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Sep 20, 2022
Unveiling the first MQ-4C Triton highlights a decade-old vision of continuous maritime patrol from high altitude over the Indo-Pacific.
Sep 19, 2022
France is studying basing options in the Indo-Pacific for its air force assets in anticipation of exercises in 2024.
Sep 19, 2022
The need for speed is emerging as more important than the need for range for air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles.
Sep 19, 2022
Although Russia remains a key and committed partner in the International Space Station program, the country is absent from the International Astronautical Congress. 
Sep 16, 2022
U.S. Air Forces Central Command is standing up a new unit and designating funding to find new, cheaper ways to incorporate small drones for broad air surveillance, following a model that the U.S. Navy is using for maritime surveillance.
Sep 16, 2022
Global military spending growth and deglobalization will reshape defense markets in the 2020s.
Sep 15, 2022
It is time for the U.S. to move the management of traffic in space (STM) from the Defense Department to the Commerce Department, the three-star deputy commander of U.S. Space Command says.
Sep 15, 2022
The nominee to lead the U.S. military’s nuclear force repeatedly punted when pressed by lawmakers on whether he would support the new, low-yield, submarine-launched nuclear missile that has become controversial on Capitol Hill and opposed by the Biden administration.