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A 132-foot-long self-driving ship made history by traveling from San Diego to Hawaii's Pearl Harbor and back again without sailors aboard to guide its way.The Sea Hunter, an autonomous trimaran developed for submarine hunting and counter-mine missions, ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy rolled out a Naval Expeditions (NavalX) Agility Office that will connect sailors with innovative ideas to experts who can experiment with them, invest in them or contribute to turning the ideas into something tangible for the Navy. ...

Even as one official warned that budget pressures would squeeze the budget, another said the nation must expand the defense industrial base to build a 355-ship Navy.

WASHINGTON — In August 2014, well-directed artillery fire was used to devastating effect in Ukraine, leaving three mechanized battalions a smoking ruin. Because the units and their positions were identified by a mini-drone, the Ukrainian government lost 200 vehicles, ...

Why nothing is more deadly thanВ a 'stealth' weapon.В  Stealth, or the idea of reducing the ability of the enemy to detect a weapon, has been around since the first caveman sewed a pocket into his clothing and hid a rock in it. (This first appeared in 2015.) Thousands of years later, ...

After the Pulwama attack by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, India has hit back at Pakistan by withdrawing the 'most-favoured nation' status to Pakistan. Why was Pakistan India's 'most favoured nation' in the first place when it has been sponsoring terror in India for long? ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- A fourth USS Ronald Reagan sailor on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges related to a drug operation that involved 15 7th Fleet sailors.Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Gevero, a nuclear electrician's mate, ...

In 2018, Dara Khosrowshahi's first full year as CEO, Uber narrowed losses and continued to grow revenue, though at a slower pace than in the previous year.In the lead-up to a 2019 IPO, Uber is pitching itself as a full platform for transportation and logistics, not just ride-hailing.However, ...

Eleven Russian bombers in early 2018 flew a mock attack on a Norwegian radar site, Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde, the director of Norway's intelligence service, revealed in early February 2019. The Su-24 supersonic bombers took off from Monchegorsk air base on the Kola Peninsula, ...

The Navy is considering extending its information warfare enterprise beyond the tactical space to compete with adversaries on a broader level, one that may not include specific battlefields, though details regarding how the service may do this aren't yet apparent. Vice Adm. Matthew Kohler, ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin have long dominated the news with their respective advances in private space travel industry. ...

The US Army awarded Raytheon a contract worth $406 million to provide ARC-231A communication systems for a variety of helicopters.As part of the contract, Raytheon will deliver 5,000 systems over the next five years, as well as support services and software upgrades to the US Army, the company says. ...

WASHINGTON — Despite objections from Congress, White House officials will shift about $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build President Donald Trump's controversial southern border wall, potentially delaying repairs and upgrades for facilities at a host of bases worldwide. ...

At the Munich Security Conference, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met with a dozen of the coalition partner countries contributing troops to the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Following the meeting, ...

Spain has joined the existing Franco-German effort to develop a future combat air system (FCAS), which is scheduled to enter service by 2040.During a NATO meeting in Brussels on 14 February, Spain's minister of defence, Margarita Robles, ...

If space is going to remain useful, it needs to be tidied up every once in a while. Debris is a persistent hazard in orbit, and every new satellite might end up as further debris. People are still figuring out how to clear that debris, and this week saw an exciting new approach. It's a harpoon! ...

The Indian Air Force has inducted the first woman flight engineer—Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal—who has successfully completed the course at 112 Helicopter Unit, Air Force Station, Yelahanka.'She's created history,' IAF said. Hina was commissioned into the IAF on January 5, 2015, ...

If RAVEN succeeds in the next, more challenging round of tests, the BAE jammer will ultimately go on the 1980s-vintage M2 Bradley. That's a big part of the Army's urgent push to protect American armored vehicles against Russian-made anti-tank missiles in widespread use around the world.

Saab will pick the location of a US facility to host its production activities in support of the Boeing-led T-X jet trainer programme by mid-year, according to the Swedish company's chief executive.'In the first half of this year we will decide on where we will allocate our production in the USA, ...

Like all .357 Magnums, the 686 can shoot the less powerful .38 Special ammunition. The 686 features a four-inch barrel, has an overall length of 9.6 inches and weighs two-and-a-half pounds. It also adjustable sights, a double-action firing system and a stainless steel finish. ...

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs reportedly proposed receiving a cut of property taxes, development fees and increased land value for its work in Toronto.The company is planning to make Toronto's eastern waterfront into a smart city that will be more affordable and sustainable. ...

