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Anduril reveals Thunder, a ‘loyal wingman’ drone for helicopters

The company describes Thunder as a fully autonomous armed reconnaissance tiltrotor aircraft developed from lessons learned from the company’s Fury aircraft.

In memo to CENTCOM leaders, Cooper warns of duty to protect civilians

"Our commitment to the law of armed conflict is not a constraint on our lethality," Adm. Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM head, wrote in a memo.

UK picks 4 companies for Apache drone wingman demonstrator project

Britain's BAE Systems, as well as the British arms of US-based Anduril, Portugal’s Tekever and French manufacturer Thales, have been chosen for the concept demonstrator effort, dubbed Project NYX.

Hegseth: Pentagon is ‘taking another look’ at deep cuts to Army’s aircraft budget

Lawmakers expressed concern over the Army's proposed budget, which takes an ax to high-profile legacy helicopter procurement.

Project Freedom unlikely to pay off in Strait of Hormuz right away, analysts say

CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper told reporters today that six Iranian small boats were destroyed by US forces as the operation began.

PHOTOS: Sights from the 2026 Singapore Airshow

A collection of photos from the first few days on the ground at the Singapore Airshow.

Israel’s new Apache buy a result of lessons learned since Oct. 7: Analysts

Israel's expansion of their Apache helicopter cache is a reflection of two years of constant wars.

Boeing drawing up new tiltrotor helo wingman

The planemaker is developing a “conceptual design” of a potential Group 4 or 5 size tiltrotor drone that could team with aircraft like the AH-64 Apache or CH-47 Chinook, according to a company engineer.

Hegseth orders ‘comprehensive transformation’ of US Army, merging offices and cutting weapons

"All of these parochial interests and all of these lobbyists that crawl around this building and crawl around Congress, they have succeeded for far too long, and so the first thing is, we are going to start to cut the things we don't want or need," Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll told reporters.

US and allies put ‘perishable’ amphibious skills to the test in Asia’s biggest military exercise

Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, included 30 countries, seven of them full participants, and more than 9,000 personnel, making it the largest defense exercise in Asia and the longest-running in the world, said Rear Adm. Christopher Stone, commander of the US Navy’s Task Force 76/3.

Poland gets US-made HIMARS, early Apaches in latest defense boost

In a symbolic gesture, the HIMARS were delivered by a Ukrainian heavy transport that flew from the US to Warsaw.

Army orders aviation stand down in wake of fatal helo accidents

On Thursday, three soldiers were killed in a mid-air collision between two Apache attack helicopters in Alaska, weeks after nine died in a Black Hawk incident in Kentucky.