How the U.S. military chooses and promotes its generals and admirals — the highest-ranking officers in the military — rarely gets attention. That changed this month with reports that officials appointed under President-elect Donald Trump may take a far more direct role in shaping the military’s general officer corps
Last week, the process that moves three- and four-star generals upwards came to the forefront when a promotion for Army Lt. Gen.
Author: Michael
The Czech Army will cement its use of the Leopard 2A4 tanks in the coming years, with the current national variant T-72 to be withdrawn.
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is steaming ahead with experimental efforts to launch unmanned aerial vehicles from uncrewed surface vessels.
The latest Digital Talon exercise, conducted earlier this month in the Middle East region, included a variety of robotic capabilities that could play a significant role in future conflicts.
“Digital Talon 3.
British Army personnel have carried out the fir
Bombardier Defense delivered its first Global 6500 business jet to the Army on Monday in a ceremony in Wichita, Kansas, to help close the service’s number one capability gap: deep sensing.
The jet will be the main platform for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program, the Army’s fixed wing aircraft-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system that will replace the legacy RC-12 Guardrail.
The UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), comprising ten Northern European countries, has concluded Exercise Joint Protector in Latvia.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is considering revising the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review to maintain effective nuclear deterrence amid perceived growing threats from China and Russia and the potential absence of nuclear arms control agreements after February 2025.
BFBS Forces News presents Great British Battle
In December 2023 it was Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach, this time it is over three key U.S. bases in the United Kingdom
Time to bring back the ROC (The Royal Observer Corps) to secure the skies over Great Britain.
These were keen eyed observers who kept Great Britain safe. Now UK Prime Minister Starmer is using the same concept to have the citizens, military, and law enforcement, police the use of pronouns.
On January 20, 2025 the distractions in the US Department of Defense get fixed. Deterrence, readiness, and ability to destroy the opponent will be the priorities.
Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense
WASHINGTON — The Army’s artificial intelligence accelerator, Project Linchpin, is working with open source software firm Red Hat to unveil an initial…