Defense
The solution to the tanker problem the US military keeps finding in Pacific wargames
The US military is concerned about keeping fuel flowing across the Indo-Pacific battlespace, as large tanker aircraft operating from a handful of vulnerable bases may not survive t…
Rheinmetall, MBDA to develop laser weapon for German Navy
Rheinmetall and MBDA have been contracted by the German armed forces to develop a high-energy laser weapon for the German Navy, with the system expected to be operational by 2029. …
Italy busts Russian spy ring collecting data on Ukrainian air defense vulnerabilities
Italian investigators have broken up an alleged Russian espionage ring in Rome, uncovering a plot to gather intelligence on Western air defense systems being sent to Ukraine. Polic…
‘Testing is now underway’: Zelenskyy confirms progress on major US defense deals
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the United States is already testing Ukrainian-made aerial and maritime drones and has given Kyiv "very positive feedback…
Pentagon seeks to shift $4.3B to pay for increasing operation and personnel costs
The Pentagon is planning to reroute approximately $4.3 billion from its fiscal 2026 budget to cover increased personnel and operational costs, according to a new reprogramming noti…
The AI disinformation gap the Pentagon may be missing
The Pentagon is improving its ability to detect deepfakes through programs like DARPA's Semantic Forensics and the Defense Innovation Unit's contract with Hive, but the article arg…
European coalition pledges $50 billion to modernize deep precision strike capabilities
A coalition of 12 European nations, led by the UK, has committed to spending $50 billion over the next decade to develop new deep precision strike capabilities aimed at strengtheni…
Army selects four companies for new autonomous breaching program
The U.S. Army has selected four companies—Caterpillar, Forterra, IDV USA, and Overland AI—to participate in its Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability (EABC) program. The program…
Trump flies old Air Force One out of Turkey, switches to new jet in Britain for trip home
President Donald Trump unexpectedly left Turkey on an older Air Force One plane rather than the newly renovated Qatari-donated jet that brought him there. The trip to Turkey for th…
UK eyes $50 billion in pooled NATO funds for new long-range strike initiative
The United Kingdom has unveiled a $50 billion, decade-long initiative to accelerate European deep precision strike capabilities during the NATO summit. The plan, which positions Lo…
Defying Trump, Italy’s Meloni ‘maintaining’ hard line against Iran war help
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has doubled down on her government's refusal to let the United States use Italian bases for military operations in the war against Iran, despi…
Why DoD, Silicon Valley now are betting on solar power beaming sats
The Pentagon and Silicon Valley funders are taking a more serious look at space-based solar power, a concept that has been around since Isaac Asimov's 1941 short story "Reason." Th…