United States Central Command stated on Sunday that it was conducting “further investigations” into an American drone strike conducted earlier that day, following reports that ten civilians were killed in… Continue reading "US Investigating Claims Kabul Drone Strike Killed Seven Children"
The United States Air Force has announced that it has successfully conducted two demonstrations during the first system-level flight tests of the Rapid Dragon program. The tests of the palletized… Continue reading "USAF Announces First System-Level Rapid Dragon Demonstrations"
The United States Air Force has announced the arrival of three B-2 Spirit strategic bombers of the 509th Bomb Wing at Keflavik Air Base in Iceland. The Bomber Task Force… Continue reading "B-2 Spirits Deploy To Iceland For Bomber Task Force Mission"
Admiral Charles Richard, in charge of US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), spoke at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium last Thursday, where he highlighted the increasing danger China’s and Russia’s strategic… Continue reading "Strategic Command Chief Warns of Nuclear Threat Posed by China and Russia"
In a press briefing held on 17 August, the Pentagon announced that it has 4,000 troops on the ground and is working towards the capacity to transport 5,000 to 9,000… Continue reading "Pentagon Believes it Could Evacuate Up to 9,000 From Afghanistan Daily"
With the lightning advance of Taliban forces across Afghanistan and onto Kabul, world attention has turned to the chaos in the Afghan capital. Images of American helicopters lifting off evacuees… Continue reading "World Scrambles to Evacuate Kabul"
BAE has been awarded a contract to produce new seekers for the U.S. Navy’s latest anti-ship missile, the AGM-158C LRASM. Lockheed Martin, the maker of the LRASM, awarded the contract… Continue reading "Improving the U.S Navy’s Newest Anti-ship Missile"
When the B-52 first entered service in the early years of the Cold War, few, if anyone, expected it would go on to serve into the 2020s with talk of… Continue reading "DARPA LINC Program Enabling Military Systems to Adapt to the Unexpected"
Atlanta-based aerospace startup Hermeus announced on Thursday that it had signed a $60 million contract with the US Air Force for the flight testing of Quarterhorse, Hermeus’ first aircraft. Hermeus… Continue reading "US Air Force Awards Hermeus $60 Million Hypersonic Aircraft Flight Testing Contract"
Between 19 and 29 July, RAND published three reports focusing on foreign disinformation campaigns. Two of these were focused on social media with one report focusing on Chinese social media… Continue reading "New RAND Studies Tackle Foreign Disinformation in the United States"