The French Army has deployed Leclerc main battle tanks for live fire exercises in Romania, alongside French and Polish infantry units. The exercises have occurred as the United States has recently bolstered its presence in Romania with the deployment of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, and at a time of high tensions between Russia and NATO over the ongoing war effort in Ukraine across Romania’s eastern border.
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Big pharma executives and investors have gotten rich – very rich – off a system that makes people sick and keeps them sick. Nowhere is this broken and corrupt system more obvious than when it comes to anti-inflammatories.
Globally, the sales of anti-inflammatory drugs exceed $130 billion, and is expected to reach over $270 billion by 2034. This is an incredible lucrative pharmaceutical sector driven by aging populations and the disturbing rise in chronic inflammatory conditions like arthritis.
The Maven Smart System is increasingly at the heart of the U.S. military’s plan to fuse all its sensors and assets across a single, flexible network, Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg suggested in a March 9 memorandum that elevates Palantir’s widely-used software platform to an official Pentagon program of record.
The U.S. Navy Still Has 11 Carriers, Virginia-Class Submarines, and 250 Years of Combat Experience — None of That Stops the Decline
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is a highly capable force and the world’s largest navy by hull count. The service plays a key role in China’s anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) strategy in the western Pacific.
The PLAN has modernized rapidly in recent years. Its leading platforms include advanced, versatile destroyers, such as the Types 055 and 052D, as well as a growing submarine fleet.
CV-18 Fujian aircraft carrier from China.
The USS John C. Stennis Entered Newport News Shipbuilding in May 2021 — The RCOH Won’t End Until October 2026 at the Earliest
The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is named for Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi and is the seventh of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers in the United States Navy.
She was commissioned on December 9, 1995. Her temporary home port is Norfolk, Virginia, for her scheduled refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), which began in 2019. After her overhaul is completed, she is expected to return to Bremerton, Washington.
U.S. military officials have yet to publicly confirm any information about an F-15E that appears to have crashed in Iran on Friday or the status of the aircraft’s crew amid media reports that one of two airmen onboard may have been rescued.
Official silence from U.S. officials is fairly typical when U.S. troops are in active combat, and it would match reports that a major rescue operation to find the crew was underway by mid-afternoon on Friday in the U.S., well past nightfall in Iran.
Task & Purpose confirmed on Friday that a plane was lost.
Chandra Donelson has announced that she is leaving her position as the Space Force’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer.
“Over the past two years, I’ve been surrounded by the finest service members and civilians across our nation,” Donelson wrote Thursday in a LinkedIn post announcing her departure. “Together, we have remained focused on what matters most: the warfighter. We have modernized legacy systems, advanced AI-enabled capabilities, and enhanced space domain awareness to enable decision advantage. That mission has never been more critical.
President Donald Trump is requesting a large budget increase for Navy shipbuilding in fiscal 2027, including initial funding for a new class of battleships.
The White House Office of Management and Budget officially released documents about the administration’s spending proposals for fiscal 2027 Friday. The administration wants $65.8 billion for shipbuilding, including money for 18 battle force ships and 16 non-battle force ships.
By comparison, the fiscal 2026 budget request allotted just under $42 billion for new construction of 19 battle force ships.
The Zumwalt Was a $23 Billion Mistake With No Mission — Hypersonic Missiles Traveling Mach 6 Might Finally Give It One
The U.S. Navy has been developing the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon for several years, and the service plans to arm its fleet of three Zumwalt-class destroyers with the missiles within the coming year.
the stealthy destroyers with hypersonics could breathe new operational life into that small, embattled fleet. It could greatly increase the speed and range of attacks from ships, as part of a paradigm-changing set of attack options.
The F-47 Will Quarterback a Swarm of Collaborative Combat Aircraft From Standoff Distance Using AI-Enabled Command and Control
The yet-to-be-fully-seen F-47 will operate an unprecedented number of drones from the cockpit, enabling aerial command and control in a way never before seen. While a manned host platform such as the F-47 remains at a standoff distance, its drones can test enemy air defenses, blanket areas with surveillance, or even launch attacks when directed by a human.