US Coast Guard to add heavy icebreaker amid shipbuilding overhaul
The new vessel will be the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the U.S. in about five decades.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Top Marine calls for affordable, lethal and autonomous systems
The service wants a constant Marine Expeditionary Unit presence on the high seas.
By Todd South
Russia warns of a ‘tough response’ to creation of US space force
Russian diplomats and politicians are promising repercussions if President Donald Trump’s order to build a U.S. space force is met, citing a treaty banning nuclear weapons in the cosmos.
By Kyle Rempfer
Here’s the Philippine military’s wish list for its newly approved modernization phase
The list of equipment the Philippines is seeking to acquire under the Horizon 2 program spans multiple domains.
By Mike Yeo
Here’s what the Czech military wants to buy with its record $4.5B modernization program
The purchases are to allow the Czech Armed Forces to replace a decisive share of its Soviet-designed gear.
US Chamber of Commerce wants Trump to put America’s defense industry first
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has some 30 recommendations on how to hard-wire economic security and defense-industrial base considerations into the government’s international arms sale decisions.
By Joe Gould
Quieter military drones that fly farther? The Pentagon thinks this engine could be the answer
Most people haven’t heard of the engine created by Felix Wankel in 1960, but its derivatives may end up powering the military’s future unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.
By Kyle Rempfer
Can Congress finish the defense authorization bill by August?
After the Senate advanced its NDAA draft Monday, defense lawmakers are hopeful they can move quickly on the sprawling military budget bill.
South Korea, US cancel Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise for 2018
The exercises were slated for August and involved 17,500 service members.
By Tara Copp, AP
Koreas seek withdrawal of long-range artillery near border
For South Korea, the North’s artillery deployed near the border justifies the former’s defenses, as the North’s weaponry is capable of hitting Seoul and surrounding areas.
By Jeff Jeong
Trump orders creation of independent space force — but Congress will still have its say
President Trump has ordered the creation of a new branch of the military focused on space — something his own secretary of defense has opposed.
By Valerie Insinna and Aaron Mehta