PARIS — Europe can’t rely on the United States to supply the continent with sufficient quantities of air-defense missiles, and needs to step up local production of interceptors, European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius said at the Paris ...
On 13 March, 2026, the Department Of War’s Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Office (DOT&E) released their 2025 annual report to Congress. DOT&E provides oversight for acquisition related testing of new capabilities and releases an annual report. The report covers ...
The debate about lethal autonomy—core to the Trump administration’s fight with Anthropic—obscures a deeper danger of the Pentagon’s rapid adoption of commercial AI tools: they might weaken the U.S. military’s ability to tell fact from fiction. New research suggests that relying ...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—The Army is sprinting to field drones and counter-drone systems throughout its units, but there are a handful of capabilities they’re still seeking to make these new systems viable in combat. That starts with the training environment, Col. Burr Miller, ...
In the world of firearms customization, there are outfits that follow trends and those that set them. Koted Custom Finishings (formerly Koted Arms) has firmly established itself as the latter. What began in 2014 as a one-man operation focused on ...
One of the most improbable alliances in World War II history was a covert partnership between the United States government and organized crime. Known as Operation Underworld, this clandestine initiative was born out of wartime desperation. With America’s eastern seaboard vulnerable ...
The Pentagon’s equity stake in critical minerals company MP Materials seems to be paying off. “We were on the verge of an economic shutdown” last year as China restricted rare earth magnetics exports to the U.S. said James Litinsky, the ...
Editor’s Note: In this article, Yamil Sued takes a look at night sights for the Springfield SA-35 pistol. Made by XS Sights, this sight set offers distinct advantages for self-defense in low-light shooting. The tritium sights were provided to the ...
Seventeen elite sniper teams put their skills to the test this month in the U.S. Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The competition, which ran from March 15-19, is an international event designed to ...
For some, the Vought F7U Cutlass was an innovative jet fighter set to propel the U.S. Navy into air dominance during the Cold War. For many others, the F7U “Gutless” lacked the power to make it a formidable weapon. In ...