The Pentagon will nearly double its innovation arm, expand the industrial base for cheap maritime and aerial drones, and develop new ways to ensure supplies of critical minerals, according to an unclassified spending strategy for the $151 billion in funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.That money is $8.3…
AURORA, Colorado—Anduril’s drone wingman started armed flight testing this month, marking the next major milestone for the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft program. The Air Force began captive carry evaluations in February, strapping inert munitions to Anduril’s prototype drone wingman. The weapons have not yet been fired, the service said in…
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AURORA, Colorado—Air Force officials and Northrop Grumman have reached a deal to accelerate B-21 bomber production by 25 percent following months of negotiations, the service and company announced Monday.Tucked into the $151 billion reconciliation legislation last summer was $4.5 billion to increase the number of next-generation bombers. While those funds…
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Apple PodcastsGuests: Peter W. Singer, strategist at New America and the author of multiple books on technology and security, including Wired for War, Ghost Fleet, Burn-In, and LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media; And August Cole, non-resident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council,…
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I stopped when I noticed two does feeding about 300 yards off, and whispered to my wife that I was going to practice aiming. Moments later, a few more deer showed up. As I watched them through the scope, a big buck appeared, and my heart raced full-throttle.The buck nosed…
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The Mexican army killed a key cartel leader Sunday, triggering 27 retaliatory attacks across the country that left nearly three dozen cartel members and two dozen Mexican National Guard soldiers dead, Mexico Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla told reporters in a press conference Monday. Deceased: Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, 60, aka “El…
AURORA, Colorado—Test engines meant to keep the B-52 Stratofortress in the skies through the bomber’s 100th birthday are expected to be delivered in 2027 after recent key performance evaluations, Rolls Royce confirmed to Defense One.The upgraded F130 engines completed altitude and operability testing earlier this month at the Air Force’s…
The late 1970s was an interesting era when it came to compact pistols. In the United States, the .45 ACP was king; 9 mm was something best left to Europeans. This was well before NRA helped pass the first Right-To-Carry law in Florida in 1987, and there was limited demand…
Last fall, Rodney Gilstrap took a plea deal and was sentenced following a multi-year investigation by Wyoming Department of Game & Fish (WDFG) wardens. Gilstrap’s charges stemmed from his residency—or lack thereof.According to a press release, WDFG warden James Hobbs initially received an anonymous tip in 2019 that Gilstrap was…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: That was wild man, no business being in those mountains and hunting. 00:00:06 Speaker 2: And we almost killed on that first hunt. Remember that. 00:00:08 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, messed up. And I wasn’t gonna say hey, hey, I don’t know if it was a fifty…
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00:00:00 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week, in the show, I am joined by author Brad Stalberg to chat about the routines, habits, goal setting, practices, and philosophies that peak performers across the world use to achieve excellence and success in their world, and how…
Two U.S. Navy submarines—one Los Angeles-class and one Ohio-class—are using robots to help extend the life of aging engines, Steve Pykett, CEO of Fairbanks Morse Defense, told Defense One.“To maintain that engine and keep it in service for longer and longer, we go in, we lift the crankshaft, the casing…
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