Facing a $150 billion infrastructure backlog and congressional appropriation caps, the Army is looking to make private industry an interesting offer: co-invest in its priorities and get a return that isn’t solely reliant on the service itself.
Dubbed the “Strategic Capital Initiative,” the Army is asking industry to help come up with ideas for new public-private partnership structures, operating models and contracting processes that can quickly tackle some of its most pressing demands, according to service leaders and a request for information.
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War on August 27, 1896, was fought in less time than it takes to watch the much-discussed combat scene from “Lone Survivor.” It was the shortest war in world history, which spans, you know, a bunch of years, so that is saying something.
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British warships fired upon the royal palace shortly after 9 a.m.
AeroVironment will develop and deliver the Generative Environment for the Next Era of Spectral Imaging Stimulators, known as GENESIS.
A U.K.-based unmanned aerial system manufacturer claimed the top spot in the first round of the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance competition, reaping delivery orders from the Defense Department.
Skycutter, headquartered in London, was one of more than two dozen drone makers selected to participate in the first “Gauntlet” for the Drone Dominance Program, part of an initiative launched by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year to boost the American military’s UAS arsenal.
Troops taking part in the war with Iran are “writing history” and showcasing their “wartime readiness,” the acting commander of the Air National Guard told his forces.
A letter to National Guard troops, dated March 5, was sent out by the National Guard Bureau and signed by Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, the acting director of the Air National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Moore, command chief for the Air National Guard.
“In the opening hours and days of OPERATION EPIC FURY, we have already demonstrated our formidable wartime readiness,” reads the National Guard Bureau letter.
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Summary and Key Points: Defense analyst Jack Buckby evaluates the critical “magazine depth” crisis facing the U.S. Navy as the four Ohio-class SSGNs (USS Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia) enter retirement.
-With each boat carrying 154 Tomahawks, the fleet’s decommissioning removes over 600 VLS cells from the undersea inventory.
Tomahawk Block IV Missile. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Tomahawk Launch. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Summary and Key Points: Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and British researcher, evaluates the looming “magazine depth” crisis as the U.S. Navy prepares to decommission its four Ohio-class SSGNs.
-As of March 9, 2026, the ongoing Operation Epic Fury in Iran has underscored the vital role of the Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile (TLAM), with the Navy exhausting stockpiles to dismantle IRGC infrastructure.
SILVERDALE, Wash. (Oct.
The National Armaments Consortium is expanding its collaboration with academia, industry and the military in an effort to quickly standardize drone fuzing technology, which its leaders say is a critical component to the Pentagon’s push to pump out lethal unmanned aerial systems.
Fuzing technology generally refers to systems that control how and when a munition, in this case attached to a drone, explodes. Fuze development is particularly important to lethal UAS, which are intended to move quickly to a target and need to detonate reliably.
When the United States becomes embroiled in any ongoing conflict (not just a new Middle Eastern conflict), it inevitably stokes conscription fears among American civilians. They start to wonder if they’ll be drafted, if their sons will be drafted, and what (if any) draft exemptions are possible.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t help allay any anxiety or fears of a draft when she refused to tell Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that President Trump isn’t planning to use ground troops in Iran.