Air Force Secretary doubles down on space-based radar bet amid key aircraft losses in Iran Defense April 16, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Air Force officials are pursuing a space-based system to detect airborne threats and pushing off additional…
Russians will surrender to robots. Russian robots won’t. Defense April 16, 2026 NATO is studying how to use ground and air robots to replace human soldiers in assaults, something Ukraine has been…
Space Force’s 2040 vision: a larger force to contend with larger Chinese, Russian threats Defense April 15, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The next 15 years will likely see potential adversaries crank up their space and counter-space capabilities,…
Defense Business Brief: Robotic arms + satellite refueling | Iran war costs | Unmasking shadow fleets…from space Defense April 15, 2026 It seems everyone wants to rule the cosmos—or get a spaceplane. But the more satellites militaries launch and rely on,…
Army names its first tiltrotor aircraft: Cheyenne II Defense April 15, 2026 NASHVILLE—The Army is continuing to name its airframes after Indigenous tribes with its first tiltrotor aircraft. The MV-75 is officially…
Airbus’ autonomous supply-helicopter effort may pave the way for an armed model Defense April 15, 2026 An unmanned helicopter concept being developed by Airbus for Marine Corps logistics missions may pave the way for an armed…
Unheeded lessons from the US warship nearly sunk by an Iranian mine Defense April 15, 2026 Thirty-eight years ago today, an Iranian mine tore a hole in the hull of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a…
US must adjust to Iran’s use of commercial satellite photos, Space Command says Defense April 15, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Iran’s use of commercial space imagery to strike U.S. and allied targets will force the Pentagon to adjust,…
Put nuclear reactors in space within a few years, White House tells Pentagon Defense April 15, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Launch nuclear reactors to orbit as soon as 2028 and to the Moon as soon as 2030—that’s…
Orbán’s loss won’t stop Russian influence campaigns, but it shows they’re beatable Defense April 14, 2026 The electoral defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán dealt a blow to Russia’s foreign-influence operations—and illustrated how the Kremlin’s approach is…
