dire need of software experts, Andrew Hunter, the service’s top weapons buyer, told senators Wednesday. “While we still rely on industry to produce the vast majority of our software, we need enough government…

With Russian invasion troops inching closer to the northern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, President Volodymir Zelenskyy just postponed his upcoming trips abroad so he can closely monitor at least two concerning fronts—around Kharkiv to the…

As Secretary of State Anthony Blinken played guitar in Kyiv, part of a trip to announce another round of arms support, several Ukrainian government officials were meeting with lawmakers in Washington to pressure the White House to remove…

Two types of small quadcopter-type drones—first-person-view and tethered—may vault from curiosities to formal, funded Army gear next year, a service official said. “We are aggressively seeking to have both of those” as programs of…

With F-35 deliveries on hold due to upgrade woes, House authorizers want to trim this year’s purchases of the jet and put the money toward fixing several problems.The Pentagon would lose 10 F-35s across all three services under the House…

The U.S. is still falling behind on electronic warfare, special operators warn. “The gap between where the United States should be and where we are, in my judgment, continues to expand—not everywhere, but in far too many places,” said Mike…

Russia’s war on Ukraine has the Pentagon’s IT agency wanting to bring Starlink-like satellite communications to defense networks. But keeping the classified data secure will be a challenge. “If we were curious about before, we are…

The U.S. military is “still falling behind” its potential adversaries in electronic warfare, one former three-star special operator said last week at SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida—and he wasn’t the only one.“The gap between where…

The Air Force will permanently lose one of its 20 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, after the service decided it’s too costly to fix the damage from a 2022 accident. “The B-2 is being divested in 2025 due to a ground accident/damage…