Category: Defence

‘You don’t lose until you quit trying’: How love helped one private save his compatriots Sammy Davis doesn’t consider himself a brave man. It was love, rather than bravery, that drove him into the river on Nov. 18, 1967, to save his fellow soldiers. 2 hours ago

The latest variant of the M88 Hercules has been canceled. Here, 3rd Infantry Division soldiers conduct a movement in an M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle during Marne Focus 2025 at Fort Stewart, Georgia, on March 5. (Spc. Rebeca Soria/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army is shelving its plans to pursue a new variant of the M88 Hercules

The U.S. shift towards drone warfare | Defense News Weekly Full Episode 7.26.25 The often ponderously slow U.S. defense system tries to adapt to the rapidly advancing world of drone warfare. What are its latest moves to keep up? 6 hours ago

Updates from inside the VA | Defense News Weekly Full Episode 7.19.25 Defense News Weekly heads to the Veterans Affairs headquarters for updates on topics ranging from staffing cuts to the electronic health records initiative. 9 days ago

Airline pilot explains ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid B-52 bomber A passenger on a recent flight recorded a pilot’s explanation of an ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid an Air Force bomber following a near-collision incident. 5 days ago

WIESBADEN, Germany − The U.S. Army is prioritizing a common launcher that could be used across the European alliance from which a wide variety of weapons could be fired, the service’s chief in charge of the European and African theaters, said last week. As part of a newly announced Eastern Flank Deterrence Line, a regional

The U.S. Army has picked Anduril to lead a team consisting of other tech industry heavyweights like Palantir to build its next-generation command-and-control prototype, or C2, awarding the tech company a $99.6 million contract to deliver it in less than a year, according to statements from the service and company. The prototype architecture will consist

U.S. Marines look at a Romanian MLI-84 infantry fighting vehicle during a presentation at the Smardan Training Area in Romania on May 9, 2016. (Lance Cpl. Kyle A. Kauffman/U.S. Marine Corps) WARSAW, Poland — As numerous Eastern European allies pursue acquisitions of infantry fighting vehicles, Romania and Poland are advancing plans to boost their tracked

TOWNSVILLE, Australia — U.S. paratroopers made the most dramatic entrance possible to Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Flying 14.5 hours nonstop from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, they parachuted from the night sky into the Australian countryside on July 14. “We landed right on the X,” Col. Brian Weightman, commander of the 2nd Infantry

VA official outlines effort to revitalize electronic health records for veterans The conversion of the VA’s ponderous paper records system to a comprehensive electronic version has long plagued the agency. Where does the effort stand now? 3 days ago