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Some U.S. defense officials worry that this system will be so capable that it might pose issues for stealthy warplanes like the F-22, F-35 and B-2. Russian state media have begun leaking some information about the country's next-generation air and missile defense system, the S-500. ...

Marine war veteran and Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton began to build a platform for a potential run in the 2020 presidential election Tuesday by arguing that the United States needs to spend more on cyber technology and artificial intelligence and less on aircraft carriers and the F-35 ...

The U.S. Air Force still doesn't have enough maintainers, the Government Accountability Office revealed in a February 2019 report .The ongoing shortfall could jeopardize the flying branch's efforts to the readiness of its fighter fleet to 80 percent in order to prepare for high-intensity warfare. ...

The Pentagon will look at 'whether the U.S. Air Force complied with the Launch Services New Entrant Certification Guide when certifying' SpaceX rockets, a memo filed Monday said.The letter does not explain why the Pentagon is performing this review. ...

WEST PALM BEACH -- The family of Jonathan Farmer opted to grieve privately Monday as he returned to his native Palm Beach County for the last time. But people who didn't know him came anyway. To salute him.The remains of the U.S. Army veteran, who was killed Jan. ...

PHOENIX -- Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who became a prominent gun-control advocate after his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in a failed assassination attempt, announced Tuesday he will run to finish John McCain's last term in the U.S. Senate. ...

This post has been updated to include a statement by Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran. The late Paul Allen's research team discovered the wreckage of World War II's USS Hornet (CV-8), ...

While a deal brokered with Japan might shave some of the cost, the initial price seems comparable to that of developing a new design from scratch—though it would come with less risk, as it would be leveraging technologies already refined in two existing aircraft. The U.S. ...

A former US NavyВ director of public affairs for the US Pacific Fleet wasВ sentenced to six months for helpingВ foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis embezzle the US Navy out of millions of dollars. ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's inspector general is launching an investigation as to whether the U.S. Air Force improperly certified SpaceX launch systems, it announced Monday. 'Our objective is to determine whether the U.S. ...

BERLIN — A civilian U.S. Army employee killed a suspected robber during an attempted home invasion in western Germany, authorities said Tuesday. The 43-year-old suspected burglar, who wasn't named, was among four men who tried to force their way into an American family's home Sunday in Landstuhl. ...

Three members of the U.S. Army's elite Golden Knights parachute team were injured during training early Tuesday morning.Two soldiers are in very serious condition, while one is in serious condition, U.S. Army Recruiting Command spokeswoman Kelli Bland told Military.com. ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump may get his parade after all. Just don't call it a parade. Trump said Tuesday that he's exploring the idea of holding a parade called 'Salute to America' around July 4. The Lincoln Memorial is under consideration for the event, ...

Robotic ships also are cheaper to operate than manned ships are. Sea Hunter cost around $20,000 per day to maintain, according to DARPA. A manned destroyer costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per day. The U.S. Navy is considering developing robotic warships. ...

As already explained, although the U.S. Navy has retired its last operational 'Legacy Hornets' on Feb. 1, 2019, several F/A-18A+, C and D remain in service with both the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy squadrons, including VFC-12 from NAS Oceana and VFA-204 from NAS New Orleans Joint Reserve Base, ...

Facebook is making great strides in beefing up election security and addressing data privacy concerns, says Graham, also ex-publisher of The Washington Post.'Facebook is doing a ton' since those missteps, argues Graham, saying he sees evidence of that change on his own Facebook account. ...

Sen. James Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday he expected President Donald Trump would eventually get around to nominating a new Defense Secretary, but acknowledged that he missed Jim Mattis.'I have to tell you, I liked the last one,' Inhofe, ...

The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) has been discovered off the Solomon Islands by a research organization set up by the late billionaire Paul Allen.The carrier was located in late January by the crew of the Research Vessel Petrel, ...

CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. will continue the recent pace of freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea and will include allies and partners in future missions, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command told a Senate panel on Tuesday. Adm. Phil Davidson, ...

On July 17, 1944, the SS E. A. Bryan, a newly-commissioned Liberty ship, was moored to a pier at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, to load ammunition, bombs, and artillery rounds for the upcoming invasion of Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands. Under the glare of dockside lights, ...

The Indian Army on Monday issued two requests for information (RFI) for equipping thousands of assault rifles with two different types of night sights to bolster the night-fighting capabilities of its soldiers, two officials familiar with the development said. ...

The ultimate spy sub?В  One of the most unusual submarines of the Cold War was named after one of the most unusual fish in the sea. Halibut are flatfish, bottom-dwelling predators that, unlike conventional fish, lie sideways with two eyes on the same side of the head and ambush passing prey. ...

'Without a first strike against China, China will never use the weapons,' Global Times stressed. 'An ICBM loaded with nuclear warheads will likely never be used as it would precipitate an all-out nuclear war, say analysts.В The weapon's primary purpose is deterrence, ...

The first female commander of the U.S. Air Force's Viper demonstration team has been relieved of command after only a couple of weeks on the job.Capt. Zoe Kotnik, an F-16 Fighting Falcon demonstration pilot at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, was removed from her post Monday, ...

The head of the combatant command where two ship collisions left 17 sailors dead defended the Navy's performance during a tense exchange on Capitol Hill.Adm. Phil Davidson, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, ...

The research vessel Petrel crew members are no strangers to historic underwater archaeological discoveries, having located sunken World War II aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers scattered across the floor of the vast Pacific Ocean. ...

Tesla faces steep competition in China from a mix of both foreign and Chinese automakers that are already manufacturing and selling electric cars there.Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on the company's most recent earnings call, 'Bottom line is we need the Shanghai factory. ...

Tesla has nearly 13,000 'supercharger' stations around the world as of the end of last year.The network of electric vehicle charging stations is possibly a 'competitive moat' for Tesla, according to Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas. ...

US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and ships from its carrier strike group (ABECSG) participated in a simulated strait transit off the eastern coast of the United States, Feb. 7. ...

The following is the Navy's new Education for Seapower action memo and report that was released on Feb. 12, 2019. ...

A Navy inspector general report has concluded that a series of popular software used in Android tablets that aid Marines and Navy personnel in coordinating precision air power and battlefield situational awareness had significant cyber vulnerabilities. The software, known as Kilswitch and APASS, ...

When Staff Sgt. Andrew Marrow fell asleep at the wheel of the military truck he was driving on Fort Jackson on Oct. 6, 2017, he was awoken not by the truck plowing into a group of recruits, but by the screams that followed.At times choking back tears, ...

Amazon and General Motors are in talks to invest in Rivian Automotive LLC in a deal that would value the U.S. electric pickup truck manufacturer at between $1 billion and $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. ...

Indian Air Force helicopters have airlifted more than 80 tonne materials for construction of a vital bridge over Kumney river in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, Defence sources said Tuesday.IAF MI-17 helicopters airlifted the materials on Monday, ...

An unidentified US Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine is set to take part in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Submarine Competition (SUBCOMP) exercise in waters south of Japan. The seven-day drill starts February 13. ...

BEIRUT — The U.S. military said Tuesday it struck a mosque that had allegedly been used as an Islamic State control center, as American-allied Syrian forces battled the extremists in their last stronghold in eastern Syria amid reports of more civilian casualties. The U.S. ...

The US Department of Defense roughly outlined the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II's Tier II global repair network.Tier II servicers within the F-35's maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade network are eligible to fix nearly 400 repairable components, including avionics, power systems, ...

Iran may eventually design an actual flying jet plane resembling the mockups it passed off as the real thing—but even, such a plane would likely merely be a testbed and showpiece. There can be such a thing as posturing too hard. (This first appeared last year. ...

