The upcoming B-21 Raider stealth bomber could end up having a larger role in the Air Force’s plans for future air dominance, as the service rethinks its plans for an advanced sixth-generation fighter.
“We have not taken that off the table,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said at the Military Reporters and Editors conference Friday when asked if the service’s review of its…
Strike, fixed-price contracts leave Boeing defense bleeding cash
October 24, 2024
Boeing has lost billions of dollars on the fixed-price KC-46 program, and a nearly six-week machinist strike has heightened the refueling tanker’s problems. (Airman Lauren Torres/Air Force)
Boeing’s ongoing problems with a crippling machinist strike and costly…
Norway to develop new NASAMS radar with Raytheon and Kongsberg
October 24, 2024
The Norwegian Army fires a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System in the country against a simulated threat during exercise Formidable Shield in 2023. (Courtesy of the Royal Norwegian Navy). MILAN — The Norwegian Ministry of Defense will co-develop a new radar in…
The Army’s black and gold PT uniform are here to stay
October 24, 2024
Soldiers might get more options for their PT gear, but the black and gold color scheme isn’t going anywhere, enlisted leaders said Monday. (Staff Sgt. Brittany Primavera/U.S. Army). Rumors of the demise of the Army’s black and gold PT gear were greatly exaggerated, and a redesign is not in the works, despite recent leadership comments suggesting otherwise. The Army on Monday clarified…
U.S. Army soldiers conduct preflight checks and load cargo onto CH-47 Chinooks helicopters Aug. 27, 2023, at al-Asad air base, Iraq. (Sgt. 1st Class Shane Hamann/Army National Guard)
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has announced…
US Navy ousts top commanders of ship repair facility in Japan
October 23, 2024
Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela, former commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka, Japan, and his executive officer were relieved of command over the weekend. (U.S. Navy)
The Navy fired both the commanding and…
Contract delays and software problems with the F-35 are costing Lockheed Martin hundreds of millions of dollars, and the company is trying to get the program back on track and start recouping its costs. (Senior Airman Edgar Grimaldo/U.S. Air Force)
Lockheed Martin expects to strike a deal with the U.S. government by the end of the year to build the 18th and 19th lots of F-35 Joint Strike…
U.S. soldiers fire an M142 High Mobility Rocket System during Exercise Balikatan 24 at Rizal, Philippines, May 2024.(Cpl. Kyle Chan/U.S. Army)
The U.S. Army command for the Indo-Pacific finds itself at the front of the service’s transformation initiative…
Italy’s Avio expands to fill US Army solid rocket motor orders
October 14, 2024
U.S. Marines fire a HIMARS rocket during a March 2024 exercise in South Korea. (Cpl. Davin Tenbusch/Marine Corps)
ROME — Italy’s biggest rocket and missile motor manufacturer, Avio, is set to triple production within five years as the American military and industry…
How the Navy’s top officer will prep the service for war with China
September 24, 2024
A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue). WASHINGTON — The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians in the Black Sea to help U.S. military leaders prepare the service for a potential future conflict with…
