Pentagon Racing To Restore U.S. Superiority in Hypersonics
C. Albon, DNews WASHINGTON — In 1959, the U.S. Air Force and Navy partnered with NASA to fly a piloted hypersonic test aircraft, the X-15, for the first time.
During that flight,…
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Air Force RC-26 Fleet Heading to the Boneyard
Chris Gordon, A&SF Magazine The Air National Guard is retiring its entire fleet of 11
USS Chung-Hoon Makes First Taiwan Strait Transit of 2023
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which riles China
Army Issues Task Order to Microsoft for Better Version of IVAS
DefenseScoop The Army recently awarded a task order to Microsoft to start developing a better version of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) that is expected to improve how…
2,100 Sailors in Limbo With End of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
USNI News The Navy separated 25 active duty sailors between Nov. 28 and Dec. 28 due to their failure to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the service told USNI News. Those sailors are likely…
Pentagon Begins Work To Strip DoD of Confederate-Linked Names
Stars&Stripes The Pentagon on Thursday instructed all Defense Department organizations to begin working to remove names and items associated with the Confederacy as recommended last year by…
Time to Plan for Drones in Other Domains
Zachary Kallenborn, Modern War Institute On October 29, Ukraine…
Our Troops Are Still Confused About the Government’s Vax Mandate
SOFREP SOFREP previously reported about
Refuting the Irregular Warfare Pipedream
Charlie Black, Small Wars Journal Let’s begin with stating that this forum is great for candid debate. I applaud James Armstrong who came out swinging in his recent rebuttal to an article…