F-16 Shoots Down Drone in Test for New Cruise Missile Defense An F-16 has taken out a drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket.
Turkey's S-400 Will Be Fully Operational by End of Year: Pentagon Official The Defense Department believes that Turkey's S-400 surface-to-air missile system will soon be ready to track aircraft in the...
FTC Investigating Northrop Grumman Amid ICBM Spat with Boeing The agency is probing whether Northrop violated the terms of an agreement it made to acquire Orbital ATK.
Air Force Investigating Whether Airman Smoked Weed at a Missile Alert Facility for ICBMs Officials at Minot are investigating "reports of suspected illegal drugs at an above-ground facility."
Kamikaze Drones Could Deploy to Protect Patriot Missile Defense Batteries The Army is looking to integrate counter-drone capabilities into existing Patriot systems.
Army M1 Tanks Are Getting the Ability to Locate and Destroy Enemy Missiles Ultimately, four brigades of tanks will get the new system.
US to Deploy 200 Troops, Patriot Air Defense Battery in Response to Saudi Attacks Defense Secretary Mark Esper has also put an unspecified number of U.S. troops on "Prepare To Deploy Orders."
Attacks on Saudi Oil Plants Reveal Weaknesses in US-Made Defenses The attacks on the Saudi oil facilities evaded Raytheon’s Patriot ballistic missile defense system.
Pentagon Halts Work on Directed-Energy Beam to Stop Enemy Missiles The Pentagon is shelving a directed-energy program it was hoping to use in space to destroy enemy ICBMs.
Boeing Withdraws from Competition to Build New Land-Based Nuclear Missile Boeing Co. says it is out of the running to develop the U.S. Air Force's Ground Based Strategic Deterrent missile.
Trump Says Space Command Is Moving to Alabama, Reversing a Biden-Era Decision While the move had been anticipated, it’s not clear why the expected announcement took so long to make. White House officials...
Pentagon to Begin Screening for 'Magic Mushroom' Use The Defense Department announced that service members suspected of using the hallucinogenic fungi will now be tested, while...
Trump Says US Military Destroyed Drug Boat from Venezuela: ‘A Lot of Drugs on That Boat’ Trump credited the military operation to the leadership of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom he praised for...
What to Know About Russia's GPS Jamming Operation in Europe This year, Nordic and Baltic nations — including Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — have repeatedly warned about...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...