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An F/A-18 launches an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER)during test event Jan. 12 at Point Mugu Sea Range in California. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy seeks new radar-killer missiles

The release of the RFI comes as the U.S. military works to boost its munitions arsenals.
4 days ago By Jon Harper
U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force evaluate equipment readiness on the Medium-Range Intercept Capability system on Mason Range, Guam, June 24, 2026 in support of VALIANT SHIELD 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance. Cpl Benjamin Catindig)

III MEF integrates MRIC surface-to-air defense system during Pacific exercise

The service requested $233.6 million for the MRIC program in fiscal 2027, according to budget documents, and plans to fully equip three batteries within the next three…
Jun 29, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence
Spc. Daniel Novak, a signal operations support specialist conducts a pre-mission inspection of a Stryker combat vehicle during Ivy Mass at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 17, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jacob Cruz)

Operation Jailbreak: the Army’s massive push to hack its own systems and make them talk to each other

No business developers, keen on growing their company’s margins, were allowed – only engineers keen on solving code. A company’s “ticket to entry” amounted to a willingness…
May 29, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force Gen. Dan Caine conduct a press briefing on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Pentagon eyes ‘more and more bunkers’ and other tech to shield troops in Operation Epic Fury

At least 348 U.S. military personnel have been wounded in the Iran war as of March 31, according to U.S. Central Command.
Mar 31, 2026 By Brandi Vincent
U.S. General Alexus G. Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) speaks alongside U.S. General Randall Reed, USAF, Commander of the United States Transportation Command (R), during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. The hearing was held to examine the posture of United States European Command and United States Transportation Command. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

NATO rewriting integrated air defense plans for the first time in decades, SACEUR says

Gen. Alex Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, testified Thursday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Mar 12, 2026 By Brandi Vincent
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U.S. Army Stryker M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicles, assigned to Lightning Platoon, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, are staged to demonstrate anti-UAS capabilities during the static display portion of Project Flytrap 4.0, at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, July 29, 2025. Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment joined the British army’s 1st Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment, July 27 to August 1, 2025, to train and test technology and tactics to defeat unmanned aerial systems (UAS) threats during Project Flytrap. Project Flytrap 4.0 is the fourth in a series of counter-UAS training events conducted by Soldiers from the U.S. and U.K. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alejandro Carrasquel)

Army moving forward with ‘sled’ concept for maneuver air defense against drones, other aircraft

Army leadership signed off on a capabilities development document for M-SHORAD Increment 4.
Oct 13, 2025 By Jon Harper
A second B-21 Raider, the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, joins flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2025. (Courtesy photo)

The new airpower advantage

The U.S. Air Force cannot solve its problems by expanding today’s force or chasing game-changing technologies. It needs to return to the core of military advantage —…
Sep 29, 2025 By Bryan Clark Dan Patt
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