Science&Tech

The U.S. Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile won’t have its first flight test until February 2026, documents show, putting the costly program further behind schedule.The new date is a significant delay from last year’s budget…

Senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee want the Pentagon to tell them more about efforts to collaborate with the United Kingdom and Australia to develop next-generation artificial intelligence, according to a letter…

The U.S. Navy, working with the Coast Guard, has been operating seven surface drones off of the northern coast of Haiti to monitor illegal human smuggling by sea, an increasingly deadly practice that claims hundreds of lives per…

The Space Force is launching a new command to determine the types of missions the service must pursue to combat future threats.Dubbed “Space Futures Command,” officials say the new group could begin early operations by the end of the year.…

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—The Army may introduce a drone and robotics platoon into its armored brigade combat teams, an Army leader announced Tuesday at the AUSA Global Force conference. A proposal to stand up the new type of platoon has…

AUSTIN, Texas—The Army’s tech incubator keeps a low profile in downtown Austin, but it’s spent the past five years cultivating new startups interested in working with the Defense Department. Since it opened in 2019, the Army…

Should war break out with China, the sprawling logistics depots of the type used by the Marine Corps in Afghanistan could quickly be turned into smoking craters—a fate previewed by Ukraine’s devastating strikes on Russian arms and oil…

What do Army leaders want—but not quite enough to include in their formal 2025 budget request? Aerial drones, counter-drone tech, and ground robots in formations, according to the service’s “unfunded priorities” list, obtained by Defense…

The National Reconnaissance Office is gearing up to launch new satellites that will enable the U.S. military and intelligence community to track moving vehicles and people from space.The Air Force wants to replace its aging E-8 JSTARS…

The Marine Corps is seeing success with fielding futuristic loitering munitions and unmanned missile launchers, but the flat defense budget has constrained the pace of the service’s transformation, the service’s assistant commandant said…