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The Pentagon has long been closed-mouthed about a family of U.S. spy satellites that since 2014 have kept an eye on foreign spacecraft in geosynchronous orbits. That hasn't stopped Chinese satellites from dodging them.U.S.…

The U.S. Marine Corps isn’t for everyone, but there’s no real process for weeding out folks who sign the enlistment paperwork but are unlikely to make it through their four-year contract. A new experiential initiative uses artificial…

Even as the U.S. Army works to modernize its light infantry brigades, one armored brigade is also pushing to adapt—with the tech they already have on hand, service officers said this month. “We’ve been transforming…

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The Air Force’s special operators trimmed the number of light attack planes they’re asking for after Congress looked askance. But they still need them, the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command said Wednesday.“Our requirement…

U.S. officials extended their efforts to disrupt Russian election meddling and other disinformation campaigns on Friday, announcing new sanctions on state-backed media. The RT media outlet is part of continued and coordinated Kremlin…

The U.S. military may soon find itself short of GPS receivers for its weapons and gear, thanks to years of delays in the effort to upgrade to a secure, jam-resistant signal, a government watchdog agency reports.The two-decade-and-counting…

The U.S. Air Force’s next-generation tanker was once envisioned as a stealthy, penetrating refueling platform. But that idea is changing, experts and industry sources say, amid competing budget priorities and evolving concepts of how the…

LEMONT, Ill.—For all the hype, funding and policy around quantum computing, there is still a lot of basic scientific research to be done to bring a quantum information system to life. Leading researchers at Argonne National Laboratory…

Could a one-minute test flight of a half-century-old propulsion concept lead to the next big thing in logistics?On Tuesday, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation announced that a drone had executed a pair of hovering tests on Sept. 6 at its…