Activision Blizzard publishes popular game titles like 'Call of Duty,' 'Diablo' and 'Warcraft.'The company has revealed headwinds in recent weeks, and said Tuesday it plans to cut its global workforce.The gaming industry is feeling increasing pressure from free-to-play competitor 'Fortnite. ...

Amazon announced it acquired Eero on Monday evening.There are several reasons why it might have done this, from providing Wi-Fi throughout your home to gathering data. Amazon announced on Monday evening that it had acquired mesh-networking Wi-Fi company Eero for an undisclosed sum. ...

Boeing recorded a $736 million reach-forward loss in 2018 on its KC-46A Pegasus tanker, bringing the programme's total losses to nearly $3.6 billion.The programme's losses in 2018 primarily reflected higher estimated costs associated with 'certification, testing and change incorporation on aircraft, ...

The Ministry of Defence has issued Expression of Interest (EoI) for short-listing of potential Indian Strategic Partners and foreign OEMs for procuring Rs 21,738-crore 111 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH) for the Indian Navy where 60% of the helicopter will be indigenised. ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed 'a new data dividend' that could potentially allow California consumers to get paid for their digital data.Some tech experts have suggested in the past that companies like Facebook and Google should pay consumers for their information. ...

'I think Russia and China are in a better position than we are at the moment on Artificial Intelligence,' Sen. Sen. James Inhofe said. I asked if he would press hard for more money. Answer: 'To me, there are other things that need to be done first.'

'We need to have a secretary of defense; we've always had one, so I anticipate we will,' Inhofe told the Defense Writers Group, directly contradicting Trump's predilection for acting officials. 'I think he's going to nominate someone.'

NORFOLK — A Navy warship being overhauled at a private shipyard here became the target of a bomb threat Tuesday, authorities said. Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson, spokeswoman for Naval Surface Force Atlantic said the Monterey received the threat around 11:30 a.m. ...

A Marine Raider and sniper with 2nd Marine Raider Battalion has been awarded the nation's third highest award for combat bravery for his heroic actions during the outset of the campaign to liberate Mosul, Iraq, from ISIS fighters, according to military officials. ...

With the advent of long-range precision-guided weapons, the carrier—like the battleship before it when it was confronted by airpower—might be too vulnerable to survive. The United States Navy has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet with 10 Nimitz-class vessels and one Gerald R. ...

The Army Warrior Fitness Team is looking to get the show on the road this spring with about a dozen members of the inaugural squad, selected Monday after a tryout near Fort Knox, Kentucky, that began Saturday. The team narrowed the field down to eight men and seven women over the two-day tryout, ...

The Marines' F-35B Joint Strike Fighter achieved another first in recent weeks during an at-sea deployment when the aircraft conducted training strikes with an external ordnance load. ...

The United Kingdom is slated to invite India this month to jointly develop a sixth-generation fighter jet under the Tempest Future Fighter Aircraft project, according to Indian media reports. ...

A top Indian Air Force (IAF) officer on Tuesday said no integrity pact or sovereign guarantee was given by Russia in the S-400 air defence systems deal as the processes of inter-government agreements with countries like Russia and the US were already 'streamlined'. ...

SAN DIEGO — A military judge on Tuesday asked the Navy to address claims that allegations from a potential government witness were being leaked to the media in the case of a SEAL charged with murder in the 2017 death of an Iraqi war prisoner. ...

Upgrades could extend the useful service life of the Tu-22M3 and compel the U.S. Navy to alter its own defensive plans, especially if Russia succeeds in equipping the bomber with a hypersonic anti-ship missile .Russia is upgrading some of its Tu-22M Backfire bombers with new engines and weapons, ...

WASHINGTON — In a tense exchange before the Senate Armed Services Committee, the four-star admiral who led the U.S. Navy's internal review into two deadly collisions in 2017 told members that while two ships had tragic accidents that year, the rest of the fleet was collision-free. Adm. ...

