Secretary of War Pete Hegseth motivates the workforce at Castelion, which is producing the new Blackbeard cruise missile.
The firm is producing the missile at scale with innovation and speed to plug the hole in America’s defense capability.
AFP was on site as part of the Pentagon Press Corps.
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Author: Michael
On January 11 Chinese state media published new footage showing the first test flight of the J-20 fifth generation fighter, making 15 years since the event in January 2011. A ceremony marking the event, and a never before seen large crowd from the Chengu Aerospace Corporation which was responsible for the aircraft’s development, were seen. The J-20 currently serves as China’s most capable air superiority fighter type, and has been in service for nine years, with procurement rates far exceeding those by the U.S.
A China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast has provided insight into a simulation launched by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force in which J-16 fighter aircraft engage French Rafale fighters in air-to-air combat. The wargame exploded a range of air combat scenarios, including computer-assisted exercises aimed at exploring now tactics. The exercise one of several held in the Xuchang, Henan Province, in central China, and was attended by approximately 20 units from across the armed forces and various academies.
January 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the maiden flight of the J-20 fifth generation fighter, which represents one of the most significant milestones in the country’s emergence as one of the world’s two industry leaders in fighter aviation. The J-20’s first flight in early 2011 was wholly unanticipated among Western analysts, with China having introduced its first fully indigenous fourth generation fighter, the J-10, into service just five years prior.
By Tanya Noury | Military Times
The Pentagon has launched a formal review of the “effectiveness” of women in ground-combat positions, nearly a decade after the Department of Defense ended a ban that had excluded them from front-line infantry, armor and artillery units.
The six-month assessment, first reported by NPR on Tuesday, will require Army and Marine Corp leaders to submit data on readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate of ground combat units and personnel, according to a December memo sent by Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony Tata.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to employees at Rocket Lab, as he continues his Arsenal of Freedom Tour.
Hegseth described a new American way of procuring weapons, putting the war fighter first, developing and fielding the best technology, fast and at scale.
AFP was on scene as part of the Pentagon Press Corp.
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American and Jordanian forces carried out airstrikes on more than three dozen Islamic State targets in Syria today, in the second wave of bombardments retaliating for the killing of American soldiers last month.
U.S. Central Command confirmed the airstrikes late this afternoon, saying that a large force of more than a dozen aircraft bombed dozens of ISIS targets “across Syria,” firing more than 90 munitions. The operation included American F-15E Strike Eagles, A-10 Warthog close attack planes, AC-130J gunships and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
The Air Force plans to bring an electronics warfare squadron to its combat aviation training center at Nellis Air Force Base.
Earlier this week the Air Force announced that the 562nd Electronic Warfare Squadron would be based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada starting in the coming months. The squadron, part of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, will be tasked with streamlining electromagnetic spectrum operations at the Air Force Warfare Center at the base, the service said.
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On the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers waited anxiously inside landing craft as they approached the beaches of Normandy. German artillery thundered overhead, machine guns swept the shoreline, and steel obstacles rose from the surf like jagged teeth.
Long before most American troops could step onto French soil, a small group of U.S. Navy sailors entered the water first. Their mission was not to fight the enemy directly but to remove the deadly barriers that stood between the sea and victory.