US Air Force tests exoskeleton to give cargo-loading porters a boost

They might not be as elaborate as the exosuit Sigourney Weaver used in “Aliens,” but the idea of using tech to bolster human muscles is not far off. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 1 year ago

It’s time for Congress to bring back ‘Defense Valley’

Congress must ensure that our warfighters gain the most value possible from government and private sector technology development. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 1 year ago

South Korea records successful maiden flight test of its KF-21 fighter jet

The test puts South Korea on the map as the world’s eighth country to have developed supersonic fighter jets, 20 years after former president Daejung Kim ordered the development of a Korean fighter. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 1 year ago

Senate must back creation of ‘Space National Guard’ to end a needless division

A brain drain in the space arena will have detrimental effects on our national security and our states’ readiness, and creating a Space National Guard is the best, most cost-efficient way to prevent that from happening. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 1 year ago

US Army plan to replace Patriot interceptors gets a jolt in FY23 budget request

The Army is getting serious about future interceptor for its next-generation Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense System that is more capable of defeating complex threats like hypersonic weapons, according to a review of FY23 budget documents. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

Army to launch light robotic combat vehicle competition in FY23

The Army will kick off a competition to build full-system prototypes of the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light in FY23 as surrogate prototypes continue to evaluate and demonstrate technology. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

US Army to choose whether it’ll pursue a hybrid Bradley vehicle in FY23

The Bradley vehicle is already pushed to the maximum when it comes to using power to support everything from running the vehicle to controlling its payloads. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

US Army prepping robotic combat vehicles for big test with soldiers in 2022

The Army is taking receipt of robotic combat vehicle prototypes in order to prep them ahead of a major company-led evaluation at Fort Hood, Texas, next year. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

US Special Operations Command picks Anduril to lead counter-drone in $1B deal

Anduril will provide counter-drone services to U.S. Special Operations Command for the next decade. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair

The Gremlins program needs to show it can recover four drones back to back to prove it can be operationally relevant. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

Georgia cyber incubator tries to stoke military innovation

The center provides an open, collaborative space for military technologists to think and work on hard problems free from typical government bureaucracy. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

Dynetics selected for Army IFPC program, beating Iron Dome

After a shoot-off in the New Mexico desert, the Army has made its choice on who will build prototypes for its enduring Indirect Fires Protection Capability. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 2 years ago

Honeywell exported technical drawings of B1 Bombers, F-35 and F22 to China

The U.S. State Department has reached a $13 million settlement with Honeywell over allegations it exported technical drawings of parts for the F-35 fighter jet and other weapons platforms to China, among other foreign countries. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Air Force’s first Skyborg autonomous drone prototype made its first flight

A prototype by Kratos was first to fly, but Boeing and General Atomics will also develop Skyborg air vehicles. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

US Air Force war game shows what it needs against China in 2030

American officials talked about the classified war game’s results with Defense News, just months before the service planned to release its fiscal 2022 budget. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

The Pentagon will have to live with limits on F-35’s supersonic flights (2020)

The Navy's and Marine Corps' versions of the F-35 will have restrictions on how long they can fly at supersonic speeds because of a risk of damage to the tail section. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

'The system worked as designed’ is bad news

Let's take a look at timeline of the Army’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It's not pretty. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Military scrambling to understand aviation crash risk from new 5G sale

More than a dozen commercial aviation groups are warning that the sale of spectrum could lead to interference and even fatalities. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Lockheed Martin buys Aerojet Rocketdyne in $4.4B deal

Defense giant Lockheed announced it is acquiring defense rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Russian military receives Terminator vehicles for testing

The Terminator, previously financially neglected by the Defence Ministry, proved its effectiveness during recent Russian combat operations in Syria. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test

A US Navy destroyer shot down an ICBM early Tuesday morning. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Four companies win contracts to build the Air Force’s Skyborg drone

Each company has the chance to win up to $400 million. Here's what's next. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Future Defense Task Force: Scrap Obsolete Weapons and Boost AI

The congressional Future Defense Task Force released its report Sept. 29. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

