Air Force
It looks like any one of the millions of shipping containers moving through the world's ports, railways, and highways every day. Standard dimensions. Unremarkable exterior. Nothing to distinguish it from the corrugated metal boxes stacked forty feet high in every major logistics hub on earth. But inside, according
Army
In the predawn hours of May 4, 2026, AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and MH-60 Seahawk gunships lifted off from U.S. Navy vessels in the waters near the Strait of Hormuz. Within hours, they had sunk six Iranian small boats that were threatening commercial shipping — the opening shots
Active Duty
The Pentagon has taken one of its most concrete steps yet in the race to harden American military installations against the growing threat of unauthorized and adversarial drones, selecting five bases across the country to receive high-energy laser and high-powered microwave counter-drone systems before the end of
News
The United States has approved a new $108.1 million sustainment package to keep Ukraine's hybrid FrankenSAM HAWK air defense batteries combat-ready, the latest chapter in one of the most unconventional defense partnerships to emerge from the war with Russia. The sale, formally announced by the State
News
On May 13, 2026, the Pentagon made an announcement that would have seemed implausible even five years ago. The Department of War had signed framework agreements with four defense technology companies — Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 Technologies — to procure more than 10,000 low-cost, containerized cruise missiles over
Active Duty
On the evening of May 29, 2026, President Donald Trump sat in the White House Situation Room to make what aides described as a "final determination" about a framework for extending the ceasefire with Iran. The meeting ended without a clear decision being announced. Hours earlier, Trump had
Military
On May 26, 2026, the House Armed Services Committee released the Chairman's Mark of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act — the annual defense policy bill that sets the legislative framework for the U.S. military's spending, programs, and priorities. At $1.14 trillion in