Army Secretary Wants to Field Hypersonic Weapons in Next 10 Years The secretary of the Army wants to accelerate research into hypersonic and other advanced weapons.
Next-Gen Tracking Sensor Could Help Avoid Friendly Fire Accidents There may soon be a new infrared detection sensor on the market that can better scrutinize friendly forces on the ground.
Maintenance Mistakes May Have Caused 2017 Navy Helicopter Crash off Guam The helicopter crashed April 27, 2017, while the Dewey was on a deployment to the Western Pacific with another destroyer.
F-35 Helmet Bug Means Only Expert Pilots Can Do Night Carrier Landings The Navy is close to fixing a bug in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter helmet that amounts to a dangerous hindrance for aviators.
KC-135 Damaged in Tropical Storm Won't Fly until October, Air Force Says A KC-135 damaged by Tropical Storm Maria in the Pacific last month will be out of commission until at least October.
Total Hydraulic Failure Caused Deadly T-38 Crash in November, Air Force Says The T-38 had experienced a series of failures in flight before it crashed 12 miles northwest of Laughlin Air Force Base.
Army's Chief Buyer: We Have a Need for Speed The military must make a major technological breakthrough in speed to maintain its edge on future battlefields.
Army Vice Chief Warns Against Overreliance on Drones As useful as unmanned technology is, "it's not a panacea," Gen. McConville said at the Army Science & Technology Symposium.
Pave Hawk Replacement Can't Come Too Soon as Maintenance Mounts: GAO The service plans to replace its primary search-and-rescue helo, but it will take years for new aircraft to reach the fleet.
Lockheed Gets $3 Billion Contract for Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellites The contract, not allows Lockheed to conduct analysis, "design/development, hardware procurement, early manufacturing.
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...