US Air Force has built and flown full-scale prototype of its future fighter jet

Does this give the Next Generation Air Dominance program more momentum, or does it open it up to more scrutiny? | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Assessing Israel’s tactical laser breakthrough

Israel's timeline to field laser capabilities for its military may prove challenging. It is important to understand the technology’s promise — as well as its limitations. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Disruption Needed The defense industry needs new entrants

If we see the same old story of the government claiming to support small businesses but prioritizing old incumbents, investment dollars will disappear. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 3 years ago

Five F-35 issues have been downgraded, but they remain unsolved

Five of the 13 major technical issues first revealed by Defense News have been downgraded in the last year. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Esper’s dark vision for US-China conflict makes war more likely

If Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s grim vision becomes reality, American troops may soon be fighting China, embarking on a new and far larger conflict that would make Afghanistan look like child’s play. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Japan unveils its hypersonic weapons plans

The government also provided more details regarding warhead payloads, with different warheads planned for both seaborne and land targets. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Pentagon awards contracts to design mobile nuclear reactor

The Department of Defense has two parallel nuclear reactor programs underway, one for domestic use, one for use abroad. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Japan commissions its first submarine running on lithium-ion batteries

The Soryu-class Ouryu will be assigned to the 1st Submarine Flotilla in the port of Kure. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Darpa head resigns, moving on to industry

Steven Walker, the 21st director of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 10, 2020. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Navy proposes decommissioning first 4 LIttoral Combat Ships a decade early

A Pentagon proposal would retire the first four LCS in an effort to save money. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Wanted: Virtual reality headsets that aren’t made in China

Without changes to manufacturers' supply chains, it's proving difficult for the U.S. Air Force to bring virtual reality into the classified world. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Barrett, Rogers consider declassifying secretive space programs

Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Barbara Barrett says that declassifying intelligence is key to combating the growing threat to the the nation's space capabilities, and the sooner the better. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

How the Pentagon wants to make buying American weapons easier

The Pentagon wants to make buying American weapons more simple for customers. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

A $5 part used to modernize nuclear warheads could cost $850M to fix

Delays to the B61-12 and W88 Alt 370 could cost taxpayers a lot of money, but the National Nuclear Security Administration has a plan. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

The US Air Force’s radical plan for future fighter could field a jet in 5 years

The U.S. Air Force is seeking rapid-fire plane production as it tries to surpass the capabilities of near-peer competitors like Russia and China. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

US AirForce pauses flights for more than a hundred C-130s over atypical cracking

More than a quarter of C-130 Hercules in service at Air Mobility Command will be temporarily grounded. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Turkey officially kicked out of F-35 program, costing US half a billion dollars

Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Congress wants the US military to challenge Russia with a new Arctic port

The Senate Armed Services Committee wants the military to select sites for an Arctic port, a move to counter increasing Russian dominance at the top of the world. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

When the F-35 blows a tire it sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic failures

The problem has been fixed in the carrier variant, but why aren't the | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unreported F-35 problems

Defense News exclusively obtained documents detailing the F-35 jet's most serious deficiencies. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

Supersonic speeds could cause big problems for the F-35′s stealth coating

Supersonic flight at the edge of the F-35 jet's flight envelope could cause structural damage or degrade its stealth coating, warn documents exclusively obtained by Defense News. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 4 years ago

To counter China, Pentagon wants to create patriotic investors

The Pentagon wants to play matchmaker between investors and companies looking for cash. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 5 years ago

US could lose a key weapon for tracking Chinese and Russian subs

With the one supplier disappearing, Pentagon is preparing to spend cash to find alternatives for sonobuoy production. But the clock has started to run. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 5 years ago

Turkey’s marriage of F-35 and S-400 ‘absolutely unsustainable’

US general: Turkey 'should not get' F-35 | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 5 years ago

How many billions the US will spend on nuclear weapons over the next decade

Expect the U.S. to spend a lot of money over the next decade on building up its nuclear arsenal. | Continue reading


@defensenews.com | 5 years ago