What to know about the doomsday plane
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As President Donald Trump weighs whether he will target Iranian nuclear facilities amid escalating Israel-Iran conflict, the president’s U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch, also known as the “doomsday plane,” is now attracting attention, having reportedly landed at...
Federal judge asks if National Guard deployment in Los Angeles violates Posse Comitatus Act
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Friday asked if the Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles violates the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits troops from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil. This comes as California’s challenge to...
Court demands preservation of Trump officials’ encrypted Signal messages
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Friday ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also serving as the acting archivist, to collect any Signal messages belonging to top Trump officials that could be at risk of deletion and...
Ukraine’s weapons ingenuity takes all forms
LYMAN, DONETSK REGION- “I don’t need your f***ing American shells,” Vadim Adamov muttered as he packed the Pringles can full of sulphate and plastic explosive. It was early 2024, and he had been fighting outside Avdiivka, a small town near the occupied city of Donetsk...
Judge asks if troops in Los Angeles are violating Posse Comitatus Act
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday for a brief hearing after an appeals court handed President Donald Trump a key procedural win. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer...
USS Gerald Ford set to deploy amid Israel-Iran conflict
The U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier will deploy next week to Europe, as a growing conflict between Iran and Israel wages on. The carrier Gerald Ford is expected to depart Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, next week and travel to the U.S. 6th...
Navy uses 3-D printing to manufacture destroyer parts
The Naval Sea Systems Command engineering directorate has streamlined a manufacturing process to allow for the 3-D printing of parts for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Recent NAVSEA guidance allows waterfront engineers to use additive manufacturing, better known as 3-D printing, to produce vessel parts and components...
DOD terminates troubled HomeSafe contract for military moves
The Defense Department terminated the contract with HomeSafe Alliance, the company hired to manage military moves, citing its inability to perform the work, officials announced Wednesday. HomeSafe had been awarded the Global Household Goods Contract, worth potentially up to $17.9 billion over nine years, to...
Navy integrates robotic vessels into Baltic Sea warfighting exercise
The Navy is continuing to show signs of improving integration of autonomous warfighting capabilities as this year’s Baltic Operations exercise draws to a close. The exercise, which ran in the Baltic Sea region from June 5-20, featured about 9,000 personnel, over 40 vessels and 25...
After more than 80 years, this Marine returned home from Guadalcanal
Following a decade-long recovery and identification mission led by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency — and more than 80 years since he was killed in the hellish Guadalcanal campaign — U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Charmning Rowe returned home this month. “Today we close the chapter...
