From firing generals to limiting women in combat, Hegseth hints at possible Pentagon shakeup
"Any general that was involved ... in any of the DEI woke shit has got to go," Trump's pick for SecDef said in a recent podcast.
From Kabul to keel laying: Afghan immigrants find new careers at US shipyards
Three years after the fall of Kabul, the US Navy is helping to fund several training programs recruiting Afghan immigrants to work for the nation's ailing shipbuilding industry.
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Meeting modern airpower needs with faster R&D cycles for propulsion
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
At the NATO summit, a turbulent Middle East likely to stay in the background: Analysts
After years of fighting in the MENA, Southwest Asian regions, NATO’s priorities clearly lie elsewhere, experts told Breaking Defense.
On his way out, Marines’ Berger addresses Force Design critics, Afghanistan and what’s next
The Marine Corps' top officer spent part of his week at the Modern Day Marine exposition giving some of his last talks as the commandant.
From an Afghan pilot’s ordeal to an ejection seat conundrum: 5 stories from 2022
Beyond actual aviation news, I will continue to mention Taylor Swift in these lists until my editors force me to stop. [Editor's Note: Fine.]
‘They forget us’: How an Afghan Black Hawk pilot saw his country collapse from the air
On the anniversary of the last US evacuation of Afghanistan, Col. Salim Faqiri discusses his harrowing escape from the Taliban and his new, difficult life in the US.
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AI is transforming pilot training and the aircraft they fly
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
In Afghanistan $7.1B in planes, trucks, weapons seized by Taliban since withdrawal: DOD watchdog
Ground vehicles accounted for the lion's share of the equipment left behind.
How lessons learned during Afghan withdrawal relate directly to JADC2
The Afghanistan withdrawal and the consolidation of all in-country military networks to one base at Hamid Karzai International Airport illustrated unique challenges with direct applicability to Joint All Domain Command and Control and future Project Convergences.
SOCOM Head On Global Terrorism: ‘I Think It’s Spread’
"I don't see a direct threat to the homeland today, but I think it's something that we have to be aware of," Gen. Richard Clarke said.
US Conduct In Afghanistan Requires A 9/11 Commission-Style Review
The terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and set the US on a course for war in Afghanistan also prompted a formal commission to deeply examine how the US government allowed the attack to happen. Twenty years later, retired Brig. Gen. James Scott O’Meara argues in this op-ed that a similar commission is crucial […]
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Beacon brings industry into a shared ecosystem to accelerate flight autonomy
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
Afghanistan, China, And The Gray Zone: House Committee Passes Intel Bill
The bill also requires the IC to share information with the Defense Department's Unexplained Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
Lessons Learned From Afghanistan: Gen. Mark Milley
The anguish of dealing with the aftermath of the end of the Afghan war came through clearly in some of Defense Secretary Austin's testimony. "Did we have the right strategy? Did we have too many strategies? Did we put too much faith in our ability to build effective Afghan institutions, an army, an air force, the police force, and government ministries? We built a state, Mr. Chairman, but we could not forge a nation."
House Passes NDAA, With $24B In Extra Pentagon Funding and Strings Attached
The NDAA easily passed and now heads to the Senate.
Al-Qaida Fears In Afghanistan, But China Takes Spotlight For IC Leaders
One senior official said he wants his agency to have the urgency about China the way the US had urgency about counterterrorism after 9/11.