The decision to cancel plans for thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic investment came as a shock to some government officials and residents.Amazon spent nearly a year fielding proposals for its HQ2, ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Marines are expanding its shore-based, sea control test lab to help ensure sea-going Marines' command and control systems will work once they get aboard ship. ...

Authorities have identified the man killed by security forces at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi's north gate Thursday. Daniel E. King, 37, died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office. His identity was first reported by KZTV-10 News. ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Trump administration is sending another large shipment of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, for the first time using U.S. military aircraft as it increases pressure on Nicolas Maduro to give up power, ...

This article by Jared Keller originally appeared on Task & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and veterans issues.Long before Tony Stark took a load of shrapnel to the chest in a distant war zone, ...

The 38th iteration of multi-lateral exercise Cobra Gold kicked off with an opening ceremony at the Akathotsarot Camp, Phitsanulok Province, on February 12. ...

China on Friday condemned the Pulwama terror attack carried out by a Jaish suicide bomber + but once again declined to back India's appeal to list the Pakistan-based terror group's chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN. ...

French shipbuilder Naval Group on Thursday announced it is starting work on the Argentine Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPV), thereby officially confirming the four-ship contract with the South American country. As outlined by the shipbuilder, ...

The Navy formally announced Feb. 14 the creation of NavalX, a technology accelerator aimed at helping service members and the business community navigate government bureaucracy, ...

As the Navy commissions its second Zumwalt-class stealthy new destroyer, the service is expanding the strategic scope for the attack vessels and engineering the ships for new weapons, improved sensors and advanced applications of Artificial Intelligence and cloud technologies. ...

During a September flight test, the Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned maritime reconnaissance aircraft experienced a problem with its engine, flew back to its base in California and landed within three feet of its target, Navy leaders said during a Feb. 14 panel at the West 2019 trade show in San Diego. ...

President Donald Trump has a long list of military construction projects large and small to take money from in order to cobble together $3.5 billion in funding for his planned border wall. They range from a dog treatment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...

All commitments on the delivery of S-400 air defence missile systems to India under a $5 billion contract will be fully implemented, including deadlines, Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev has told Sputnik. ...

They aren't from Wall Street. Roughly two dozen banks, such as Cross River Bank, Sutton Bank, Celtic Bank and Evolve, are the ones handling the 'financial' side of billion-dollar financial technology start-ups.By forming these partnerships, ...

Uber is suing New York over the city's cap on new licenses for ride-hailing drivers.The New York City Council imposed the cap in August 2018. The cap lasts a year.New York's move was favored by yellow cab organizations, which says Uber and other ride-hailing services damage cab drivers' livelihoods. ...

Amazon led a $700 million round of funding in Rivian, a Michigan-based electric vehicle startup. Rivian plans to launch an electric pickup and electric SUV in the U.S. in 2020. Electric truck start-up and potential Tesla rival Rivian announced a $700 million investment round led by Amazon on Friday. ...

SAN DIEGO – The Navy's top officer Friday defended the decision to keep from the public eye a damning internal report on the 2017 warship Fitzgerald collision that killed seven sailors. Speaking to reporters after his appearance at the U.S. Naval Institute's West 2019 conference here, ...

The U.S. Navy has ordered from Boeing four huge robotic submarines, potentially signally an effort to deploy a large number of crewless undersea boats alongside traditional, manned submarines. The Navy's $43-million purchase of four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, or XLUUVs, ...

Strongly condemning the 'cowardly' attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama by a Pakistan-based terror group in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed, Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Friday asked whether an entire nation can be blamed for a handful of people. ...

ROME — Plans by France and Germany to team up on a next-generation fighter are an affront to Italy and will weaken the European Union, according to the head of an Italian defense industry association. In a strong attack on the Future Air Combat System, or FCAS, deal, ...

In this episode of Federal Hot Take, Mike Gruss, editor of C4ISRNET and Fifth Domain, is joined by Jessie Bur, associate editor of Federal Times, and Justin Lynch, associate editor of Fifth Domain. The group talks about why the federal government needs so much personally identifiable information, ...

Indian Air Force, which is facing an acute shortage of combat aircraft, is in advance talks with Russia for an urgent procurement of MiG 29 fighters that can be delivered at a relatively short notice. ...

