Defense
Pentagon Threatens Defense Contractor Over AI Safety Rules
AI Ethics Clash Threatens Pentagon-Anthropic Partnership In a rare showdown between a major defense contractor and an AI company over ethical guardrails, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has publicly refused Pentagon demands to remove safety restrictions on how its Claude AI model can be deployed in milit...
Space Force bets $2 billion to replace aging radar planes with satellites
The News The U.S. Space Force is accelerating development of space-based radar satellites designed to track fast-moving aircraft, drones, and missiles—a capability historically provided by aging airborne platforms now vulnerable to modern air defenses. Speaking at the Air Force Association's annual ...
Air Force green-lights T-7 trainer jet for full production
The Next Generation of Pilot Training Takes Flight After more than two years of delays, the U.S. Air Force is poised to declare the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet ready for full production within days, marking a critical inflection point for a program that has consumed enormous resources and weath...
Europe's Sixth-Gen Fighter Dream Quietly Dies on the Runway
The Program That Wouldn't Stay Dead Is Finally Flatlined Europe's Future Combat Air System (FCAS)—a sprawling, multibillion-euro effort to build a next-generation fighter jet across France, Germany, and Spain—appears to have entered its terminal phase. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's comments thi...
America's Next Nuclear Deterrent Hits Key Milestone, Operational by Early 2030s
The U.S. Air Force's Next-Generation Nuclear Arsenal Takes Shape The U.S. Air Force is on track to deploy the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the early 2030s, according to Air Force Gen. Dale White, the service's acquisition chief. The program will clear a critical program revi...