HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Lasers and high-powered microwaves will need equal standing to traditional weapons when it comes to the Army’s approach to missile defense, the service’s space and missile-defense chief said. But as battlefield tech is developed and integrated, proper training will be key to keeping soldiers safe. “Integrating systems like lasers or…
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It’s possibly the most important job of any Israeli prime minister: maintain good relations with the United States while pushing back on demands seen as undermining Israel’s security. No one has managed the balancing act longer than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader. But with the Iran war at…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—The sprawling Golden Dome missile-defense program is in peril because the White House decided to seek the vast majority of its 2027 funding via a controversial budget maneuver, the program’s leader said Tuesday.Gen. Michael Guetlein didn’t explicitly call out the administration’s decision to propose using reconciliation to fund about…
German U-boats operated along the American East Coast in the first half of 1942 with something close to impunity. Merchant ships loaded with fuel and supplies bound for the war in Europe were being torpedoed within sight of beachgoers in New Jersey and the Carolinas. The Navy, still ramping up…
After several years of the Army and Navy publicly missing their recruiting targets by thousands of people, the Defense Department’s five military branches had hit or exceeded their fiscal year 2026 recruiting goal as of July, months ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. It’s a genuine turnaround — one the…
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Anyone planning to spend the weekend ducking behind waist-high walls can mark the calendar. The first multiplayer beta for Gears of War: E-Day begins Thursday, Aug. 6, offering an early look at Xbox’s next cover-shooter. The test includes the new Horde Siege mode and an updated version of the series’…
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), the division of the military that oversees activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, has activated a new headquarters to combat drug cartels and other criminal organizations across the region. The Army launched the new Joint Task Force-Western Hemisphere on Aug. 3, replacing Joint Task Force…
Rocket Lab’s announcement that it would launch suborbital rockets from Alaska could ultimately give the Pentagon a much-needed new option for national-security launches, the company and space experts told Defense One.Last week, the Space Force’s acquisitions arm announced a $266 million, multi-launch contract with the California-based rocket company. That will…
Updated Aug 5, 2026, 6:14 PM EDT See how the Air Force incorporated members’ waist-to-height ratio into the service’s Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment. The Air Force modified its fitness test scoring charts and standards in 2026, with new requirements taking effect that include a height-waist body composition score. The Air Force…
The sale of Electronic Arts for $55 billion USD has officially been completed as of August 4. The previously public company will be removed from the stock market, as EA will now be fully private. EA was originally established back in 1982, and has been a publicly-traded company since 1989.…
The Gears of War: E-Day open beta just got a huge new game mode, as The Coalition has added PvP Versus to its early-access weekend following requests from fans. Gears of War: E-Day is the next major installment in Xbox’s long-running third-person shooter franchise, bringing the series back to the…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Russia fires a ballistic missile at Ukraine, air-defense systems have only minutes — sometimes seconds — to detect and intercept the deadly threat. The lack of time has left Kyiv and other cities increasingly exposed to devastating attacks by the missiles that come down so…
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No one is saying, officially, what was decided when top frontier AI labs—Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta—met with White House officials on Tuesday to discuss voluntary guidelines for testing new models.But Democratic lawmakers described the Trump administration’s approach to regulation as “ad-hoc and unpredictable,” and said it’s likely to boost global adoption…
The modular engineering method in modern car manufacturing is the equivalent of Lego bricks. The same underpinnings can be resized, beefed up, and tweaked to accommodate anything from your yoga instructor’s Prius to the flame-spitting GR Corolla without starting over from scratch. The wasteful era of disposable vehicle platforms is…
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