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CCA Builders Start Revving Production Rates, as They Await 2027 Funding

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Anduril Industries both say they’re ready to produce Collaborative Combat Aircraft in volume as they wait…

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General Atomics delivers FQ-42 Vengeance to Nevada air base

A Nevada Air Force Base was picked to house General Atomics’ FQ-42, a week after the U.S. Air Force dubbed…

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German defense minister sees smooth sailing in parliament for his record defense budget

VIENNA — German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters after a Bundestag defense committee hearing on Wednesday that lawmakers had…

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More Fighters Deploy to Middle East Amid Readiness Concerns

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—A fresh National Guard squadron of F-16 Fighting Falcon jets is rotating into the Middle East, seven months into the…

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Destroyer named for Navy Corpsman who earned Medal of Honor hits milestone

A Marine who credited John Kilmer with saving his life in Korea carried his memory: “I owed him all the…

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Iran ‘blew the hell out of’ base in Bahrain, acting Navy Secretary admits

The base, home to the Navy’s 5th Fleet and a major logistics hub, was targeted repeatedly at the start of…

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Pentagon looks to AI to identify space and missile threats

Missile defense in wartime involves many complications. Human operators must deal with high-speed objects, short timelines and sensor data that…

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Drone maker unveils ‘low-cost’ alternative to MQ-9 Reaper

California-based Swarm Aero on Monday unveiled a new low-cost unmanned aerial system capable of carrying a payload of more than…

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Saab tapped to continue work on Sweden’s next flagship fighter jet

VIENNA — Saab has received a new contract worth approximately SEK 2.9 billion (roughly $303 million) from Sweden’s Defense Materiel…

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Gen. Caine urges industry to lean more into ‘shared risk’ when delivering tech for U.S. military

“When you look at the price of lethality right now, it’s on an exponential decrease,” the chairman of the Joint…

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