‘We’ve drowned ourselves in buzzwords’: Acting US Army secretary gives sermon-like first speech
One year ago, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll eviscerated bureaucratic delay and acquisition roadblocks in a profanity-laced public address.…
European defense startups to raise record $10.5 billion in 2026, Dealroom forecasts
PARIS — European defense startups are forecast to raise a record $10.5 billion of funding this year, roughly…
US Space Force, Japan launch sensor to bolster space surveillance above Indo-Pacific
A U.S. Space Force Space Domain Awareness payload launched successfully Aug. 10 aboard Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7, or…
Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
Last August, U.S. Navy officials carrying out a test of unmanned vessels realized they had hit a single…
US military begins clearing Strait of Hormuz, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday posted on social media that the United States military has started to…
France mulls fallback tank for delayed MGCS program in defense update
PARIS — France is in talks with manufacturers about an intermediary solution to replace the country’s aging Leclerc…
US special forces rescue second F-15 airman from Iran
U.S. special forces rescued a downed airman in Iran in a complex operation that averted a potential crisis…
US Space Command provides update on phased headquarters relocation to Alabama
U.S. Space Command is operating a small Program Management Office with about 20 personnel at Redstone Arsenal in…
US Space Force clears design milestone, advances missile-warning constellation
The U.S. Space Force has cleared a major design hurdle in its Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking program,…
Vance insists Trump won’t ‘allow’ a long Iran war
Vice President JD Vance — a Marine veteran of the Iraq War who has long been skeptical of…
SpaceX and Blue Origin abruptly shift priorities amid US Golden Dome push
Just a year ago, SpaceX majority owner Elon Musk dismissed going to the moon as a “distraction.” Now,…
Radar, other upgrades planned for experimental US Air Force AI fighter
The Air Force is upgrading its experimental, autonomous X-62 VISTA aircraft with new radar and other mission systems…