There are substantially fewer nuclear weapons today than at the height of the Cold War. Yet the overall risks of nuclear war—by design, accident, rogue launch or system error—have grown in the second nuclear age. ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst, her brown hair now hidden underneath a mandatory hijab, stood before an Iranian ayatollah as a television camera filmed behind her. ...

The government of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi negotiated a marginally better unit price during its 2016 acquisition of 36 Dassault Rafale fighters than the nation's original medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal for 126 fighters, ...

With a two-aircraft carrier buy approved,В contracts for two National Security Cutters and a contract for a guided-missile destroyerВ awarded late last year, Huntington Ingalls IndustriesВ has a healthy backlog of work to keep the company busy for the next several years, ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A federal judge in Virginia has ordered the U.S. Air Force to halt efforts to discharge service members who are HIV-positive.U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in Alexandria issued the preliminary injunction Friday. ...

Saab is continuing to make good progress with its Gripen E programme, with chief executive Hakan Buskhe revealing that it launched serial production of the fighter early this year.Speaking during an annual results presentation on 15 February, ...

At least 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed after a suicide bomber rammed his SUV, laden with 300 kilograms of explosives, into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Kashmir's Pulwama district. Scores were injured in the Kashmir terror attack. ...

MUNICH — Acting U.S. defense chief Patrick Shanahan on Friday called on allies to expand efforts against the Islamic State globally, even as the U.S. plans to withdraw its troops from Syria. 'While the time for U.S. troops on the ground in northeast Syria winds down, ...

Although a small, dusty town where residents constantly battled heat and drought may seem an unlikely setting for a heroic effort at colony building and racial self-determination, this community of 'race pioneers,' with its commitment to limiting the parameters of prejudice, ...

Steadily growing anti-ship cruise missile threats from Chinese and Russian submarines, among other factors, are compelling more of the world's militaries to retire their ageing fleets of Lockheed Martin P-3 Orions in favour of acquiring Boeing's 737-based P-8 maritime patrol aircraft.

Though as Wade points out in the video, just how accurate those rounds will be depends on what mode you're firing in. 'America! Ahhhhh!' roars Chief Warrant Officer Christian Wade as he unloads with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle — and not with any of that wimpy 'pew, pew, ...

SAN DIEGO – Just 30 percent of the Navy's destroyers come out of maintenance availabilities on time, the head of Naval Sea Systems Command said, and the service will be taking actions in the coming months to incentivize industry to increase their capacity and improve that on-time figure. Meanwhile, ...

Leonardo has opened a dedicated facility in Pisa for the development and production of its AWHero rotary-winged unmanned air vehicle (UAV), as the manufacturer accelerates work on the programme. ...

Armed with what they believe is reasonable intelligence about the locations of Pakistan's strategic forces, highly accurate missiles and MIRVs to target them, and a missile defense that has a shot at cleaning up any Pakistani missiles that survived the first strike, ...

The Defense Commissary Agency and the military's three separate exchange services should be consolidated under a single resale enterprise for the purpose of streamlining above-store and back-of-store operations, ...

With another summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for February 27-28 in Vietnam, the potential dismantlement of North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center looms as a first step towards denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. ...

Unlike President Donald Trump, troops don't seem to view either immigration across our southern border or Mexico itself as much of a national-security threat, the results of a recent Military Times poll suggest. On Friday, Trump declared a national emergency along the U.S. border with Mexico, ...

Most of the system that allows the president to launch nuclear weapons and to know what the enemy is doing with theirs is ancient. No one yet agrees what it must replaced with. And no one knows how much it will cost, ...

Numerous senior and field-grade officers were purged. More than 300 F-16 pilots were dismissed. This defanged the Turkish military as a political threat, and strengthened the increasingly authoritarian rule of Erdogan and his neo-Ottoman Justice and Development Party, ...

The U.S. military is eyeing new spots in the Asia-Pacific region where it could forward-deploy troops and equipment to counter China's rise, the top commander overseeing operations in that region said this week. ...

USA and Russia for the second consecutive day have asked perpetrators of Pulwama terror attack to be brought to justice with President Vladimir Putin asking for action against attackers and White House demanding that Pakistan dismantles terror infrastructure. ...

A decorated former Green Beret who has been charged in the death of a suspected Taliban bomber wants the charges dropped, because an investigator in the case is reportedly facing charges of 'stolen valor.'In a memo his lawyer, Phil Stackhouse, filed Wednesday with the U.S. ...

The Coast Guard's long-sought heavy icebreaker, the Polar Security Cutter, was among the programs to receive funding when Congress passed a spending package on late Thursday. ...

