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Personnel shortages may force US Air Force pilots to fly non-fighters

Defense News - 14:00 Sep 16, 2024

A U.S. Air Force memo outlines a “significant but necessary” policy change to pilot assignments.

Tags: Air Force
US Air Force plans to bed down 25 F-35s in FY26, report says

Defense News - 13:00 Sep 16, 2024

The report also outlines the service’s procurement schedule to reach a fleet of nearly 1,800 of the aircraft by 2049.
Anduril unveils modular, high-production Barracuda cruise missiles

Defense News - 12:00 Sep 16, 2024

"You can take it apart like Lego blocks," chief strategy officer Chris Brose said of Barracuda's modular subsystem design.
Air Force’s ChatGPT-like AI pilot draws 80K users in initial months

Defense News - 11:31 Sep 16, 2024

Early adopters of the Air Force's AI system come from a range of career fields and have used it for a variety of tasks — from content creation to coding.

Tags: Air Force
How the Air Force averted a major flaw in its drone wingmen approach

Defense News - 10:01 Sep 16, 2024

The Air Force is bringing operators into the acquisition process earlier under the operational imperative effort, Andrew Hunter said.
Nearly $6B in Ukraine aid at risk if Congress doesn’t act by month-end

Defense News - 15:00 Sep 14, 2024

The Biden administration has asked Congress to include the funding authority in any continuing resolution lawmakers may manage to pass by Sept. 30.

Tags: Congress
US-Russia battle for influence plays out in Central African Republic

Defense News - 13:00 Sep 14, 2024

The tensions in Central African Republic are a window into a battle playing out across Africa as Moscow and Washington vie for influence.

Tags: Central African Republic
America’s future advantage depends on quick adoption of advanced tech

Defense News - 12:00 Sep 14, 2024

The U.S. military must learn from Ukraine and accelerate its adoption of advanced AI and robotics, former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper argues.
US clears F-35 sale to Romania, bolstering NATO’s eastern flank

Defense News - 21:14 Sep 13, 2024

The approval of the $7.2 billion deal for the fifth-generation fighter comes as NATO allies are worried about Russian aggression.

Tags: NATO
Massive Boeing machinist strike hits KC-46 tanker production

Defense News - 18:32 Sep 13, 2024

Boeing's CFO said the strike will affect a facility working on the KC-46 and increase the program's cost pressures.

Tags: KC-46
This Army division just ran cybersecurity for a far-away brigade

Defense News - 17:02 Sep 13, 2024

The 3rd Infantry Division ran cybersecurity for one of its brigades that was deployed to a challenging and far away training exercise.
Pentagon readies for 6G, the next of wave of wireless network tech

Defense News - 14:54 Sep 13, 2024

That work is increasingly important for the U.S., which is racing against China to shape the next iteration of wireless telecommunications.
France tests space lasers for secure satellite downlink in world first

Defense News - 14:06 Sep 13, 2024

The point-to-point nature of lasers makes them more secure than radio frequencies, and they can’t be jammed the way radio can.
Ukraine wants 12 Viper attack helicopters spurned by Slovakia

Defense News - 10:55 Sep 13, 2024

A Ukrainian lawmaker has called on defense leaders in Bratislava to make up their minds about a pending Viper offer.

Tags: VIPER
Italian Air Force’s famed acrobatic squad changes course on new planes

Defense News - 09:07 Sep 13, 2024

The Frecce Tricolori is to switch to flying the Leonardo M-346 jet trainer after using the aging M-339 for decades.
Navy to commission first sub designed for both men and women sailors

Defense News - 21:02 Sep 12, 2024

The New Jersey is entering the fleet about 14 years after the Defense Department lifted its ban on women serving on subs.
Army picks two companies to get small drones to brigade combat teams

Defense News - 20:19 Sep 12, 2024

Two companies will provide small, expendable and reconfigurable air drones to brigade combat team maneuver companies.
US Space Force is urged to flag emerging humanitarian crises on Earth

Defense News - 16:24 Sep 12, 2024

A new report from RAND Corp. argues that space-enabled insights could elevate the importance of human security issues for military decision-makers.
The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is leaving the Middle East

Defense News - 15:41 Sep 12, 2024

The carrier has been operating alongside the Abraham Lincoln in recent weeks amid fears of war breaking out between Israel and Iran.
What if Russia resumes nuclear tests?

Defense News - 11:58 Sep 12, 2024

Russia's threatening nuclear rhetoric merits an in-kind response, argues RAND analyst and former nuclear test ban treaty negotiator William Courtney.