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US Air Force conducts final test of Lockheed’s hypersonic missile
Mar 19, 2024 · This story was updated March 20, 2024, with a statement from Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Air Force on Sunday carried out what is expected to be the final test of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched ...
The robots are coming: US Army experiments with human …
Mar 25, 2024 · U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stetson Manuel assembles the Ghost-X drone during the human-machine integration experiment for Project Convergence in Fort Irwin, Calif., on March 11, 2024.
Russia casualties reach 600,000 during war in Ukraine, Pentagon says
Oct 9, 2024 · Russia has sustained more than 600,000 casualties during the war in Ukraine, a sign of losses accelerating out of proportion with its gains, Pentagon officials said.
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 ...
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 ...
Ukraine war has cost Russia up to $211 billion, Pentagon says
Feb 16, 2024 · Almost two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon shared new figures on the toll that war has had on Moscow. Military operations in Ukraine have cost Russia up to $211 ...
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 ...
How companies plan to ramp up production of Patriot missiles
Apr 9, 2024 · It’s unclear if the U.S. Army sees a need to ramp up its Patriot missile production beyond 650 missiles a year. But Emily Harding, deputy director of the International Security Program at the ...
Congress passed the FY24 defense policy bill: Here’s what’s inside
Dec 14, 2023 · WASHINGTON ― Congress today passed its $874.2 billion defense policy bill, sending it to the White House for President Biden’s signature. Thursday’s 310-118 vote in the Republican-held House ...