A contract for the procurement of 72,400 Assault Rifles through the Fast Track Procurement (FTP) from M/s Sig Sauer, US was signed today and will be delivered over the next 12 months. The Indian forces are currently using 5. ...

BANGKOK — Thailand and the United States on Tuesday hosted the opening ceremony for the annual Cobra Gold military exercise, the biggest activity of its type in the Asia-Pacific region with 29 nations taking part as participants or observers. ...

Boeing, Lockheed, Dassault Aviation of France, the European Eurofighter consortium, Sweden's Saab, and United Aircraft Corporation of Russia are all jockeying for position for an Indian fighter contract worth $15 billion for 110 planes, and an $8 billion navy program of around 60 aircraft.

TheВ SEALsВ put in an initial request for eight hundredВ P226sВ and the first pistols, officially named Mk. 25, were fielded in 1989. TheВ  Mk. 25 В has a 4.4-inch barrel, nearly half an inch shorter than the BerettaВ M9, and the handgun is chambered for nine-millimeterВ parabellum. For three decades, ...

As the trials for the alleged perpetrators of the attacks on the guided-missile destroyer Cole and 9/11 draw closer, the Defense Department should consider how it plans to broaden public access to the proceedings, a government watchdog agency recommended. ...

WASHINGTON — A pair of House lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would ease the path to citizenship for immigrants who served in the Armed Forces but were later deported because of criminal activity. ...

A pocket-sized helicopter drone that's been used by a select number of soldiers in real-world operations now might become standard kit across a multitude of platoons in the Army. ...

Saab and the U.S. Army have signed a multi-year framework agreement for delivery of the Carl-GustafВ® M4 weapon system (designated M3E1 in the US). The first delivery order amounts to USD 19 million (Approximately 170 MSEK) with deliveries expected in 2019. ...

The Indian air force's first four Boeing CH-47F Chinook transport helicopters have arrived in the country, with their induction to service due later this year. The rotorcraft have arrived at Mundra Port in the western state of Gujarat, the manufacturer confirms. ...

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force commissioned the first Guardian-class patrol boat HMPNGS Ted Diro in a ceremony on February 1. The ceremony was attended by the Chief of the Australian Defence Force and the ship's company of the Royal Australian Navy's Armidale-class patrol boat HMAS Wollongong. ...

In a major boost for Indian Air Force's unmanned warfare capability, the Defence Ministry has approved 54 Israeli HAROP attack drones which can crash into high-value enemy military targets to destroy them completely. ...

The Su-35 is at least equal—if not superior—to the very best Western fourth-generation fighters. The big question, is how well can it perform against a fifth-generation stealth plane such as the F-22 or F-35? The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E is the top Russian air-superiority fighter in service today, ...

The Pentagon is investing tens of millions of dollars into new cyber training centers, which comes as the American military has pledged to take more offensive operations in cyberspace. ...

For instructor pilot Maj. Kinsley 'Trigger' Jordan, the first clue that something had gone seriously wrong was when he suddenly tasted something metallic. Jordan was in a T-6 Texan II, ...

The U.S. Navy is doubling down on its new Ford-class supercarriers. In February 2019 the Navy paid Virginia shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls $15 billion to begin work on the third and fourth Fords. ...

The British Army has completed a first Arctic exercise involving its Boeing/Westland Apache AH1 attack helicopters, with the six-week activity having concluded with day and night firings using the type's 30mm cannon.Staged from Bardufoss in Norway, ...

MiG 27 fighter aircraft crashed this evening in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer. The pilot of the crashed MiG 27 jet was reported to be safe.The MiG 27 jet was flying on a training mission when it crashed at around 6:10 pm near the Pokhran range. The MiG 27 had taken off from the Jaisalmer Air Force Station. ...

Sen. James Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that he is against taking money out of the military construction budget to fund a wall on the southern border.Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ...