Anduril will soon start making its robot drone wingman offering for the Air Force at its new Ohio factory months ahead of schedule, a company official told Defense One in an exclusive interview. The private defense contractor announced last year that it would build its manufacturing facility, dubbed Arsenal-1, in Columbus,…

For the first time in nearly a decade, foreign threats to U.S. elections are omitted from the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment, suggesting that the Trump administration is shifting focus away from a risk long treated as central to national security.The assessment was delivered on the heels of a major global…

Boeing lost $565 million on its Air Force KC-46 tanker program in the last quarter of 2025, according to a Thursday earnings call, pushing the company’s total losses on the effort to roughly $8 billion.The loss on the Pegasus jet led to a $507 million loss for Boeing’s defense and…

Among hunters, the backstraps have earned a high reputation. Aside from the tenderloins, they’re usually the cut that most people prize. We’ve all seen the grip n’ grin photos of a backstrap harvested in the field. If you’re like me, you’ve probably taken a few photos too. While this showpiece…

The Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy is a major departure from decades of established defense policy, and may not be sustainable, according to experts who spoke to Defense One. While the strategy harkens back to what the Trump administration sees as a better time— immediately after World War II, “secure in…

Brent Reaves heads to Kansas to help a rancher with a predator problem. Joining Brent in the Sunflower State is decoy dog hunter, Jeff Writer, and Kansas Wildlife Extension Specialist, Drew Ricketts. The objective is to use predator calls to catch a coyotes attention, then Jeff’s talented duo of decoy…

Details of a multi-day Air Force exercise in the Middle East are sparse as the U.S. military presence in the region grows and the White House warns Iran to stop its violent crackdown on anti-regime protestors.On Sunday, Ninth Air Force announced that an upcoming training exercise, dubbed Operation Agile Spartan,…

​​Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino has reportedly been ordered to leave the city of Minneapolis, the Associated Press and The Atlantic reported Monday evening, citing a person close to the decision as well as Homeland Security Department officials, respectively.  Before federal immigration agents surged into Minneapolis beginning last month, the city…

Editor's Picks

© 2026 Gun Range Day. All Rights Reserved.