Lauren C. Williams, Defense One Lessons from the SINKEX are shaping the service’s plans to buy and fight.

Aviationist An F-35 Lightning II pilot sent tactical autonomy commands via a tablet to the MQ-20 Avenger as part of a recent Manned-Unmanned Teaming demonstration.

CIMSEC Recent conflicts in the Middle East highlight how maritime kill chains from ashore impose risk on global shipping. However, Western navies have yet to fully grasp that within these…

Defence Blog The United States just used its most powerful conventional bombs against the deepest underground nuclear facility in the world. Those bombs worked — and they also revealed…

NIPP . . . the Trump Administration is enforcing a mix of these two principles: the defense of the Western Hemisphere from extra-continental adversaries (China, Russia, Iran), while actively…

Reuters The U.S. intends to significantly reduce military contributions available to assist European allies in a crisis, including fighter jets, warships and mid-air refueling aircraft,…

SWJ Special Forces is not merely a collection of tactical units. It is a repository of regional expertise, language capability, cultural understanding, institutional relationships, and human…

BrDef The bill authorizes multiyear procurement of critical munitions, the F-35 and the Arleigh Burke destroyer

USNI N. House authorizers want additional funding for the Navy to buy a second guided-missile destroyer in the next fiscal year, according to new legislation.

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven Facing an eroding maritime advantage and China’s rapid 6th-gen fighter development, the Navy is accelerating its carrier-launched stealth platform