Tuesday, September 8

Congress is trying to save an aircraft by naming a bill after the sound of its gun. The bipartisan BRRRRT Act would require the Air Force to maintain at least 126 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft through fiscal 2033 and rebuild support programs that the service has already started dismantling. The…

In the days after terrorists attacked the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, families began arriving at a hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, carrying questions that often had no answers. Some still hoped their loved ones might have survived. The FBI was collecting toothbrushes, hairbrushes and other personal items that could…

The number of homeless veterans across the country is on the decline. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 32,495 veterans experience homelessness on a single night nationwide, marking a continuous downward trend. In Indiana, the state is reporting the second-largest decrease in veteran homelessness in the country for…

The Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, has brought the first Nvidia DGX GB300 supercomputer deployed within the U.S. military online. Students, faculty and approved research partners will use it to study defense applications involving weather and ocean modeling, cybersecurity, disaster response and operational analysis. High-performance storage and networking will…

The U.S. military said it hit three Iranian oil tankers, after accusing Iran of targeting its warships. The past week saw the first exchange of fire after a month of relative calm. Meanwhile, the U.S. ambassador to Israel has again condemned settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Iranian-backed Houthi…

The Navy’s experiment with manufacturing replacement parts at sea during RIMPAC 2026 showed that 3D printers can shorten supply lines. It also exposed a harder problem: The machines accomplish little without qualified operators, reliable materials, sound certification rules and a system capable of moving finished parts where sailors need them.…

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