A camera is never just a camera anymore. For FLIR — the company whose bread and butter may be lenses and images but whose product is best thought of as an intelligence add-on more than any pedestrian photography — was never just about the camera. ...

The Indian Army is one of the largest and best armies in the world.The Army, which is the pride of our nation, contributes to the lives of people beyond the battlefield too. The least one can do to show gratitude and respect is to contribute and donate to support the Indian Army. ...

The Australian defense ministry has selected Raytheon Australia to act as the country's Aegis systems integration agent. ...

Two members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team remain in critical condition after a training accident early Tuesday morning that sent three to a Miami hospital. One of the three has since been released from Jackson Memorial hospital, ...

With greater fervor than in recent years, U.S. military leaders say they are engaged in a heightened global conflict every day in the information space. Adversaries in the information domain — be it cyber, social media, influence, ...

US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) returned to Naval Station Rota, Spain, for a scheduled training and maintenance availability (TRAV) on February 13. The maintenance is being conducted after the ship completed a patrol in the US 6th Fleet Area of Operations. ...

In effect, future 'ship-to-shore' amphibious attacks will look nothing like the more linear, aggregated Iwo Jima assault. A Naval War College essay on this topic both predicts and reinforces Coffman's thinking . ...

A former A-10 instructor pilot said the situational awareness aids associated with the sensor suite of the F-35A allowed pilots to execute close air support missions as well or better than the A-10 in low-threat environments. Air Force Gen. Herbert 'Hawk' Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, ...

U.S. Transportation Command is moving closer to outsourcing the military's entire system for shipping troops' household goods during permanent change-of-station moves, according to a draft performance work statement released Wednesday. ...

A group of Virginia lawmakers wants F-22 Raptor fighters that were transferred to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, from Tyndall following Hurricane Michael to be permanently relocated to Joint Base Langley-Eustis.Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, both Democrats, ...

The modern U.S. military is the most effective fighting and peace-keeping force ever to form on Earth. Multiple factors make that true, but perhaps one of the most important is the cutting-edge technology the United States employs as a force multiplier. The ability to detect threats, ...

PORTSMOUTH -- Thousands of workers at Norfolk Naval Shipyard were told to shelter in place for hours Thursday after officials received reports of an active shooter, although local police and the Navy later said it was a false alarm.Portsmouth police spokesman Lt. ...

In these days of huge order backlogs and soaring assembly rates for the air travel industry's narrowbody favourites, it could be hard to understand why the sector's giants would bother with adapting their jets to meet niche military requirements.Money, is the simple answer. ...

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is planning to lay off about 2,000 people, or 15 percent of its workforce, this year, a source familiar with the situation said Friday, confirming earlier Chinese media reports.Didi declined to comment to CNBC.In an internal meeting Friday, ...

In 1983, the United States and the Soviet Union came dangerously close to nuclear war. That was the conclusion of a highly classified report issued in 1990 by the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, or PFIAB. The board, which conducts oversight of the U.S. ...

WASHINGTON — For several years, Pentagon officials have been sounding the alarm about China's growing military abilities, with a particular focus on how Beijing has closed the technology gap between the two nations. But when discussing that, officials and experts often also note that the U.S. ...

As the paper describes, quantum radar uses a novel concept in physics, which scientist are only just starting to understand. 'Quantum physics says that if you create a pair of entangled photons by splitting the original photon with a crystal, ...

Amazon is becoming a player in the logistics and shipping industry. That's what analysts think about the recent expansion of Amazon Air to include 50 planes and several new regional hubs, including a $1.5 billion hub opening in northern Kentucky in 2021. According to Wolfe Research, ...

Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and more than 200 Airmen belonging to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed toВ Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, in support of U.S. Strategic Command's Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission last month. During the BTF mission, ...

The US Air Force's acquisition costs are projected to reach $104 billion by 2033, driven primarily by the purchase of several new aircraft and weapons.That projection comes from a new report from the Congressional Budget Office, released 13 February, ...

Thursday's attack on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama, in which over 40 troopers were martyred and many more injured, has led to growing pressure on the government to act against Pakistan. 'Unfortunately on television the impression being created is that we have no further options, ...

MUNICH — With the U.S. due to announce the Islamic State group is destroyed and its troops withdrawing from Syria, it is looking for allies to step in and help stabilize the region, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday. Speaking at the 2019 Munich Security Conference, ...