Sailor charged with attempting to finance ISIS attack on US troops
A federal court filed charges Thursday against a U.S. sailor and two other individuals for attempting to finance an ISIS attack against American troops overseas. The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested U.S. Navy Seaman Bareen Dzayee, 25, along with Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, and...
House panel backs A-10 Warthog through 2030, eyes autonomous successors
U.S. House lawmakers want the Air Force to keep the A-10 Warthog flying and combat-ready through its planned 2030 retirement while testing autonomous aircraft that could eventually take over the aging jet’s close air support mission. The House Armed Services Committee approved the provisions as...
Pentagon bows to criticism, admitting ‘mistake’ over new religious list
The Department of Defense — which is poised to slash its number of officially recognized faith affiliations from more than 200 to just 31 — updated its classifications following criticism from Republican lawmakers over its omission of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints from...
Navy investigating shooting death of sailor aboard USS John F. Kennedy
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. The U.S. Navy announced a probe into the Saturday morning death of a service member aboard the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jesse Braswell died following an incident involving a firearm....
US approves Kuwait request to buy nearly $2 billion of counter-drone platforms
The U.S. Department of State approved a possible sale of nearly $2 billion worth of counter-unmanned aerial systems to Kuwait. Kuwait requested the c-UAS platforms, built by Anduril, in an effort to improve the country’s ability to counter current and future threats, according to a...
House panel quashes attempt to stop integration of US, Israel defense tech sectors
A House panel advanced a measure to increase cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli defense technology sectors after one lawmaker’s Friday attempt to halt the proposal fell flat. The United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, part of the House’s version of the fiscal 2027 defense...
US must learn lessons from Ukraine, innovate faster and cheaper: Anduril president
The U.S. needs to ramp up focus on building a variety of cheaper weapons systems at scale to ensure sufficient supply for future fights, according to Anduril’s president and chief strategy officer. U.S. industry became complacent and got “ambushed by the future,” said Christian Brose,...
US troops, families adjust to new normal of Iran war
Fourteen weeks after President Donald Trump ordered an attack on Iran, the U.S. military is adjusting to an unusual state of conflict that is not full-scale war, but also far from peace. On ships and bases in the Middle East, U.S. troops — some recovering...
House panel votes to reinstate non-Confederate base names and adopt ‘Department of War’
A House panel voted Thursday to return the names of nine southern U.S. military bases to those recommended in 2023 by a congressional commission assigned to study the Defense Department’s Confederate honorifics. After a spirited 30-minute debate late Thursday evening, members of the House Armed...
Lawmakers move to require chaperones for ‘sensitive’ appointments in military health system
Following high profile cases of sexual assault involving Army doctors, House lawmakers have proposed that chaperones be required at military hospitals and clinics for sensitive medical exams. Members of the House Armed Services Committee voted unanimously Thursday to include the mandate in their markup of...
