It will cost about $400 million to convert a luxury jet from Qatar into an Air Force One, the Air Force’s top civilian leader said today—a price tag far lower than previous estimates.  The Pentagon recently accepted a Boeing 747 ...

NAPLES, Italy – Sailors from the U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples’ Security Department made history Apr. 16, 2025 by participating in the annual European Paratroopers 8th Small Arms Marksmanship Challenge in Naples. The four Sailors were the first-ever U.S. ...

Rheinmetall Receives Major Orders for 155 mm Ammunition from an International Customer – Order Value in the Higher Double-Digit Million Euro Range Rheinmetall has received additional major orders for the delivery of 155 mm artillery ammunition. An international customer has ...

As the AI competition between the United States and China heats up, Vladimir Putin is desperate to have a horse in the race. The Russian president views AI as a core pillar of Moscow’s long-term plan to challenge Western dominance. After ...

Army senior leaders took scores of questions from both houses of Congress this week, part of a yearly ritual to justify the service’s budget request. But they didn’t have a lot of answers on the service’s recently announced transformation initiative, ...

Although the U.S. Special Operations Command has embraced incorporating artificial intelligence into the 21st-century battlespace, one senior special operations forces leader noted that AI has non-tactical uses, which are proving very advantageous for the SOF community. While speaking at the ...

President Donald Trump is tapping an Air Force fighter pilot with extensive experience as a senior commander in the Middle East to be the next head of U.S. European Command. Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, currently the director of operations for ...

New commander nominations for CENTCOM, AFRICOM, and NATO. Deputy chief of Central Command Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper was chosen by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to lead CENTCOM at the conclusion of Gen. Erik Kurilla’s term at the Tampa-based headquarters; ...

YAGUR, Israel — SMARTSHOOTER, a world-class designer, developer, and manufacturer of innovative fire control systems, is proud to announce that its U.S. subsidiary, SMARTSHOOTER Inc., has received a new order valued at $13M from the U.S. Army for SMASH 2000L ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Swedish government’s offset package has proved decisive in Thailand’s decision to purchase 12 Gripen E/F fighters in three phases. The economic and technology garnishes helped Saab’s Gripen offer defeat its American F-16 Block 70/72 competitor. ...