Marines Could Deploy More 'Lightning Carriers' amid High Demand for Flattops As carrier maintenance issues mount, the Navy is considering loading up amphibious assault ships with F-35Bs.
Air Force's Secretive Space Plane Touches Down After 2-Year Mission The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is back on the ground after completing its record-breaking unmanned mission in space.
High Alert: A-10 to Get Upgraded 3D Surround Sound System The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft is officially about to get some surround sound.
Kamikaze Drones Could Deploy to Protect Patriot Missile Defense Batteries The Army is looking to integrate counter-drone capabilities into existing Patriot systems.
Air Force Getting Ready to Deploy a Drone-Killing Laser and Phaser The Air Force is preparing to send vehicle-borne laser drone-killers overseas in just a few months.
Valkyrie Drone Damaged During Air Force Flight Test The drone is part of the Air Force’s Low-Cost Attritable Strike Demonstration program.
The First Pilotless Black Hawk Will Soon Take Flight Sikorsky's original S-70 helicopter model would become the Army's UH-60 Black Hawk and spawn a family of helicopters.
Air Force Launches Office to Plan Future Fighter Jets The Air Force wants to create a combat-ready fighter jet in just five years.
Raytheon System Would Warn Military Aviation Units of Cyber-Hijacking Attempts One defense company says it has a solution to detect hacks in real time and warn troops in the fight.
F-35 Testing Delays Continue, Even as Aircraft Has Made Its Combat Debut Problems integrating parts of the Joint Simulation Environment are keeping the aircraft from reaching expanded production.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...