The Lockheed Martin-built satellite, the sixth and final SBIRS vehicle to launch to geosynchronous orbit, lifted off the morning of Aug. 4 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Pentagon names new press secretary
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder will be the department’s next press secretary.
China conducts ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait for military exercise
China says it conducted “precision missile strikes” in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises.
US Senate votes in favor of Finland, Sweden joining NATO
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May, setting aside their longstanding stance of military nonalignment.
Cybersecurity Issues in the Gaming Industry Portend Metaverse Challenges
The metaverse has greatly expanded the threat landscape. As industries gamify, gaming?s cybersecurity issues become a checklist for the future.
Lockheed to launch space-based test bed for joint all-domain operations
The testbed is scheduled to be on orbit in time for next year’s Northern Edge exercise hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Northrop wins $3 billion contract to manage US homeland missile defense systems
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman with a contract potentially worth several billion dollars to modernize and upgrade the weapon systems that make up the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System that protects the U.S. homeland from ballistic missile attacks.
Four ways to kill a ship: How US Marines are focused on controlling the seas
The Marine Corps is refocusing on maritime missions, and it’s already demonstrated four ways to sink a ship as part of this transition.
How US Marines put Force Design 2030 to work in Europe and monitored Russian naval forces
Maj. Gen. Francis Donovan, of the 2nd Marine Division and Task Force 61/2, has given Defense News an insider’s view of force structure and equipment involved in the realization of the Corps’ Force Design 2030.
How L3Harris created US special operators’ new plane to hunt and strike terrorists
“We were trying to look at our own past experiences and understand what made it work,” L3Harris’ Luke Savoie said of the design process for the AT-802U Sky Warden, U.S. Special Operations Command’s new Armed Overwatch plane.