Laura Heckmann, National Defense
one of the service’s top priorities is its Organic Precision Fires concept
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Nick Ulmer & Harrison Schramm, RealClearDefense
For the uninitiated, a token is a small piece of information, in text roughly three-quarters of a word, that a large language model processes…
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HELIOS is a 60-kilowatt-class directed-energy laser with a range of up to 5 miles, offering layered defense against drones, fast attack craft, and incoming missiles.
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a $240.
Atharva Gosavi, IntEngineering
The Rydberg atom-based sensor could help soldiers detect complex electromagnetic signals across the battlefield.
China’s nuclear submarine industrial base has undergone one of the world’s most significant expansions over the past two decades, with a major landmark reached in early June when it was confirmed that the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai had launched its first nuclear powered submarine.
By Bob Morris, VMI grad
A new lawsuit accuses the governing board of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) — one of the nation’s last state military colleges and a primary commissioning source for the armed forces — of conducting the public’s business in the shadows.
The verified petition, filed June 1, 2026 in York County Circuit Court (Morris v. Virginia Military Institute, No.
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Congress rarely moves fast, but Reps. Rob Wittman and Pat Ryan are trying to change that. The two lawmakers founded the bipartisan House Defense Modernization Caucus in 2024 and have driven reforms through two consecutive defense authorization acts, targeting acquisitions and other bottlenecks. Jonathan sits down with both congressmen to discuss their initiatives, how a caucus without markup power actually moves legislation, and whether bipartisan cooperation on defense can last.Image: Sgt. 1st Class Rakeem Carter via DVIDS.
At the Port of Beirut, the new scanners did exactly what they were built to do. They saw the lithium batteries. They saw the drone propellers. They saw the fiber optic cable. They matched the scans against the paperwork, found no obvious deception, and cleared the cargo.That was the problem.The threat was not hidden in any single container. It was spread across many of them, arriving over weeks, through different vessels, different companies, and different bills of lading.