US Army tests fire control software that helps moving vehicles kill drones
The U.S. Army has successfully tested software designed to help vehicle-mounted weapons shoot down drones while both the target and the vehicle are moving, Picatinny Arsenal announced Tuesday. The capability was demonstrated in April at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, using a Common Remotely Operated Weapon...
Just one in four Americans believes the Iran war was worth its costs
Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was worth its costs and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The five-day poll, which closed on Monday, also showed the war weighing...
Air Force selects new technical sergeants with highest promotion rate since 2021
The U.S. Air Force announced the promotion of more than 6,500 staff sergeants to technical sergeant in the 2026 promotion cycle, a boost in the past five years’ selection rate. The service selected 6,668 staff sergeants to become technical sergeant out of 25,080 eligible airmen,...
Shop Talk: Bald Man Blades is Down with the Thickness
“Today, I’m fortunate enough to build knives for people all over the world,” says Brent Smith, founder of Bald Man Knife & Tool. “But at the end of the day, it’s still the same mission: make tough, functional, handmade knives that people are proud to...
VA needs to do more to care for menopausal patients, watchdog says
The Veterans Health Administration is developing clinical practice guidelines for physicians to treat symptoms of menopause, but more than half of female patients aren’t aware of resources available at the VA on the subject, a government analysis has found. The Department of Veterans Affairs offers...
US Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Alaska with four onboard
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter carrying four members crashed during a training flight Monday in Sitka, Alaska, the service announced. Coast Guard search-and-rescue teams, along with crews from the Sitka Fire Department, responded to the scene...
US couldn’t repair battle-damaged ships in war with China, study finds
Battle-damaged U.S. warships could not be quickly repaired and returned to combat during a war with China, according to a new report. U.S. maintenance facilities would be overwhelmed and would lack sufficient spare parts to repair ships in theater, concluded the study by RAND, a...
Kyiv’s drone leverage moved the US. Moscow could be next, a top Ukrainian official says.
KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Group of Seven summit in France that he would consider letting Ukraine build its own Patriot interceptor missiles, the first time Washington has signaled openness to a request Kyiv has made...
Flu outbreak sickens 200 trainees at Lackland Air Force Base
More than 200 service members at a Texas base have contracted the flu following a new Pentagon policy that allows flu vaccinations to be optional. Over the past three weeks, the training wing at Lackland Air Force Base has suffered from a localized influenza outbreak...
US Army tests autonomous boats during Philippine exercise
Autonomous boats helped escort a U.S. Army vessel during a recent military exercise, the Army said, in a demonstration of how uncrewed assets are changing maritime operations. Soldiers from the 125th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, deployed unmanned surface vessels, or USVs,...
