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US Marine Corps tests using helicopter as mobile drone command center

The U.S. Marine Corps is testing new ways to combine low-cost drones with traditional aircraft, having recently paired a UH-1Y Venom helicopter…

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Defense Technology

Rubio ratchets up pressure on NATO at key summit

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is casting new doubt on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s relevance to the United States after key…

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Defense Technology

This GPS-guided mortar system is meant to automate the call for fire

The Scorpion Light 81mm mobile mortar system allows crews to digitally enter data needed to hit targets and automatically moves…

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Air Force

Drones could mean the end of sprawling bases seen during Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

“I think we need to make ourselves a smaller target. We have to be harder to be detected, hit.” The…

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Global Conflicts

Balikatan 2026 was Rehearsal for Defense of the Philippines, Paparo Says

Balikatan 2026 was a rehearsal for the defense of the Philippines amid a “dangerous security environment,” U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief…

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Global Conflicts

Coast Guard, Eastern Shipbuilding Negotiating ‘Contract Resolution’ on First 2 Offshore Patrol Cutters

The Coast Guard and Eastern Shipbuilding are negotiating the end of the Offshore Patrol Cutter program at the Florida shipyard,…

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Air Force

NATO jet shoots down Ukrainian drone over Estonia in escalation of airspace violations

Editor’s note: This developing story has been updated with a comment from the Ukrainian government. VIENNA — A NATO air…

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Global Conflicts

US Marines practice seizing remote islands in Philippine exercise

LAOAG, Philippines — At one point during Exercise Balikatan 2026 in the Philippines, one regiment of the U.S. Marine Corps…

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Air Force

Naval Aviators Safe After EA-18G Growlers Crash at Idaho Air Show

Four Navy pilots are safe after their EA-18G Growlers crashed during the Gunfighter Skies air show at the Mountain Home…

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Air Force

Unplanned Depot Repairs on the Rise, but USAF Metric Undercounts Delays: Report

Depot-level maintenance took longer than expected for nearly three-quarters of Air Force aircraft from fiscal 2019-2024, according to a new report, as unplanned repairs rise across the aging fleet.  The report, from…

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