USAF confirms near-term second B-21 flight while Sentinel program pivots to new silo construction
The Air Force expects a second B-21 Raider test aircraft to take to the air before the end of 2025.
FBI Reveals Salt Typhoon’s Multi-Year Campaign That Breached Telecom Carriers and Lawful Intercept Systems
U.S. investigators say a long-running Chinese cyber campaign hit more than 80 countries and reached far beyond phone companies. Security teams traced the operation across telecommunications backbones and into government, transportation, lodging and military infrastructure.
Why the U.S. Army is cutting helicopter units, what will replace them, and how Reserve aviators will be affected
The Army has moved from proposals to orders. Across late August, senior leaders briefed units on a plan to trim parts of the helicopter force and retool aviation for a tougher fight.
MQ-9B SkyGuardian Delivered to Florennes – Belgium Starts Reassembly, GCS Pairing and Functional Flights Before September Reveal
Belgium's lead MQ-9B SkyGuardian arrived at Florennes Air Base on 18 August, flown from the United States inside a Belgian A400M. Defence officials say the airframe passed its acceptance test on 22 July before the ferry flight. The Air Component will unveil
U.S. Defense Department Drafts New Battery Plan to Support Expanding Drone Fleets
The Pentagon is tightening its battery playbook as drones spread across the force. Officials confirm a department-wide battery strategy will be published in early 2026. It builds on the 2023 framework and new direction from Congress. The plan ties standards, safety, supply
Solicitation Calls for Scalable USVs Ready for Mass Production in 18 Months
The U.S. Navy issued a formal solicitation on July 28, 2025, for a new class of unmanned surface vessels-Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC)-designed to move from contract award to prototype delivery within 18 months and then scale production across multiple shipyards. White
NATO Accelerates Patriot Battery Deliveries to Ukraine Under Fast-Track Orders
NATO's supreme allied commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, has orders to push Patriot air- and missile-defense batteries to Ukraine at a pace faster than any previous transfer in the two-year campaign to reinforce Kyiv's skies. He told Army officers and
Germany Files Request for US Typhon Missile Systems to Enhance Air Defense
Germany has taken the first formal step toward buying the US-built Typhon mid-range missile system. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius lodged the request during two days of talks with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in Washington on 14 July, officials in both
Alaska Trial Exposes GPS Jamming Vulnerabilities in U.S. Attack Drone Programs
Range crews are not often surprised by conditions in Interior Alaska. They are used to below-freezing temperatures at sunrise rapidly changing to muggy noon haze and gusts off the Yukon River that will lay steel antennas sideways. What no one anticipated during
Japan Negotiates Transfer of Abukuma-Class Destroyers and TC-90 Surveillance Aircraft to the Philippines
Tokyo and Manila are negotiating the transfer of six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts and additional Beechcraft King Air TC-90 maritime surveillance aircraft. Philippine Navy chief Vice Adm. Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta says discussions started after Japan signaled its plan to retire the 35-year-old
