The recent Operation Absolute Resolve captured Venezuelan President Maduro in a stunning display of American military power. Yet weeks later, pro-government forces still control Caracas, and the country remains “uninvestable.” This gap between tactical brilliance and strategic stalemate reveals the ...

Two U.S. Navy submarines—one Los Angeles-class and one Ohio-class—are using robots to help extend the life of aging engines, Steve Pykett, CEO of Fairbanks Morse Defense, told Defense One. “To maintain that engine and keep it in service for longer ...

In the late 1950s, there were basically two camps in the U.S. military on what the next service rifle should be — those who thought a service rifle should be made of wood and blued steel and wanted a modified ...

PARIS — Norway picked Hanwha to supply the army with long-range precision artillery in a deal worth 19 billion Norwegian kroner (US$2 billion), preferring the South Korean company’s Chunmoo system over competing offers from KNDS and Rheinmetall as well as ...

Army Intelligence Data Platform-Next (AIDP-Next) Virtual Industry Day 12 Feb 2026 Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics is hosting an Army Intelligence Data Platform-Next (AIDP-Next) Virtual Industry Day 12 Feb 2026 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. The Industry ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish armored-vehicles manufacturer Otokar Otomotiv is expanding its European industrial footprint by signing a memorandum of understanding to acquire a controlling stake in Romania’s Automecanica, according to a disclosure filed on the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) this week. ...

PRAGUE — Germany is spearheading an initiative to create a “two-speed” European Union, proposing that a core group of six major economies bypass the bloc’s traditional consensus-based decision-making to accelerate defense cooperation and industrial competitiveness amid mounting geopolitical pressures. German ...

Elbit America to Continue Delivering Night Vision Systems to USMC through 2027 Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle systems allow Marines superior situational awareness no matter where the mission takes place FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Jan. 28, 2026 – Elbit Systems ...

A new “non-kinetic effects cell” has helped push cyber operations to the forefront of specialized U.S. military missions such as the capture of Venezuela’s leader in the capital of Caracas, a top official told lawmakers Wednesday. The cell is “designed to integrate, coordinate and ...

AFSOC Releases CV-22B Accident Investigation Board Report HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. —   Today, Air Force Special Operations Command released an Accident Investigation Board report on a CV-22B Osprey mishap that occurred Nov. 20, 2024, near Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. The ...