Thursday, September 10

Could AI- and robot-made missile components and airframes be the future of aerospace manufacturing? That’s the bet, Machina Labs CEO Edward Mehr said.The Los Angeles-based company plans to break ground on its third manufacturing facility this year, Mehr told Defense One at the Space and Missile Defense Conference last month.That…

A $533 million artillery factory built to help replenish America’s supply of 155 mm shells instead became plagued by robot fires, malfunctioning equipment and production failures, ultimately failing to deliver a single usable shell, according to a ProPublica piece. Outside of Dallas, the General Dynamics facility was intended to become…

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Deployment and data breaches both raise the odds that a service member’s personal information ends up in the wrong hands. The good news is that military families have access to protections civilians don’t, starting with a free active duty credit alert that requires lenders to verify your identity before opening…

Marksmanship played a critical role in the American Revolutionary War, and Project Appleseed seeks to preserve that tradition which unites us as Americans. Share Project Appleseed™ is a non-partisan, apolitical nonprofit organization composed entirely of volunteers dedicated to liberty, marksmanship, and history. Since 2005, Project Appleseed has conducted rifle and…

CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow on Aug. 25 for meetings with Russian officials, sparking questions about the visit’s intent and about national flags on the premises. The visit became public after observers spotted a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at a Moscow airport and…

What’s the Hype About 22 ARC?At face value, the .22 ARC doesn’t exactly sound revolutionary. It’s a .22-caliber centerfire rifle cartridge, and we’ve been making those for a while.So why is everyone suddenly getting so amped up about this one?Well, because the .22 ARC isn’t particularly interested in playing the…

Iran will not allow military vessels to travel through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a temporary agreement the Islamic Republic is negotiating with Oman. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told state TV late Tuesday night that the two countries have agreed to a new framework for managing…

As hijacked planes turned into weapons on Sept. 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York, a handful of young techs and officers suddenly found themselves scrambling fighter jets as they realized in real time that the United States was under attack. As the towers…

The USS Abraham Lincoln will stop in Thailand after spending months at sea in the Middle East, according to multiple reports. A Thai government official, speaking anonymously, told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the vessel will make a brief stop in the Asian country to allow rest and recovery.…

The Streamlight ProTac HL-X is a very capable tactical flashlight, especially if you value rugged construction and more than one battery option. But there is something confusing about it today. Some listings call it a 1,000-lumen flashlight, while Streamlight now rates it for as much as 1,300 lumens. Both numbers…

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