A sprawling complex under arid mountains near the edge of Kirtland AFB here has a renewed life testing cutting-edge technology, more than 70 years after it was built in secret to protect the U.S. president in the event of a post-World War II disaster.

Germany and Sweden have joined France to study the future development of a new-generation European airlifter that could replace types such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and CASA CN235.

The Pentagon will send two advanced missile defense systems to Ukraine in its latest tranche of $820 million in aid for Kyiv.

The USS George H. W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is certified to deploy after a large-scale, international and unique certification exercise that involved three nations and a Marine expeditionary unit.

The House Appropriations Committee has advanced a $25.45 billion 2023 NASA budget proposal to the full House, which if enacted by the House and Senate would amount to a $1.4 billion increase over 2022, but less than the $25.97 billion requested by President Biden in March.

The U.S. is deploying two more F-35A squadrons to Europe and stationing F-15s in Poland as part of a surge in the region in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced during a June 29 NATO summit.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan on June 28 reversed his opposition to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, allowing the Scandinavian countries a clear path to joining the transatlantic alliance at a moment of heightened security concerns over Russia’s four-month-old war with Ukraine.

The U.S. military is preparing to send advanced air defense systems to Ukraine to better protect the country’s skies from threats including cruise missiles, as NATO leaders meet to determine additional aid for the nation in its war with Russia.