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Author: Michael
When everyone is accountable, who is actually responsible?I can’t help but think of this question as I consider the flurry of new top-down activity on acquisition reform and modernization. In January 2026, the Defense Department and White House released four new initiatives: two memorandums on the defense innovation system and AI, an executive order on defense industry standards, and a new pilot program outlining no-fee commercial evaluation licenses.
Korea Aerospace Industries has showcased a 1:10 scale FA-50 lightweight fighter flying in close formation with the firm’s new Adaptable Aerial Platform unmanned aircraft, as part of apparent efforts to market the aircraft as a potential controller for manned-unmanned teaming in a manner that may significantly increase its appeal to potential clients.
Infernos raged aboard Japanese aircraft carriers after U.S. Navy dive-bombers found their marks during the Battle of Midway. Many Japanese pilots were incinerated in ready rooms and in the cockpits of their aircraft while they sat idling on flight decks. Those who were airborne returned to find their carriers aflame. They circled until fuel exhaustion and ditched into the sea, and many were never recovered. For Japan, the loss of its carriers was damaging, but the loss of its naval aviators was catastrophic. Her navy never recovered.
The Canadian Defence Ministry has initiated payments for long-lead items associated with the procurement of 14 additional F-35A fifth generation fighter aircraft, expanding the country’s fleet beyond the first 16 fighters that have already been paid for and approved for delivery. The components paid for include structural assemblies and avionics systems, which must be ordered years in advance to retain Canada’s position in the production sequence.
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The Russian Armed Forces were confirmed on February 11 to have targeted Ukrainian forces’ energy and transport infrastructure, while also attacking temporary deployment points of Ukrainian military formations and foreign contractor units.
The U.S. Air Force has redeployed half dozen F–35A fifth generation fighters to RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom on February 9, according to flight tracking data, representing one of the latest developments in a more than month long surge in the U.S. military presence in Europe and the Middle East. The fighters were deployed by the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing, and departed Burlington Air National Guard base on the morning of February 9 accompanied by three KC–135 Stratotankers which provided refuelling support.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel — not American service members — shot down an object with a military laser earlier this week near El Paso, Texas, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
Troops with Joint Task Force – Southern Border were not authorized to shoot down drones in the area. The task force — which works hand-in-hand with federal law enforcement and serves as the primary military entity for the U.S.-Mexico border mission — trained CBP personnel on the equipment who used it during the incursion.
Basic training, which often involves getting yelled at and having your head shaved, is typically not a fun experience for military recruits. But now getting there is less of a hassle.
The Defense Department is teaming up with the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, to allow recruits headed to basic training who don’t have a REAL ID to get through airport security without having to pay a fee, a Pentagon official said.
Under the new process, which began on Feb.