The U.S. Armed Forces and the Israeli Air Force have significantly reduced deep penetration strikes over Iranian territory following the confirmed successful surface-to-air attack on an F-35 fifth generation fighter on March 19. The Iranian operation is widely assessed to have been carried out using an infrared guided surface-to-air missile, possibly from the Majid system, and damaged the F-35 sufficiently to cause shrapnel wounds to the pilot, as was later confirmed by the U.S. Air Force.
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New footage released by Chinese state media sources has provided new insight into the integration of unmanned aircraft into Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Ground Force Type 99A main battle tank units. The Type 99A and Type 99B until 2025 formed the most elite units in the Ground Force, with the design having being developed as a heavier and better armoured counterpart to the Type 96 and Type 15 tanks.
L Todd Wood sits down with former Special Unit Mission Commander Pete Blaber to discuss the Iran conflict and give clarity to the way forward. We also discuss the Ukraine war and Russia’s place in both conflicts.
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U.S. Army AH-64E Apache crews from the U.S. Army 2-159th Attack Battalion have conducted anti-drone warfare exercises, simulating the detection, tracking, and shooting down of simulated drone threats at Germany’s Grafenwoehr Training Area. The exercises demonstrated the aircraft’sability to counter small unmanned aerial systems, at a time when Apache helicopters in the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and possibly elsewhere in the Middle East, have been actively involved in counter-drone operations.
Washington, D.C. — The Defense Department announced Monday it will immediately close the long-standing press workspace known as the “Correspondents’ Corridor” inside the Pentagon, relocating journalists to a new annex facility outside the main building.
The move comes days after a federal judge ruled that key portions of the Pentagon’s October 2025 media access policy — implemented under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — violated the First and Fifth Amendments.
U.S. Northern Command’s recently-purchased “Flyaway Kit” (FAK) has been deployed against multiple drone incursions at a publicly undisclosed U.S. military base since the start of Operation Epic Fury, according to a spokesperson.
Launched by the Trump administration in coordination with Israel on Feb. 28, that ongoing large-scale campaign targeting Iran’s leadership and defense infrastructure is triggering elevated risks for retaliatory drone attacks that could pose harm to Americans and critical assets.
The next iteration of the Pentagon’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract will provide more clarity into how much and where it is spending on cloud tools and services, according to Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies.
The Defense Department intends to release a solicitation for the program — dubbed JWCC Next — in early 2026, with plans to award contracts in early 2027.
Top cyber officials on Tuesday outlined the stakes around the military’s digital hiring pipeline as the broader force attempts to implement a sweeping new talent-management model and the war with Iran nears its one-month mark.
In early March, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine told reporters that members of U.S. Cyber Command were among the “first movers” in the current war against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury.
A major update to Army recruiting regulations this week raises the maximum age a recruit can join to 42, and removes a barrier to joining for recruits with a single legal conviction for marijuana or drug paraphernalia possession.
The Army’s previous limit was 35, though exceptions are occasionally made. The higher age limit brings the Army in line with other services’ limits of 41 in the Navy and 42 in the Air Force and Space Force, Kate Kuzminski, who studies military recruiting for the Center for a New American Security, told Task & Purpose.
The Army on Tuesday announced the official launch of a new online marketplace for the procurement of drones, as the service moves to boost its unmanned systems arsenal and the U.S. industrial base.
The Army collaborated with Amazon Web Services in developing the digital storefront, according to a press release.
AWS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Marketplace includes tools that “allow users to compare system functionalities, provide direct feedback, and place orders with ease,” officials wrote in the release.