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How the sixth-generation fighter jet will upend air warfare
Jul 19, 2024 · Hinote and Heather Penney, a retired F-16 pilot and senior resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, said speed, stealth and range will be among the most crucial elements of ...
‘They’ve grown back’: How Russia surprised the West and rebuilt …
May 21, 2024 · The Pentagon in March put a price tag on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Speaking in the officer’s club at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin read a list of costs ...
Here are the two companies creating drone wingmen for the US …
Apr 24, 2024 · The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday announced it selected Anduril and General Atomics to keep designing, building and testing its first batch of drone wingmen known as collaborative combat aircraft ...
Sierra Nevada wins $13B contract to build Air Force ‘doomsday …
Apr 26, 2024 · An Air Force E-4B Nightwatch sits on the tarmac on March 26, 2022 at Lincoln Airport in Nebraska. Sierra Nevada Corp. won a $13 billion contract from the Air Force to build the Survivable Airborne ...
Army to award Master Combat Badge to expert, combat-tested …
Oct 16, 2024 · For example, the Combat Infantry Badge is awarded to infantry soldiers and Army Special Forces who’ve experienced direct action against an enemy.
Anduril lands $250 million Pentagon contract for drone defense …
Oct 8, 2024 · That deal was announced in January 2022 and later that year, the command awarded Anduril $12.5 million for Roadrunner. SOCOM also requested another $19 million for the technology in its fiscal ...
From CamoGPT to life skills, the Army is changing how it trains …
Oct 16, 2024 · Army Times spoke with Gen. Gary Brito, head of Training and Doctrine Command, about some of these areas and what they mean for new and career soldiers.Brito took over his current command in 2022 ...
Comparing Russian, Ukrainian forces two years into war - Defense …
Feb 23, 2024 · Military operations in Ukraine have cost Russia up to $211 billion, and the country has lost $10 billion in canceled or paused arms sales, according to the Pentagon.At least 20 medium to large ...
What a second Trump presidency could mean for the defense …
Nov 7, 2024 · Republican aides in Congress, when asked by Defense News, signaled confidence that a second Trump term would increase the military budget, though cautioning that it’s still too early to predict.