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US adds forces to Mideast posture. On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to replace the Theodore Roosevelt strike group in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility. (TR deployed from its San…

The Army’s future-rotorcraft program cleared a risk assessment and is a go for engineering and development—and building six prototypes of its new Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA.On Friday, the service announced that the program…

The U.S. Army may need to de-emphasize maneuver warfare in the face of new weapons that will make tomorrow’s wars “increasingly lethal,” the service’s Training and Doctrine Command said in a report unpacked Thursday by Defense One’s Sam…

A deadly Osprey crash that killed eight airmen in November off the coast of Japan was caused by the “catastrophic failure” of a prop-rotor gearbox and the pilot’s decision to keep flying despite warnings, the Air Force says. The…

The Army may need to rethink its traditional emphasis on maneuver warfare in the face of new weapons and other technology that will make tomorrow’s wars “increasingly lethal,” the service’s Training and Doctrine Command says in a new…

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A suspected Israeli attack inside Iran’s capital city of Tehran killed the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, during a trip Wednesday to mark the inauguration of Iran’s president. Haniyeh was filmed at that inauguration, which…

The U.S. Army wants a more powerful interceptor for its new medium-range air-defense system, something that can take out Chinese cruise missiles without being too big, the service’s top missile buyer said Tuesday.“I’m looking for magazine…

The U.S. military just pledged another $1.7 billion in additional weapons for Ukraine, with an emphasis on air defense, artillery, and anti-tank weapons like National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, RIM-7 air defense missiles, and…

The U.S. military “lacks both the capabilities and the capacity required to be confident it can deter and prevail in combat,” in the judgment of a congressional commission whose new report finds that collaboration between Russia, China, and…