Business
US Air Force Wants to Get New Nuclear Weapons Faster
Just months into the first development contracts, the service’s top general is looking for ways to speed things up.
Threats
Can Two Nuclear Powers Fight a Conventional War?
The Pentagon just wargamed that scenario as part of its effort to determine what it needs for 21st-century deterrence.
Science & Tech
A Short-Staffed US Air Force Wants Robots to Do More Human Jobs
The service’s top general says new systems, from bombs to buildings, must be able to think, share, and learn.
Threats
US Air Force Chief Helps Young Airman Locate Family In Puerto Rico
After going a month without hearing from his hurricane-stricken family, Sr. Airman Malcom Soto-Gonzalez got a hand from an unexpected source.
Threats
EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert
If the order comes, the B-52s will return to a ready-to-fly posture not seen since the Cold War.
Business
Top Defense CEO Blasts Washington Budget Gridlock
‘National security is not an entitlement,” said Michael Strianese, chairman and CEO of L3 Technologies.
Business
A New Social-Media Simulator Is Helping US Troops Train for Hybrid War
The program harvests and remixes real tweets to generate a convincing online environment for wargames large and small.
Business
With Iran Deal in Jeopardy, US Clears Missile Interceptor Sale to Saudi Arabia
The timing of THAAD sale is reminiscent of Patriot interceptor sale approved two weeks after Iran deal signed in 2015.
Science & Tech
General Motors Wants to Disrupt the Military Truck Market
Building on its hydrogen fuel cell-powered pickup truck for the Army, the automaker will soon unveil a self-powered mobile chassis.
Policy
Here’s How Much of Your Taxes Have Gone To Wars
Previously unreported Pentagon data shows how much the average U.S. taxpayer has paid for combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Syria.
Threats
Could North Korea Shoot Down US Warplanes?
Some of Pyongyang's surface-to-air missiles are old, but its newer ones could threaten American aircraft.
Business