The Army wants to get a new ground drone that can both resupply forward-deployed infantry and help carry wounded soldiers off the front lines and to medical treatment. 
The Army is seeking the new vehicle to help navigate what it calls the “last tactical mile,” the last part of terrain leading to the front lines, where any transport or personnel moving to resupply troops are under the greatest threat. “This phase is often the most dangerous and logistically complex, requiring innovative solutions to ensure mission success and force protection,” the Army wrote.

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Russian state sources have reported continued progress in efforts to improve the capabilities of the countries TOS series thermobaric rocket artillery systems, referred to locally as “heavy flamethrower” systems, as they continue to play a central role on the frontlines in the Ukrainian theatre. A significant landmark in these efforts has been the development of the TOS-2 Tosochka system, which has been reported by local sources to have surpassed the scope of an assault weapon, and been able to function as an advanced fire support system.

Footage from Algeria has indicated increasingly high intensity deployments of CHL-906 mobile integrated electronic reconnaissance and electronic attack systems, which appear to have been procured from China in considerable numbers. The system was first seen when the Algerian Ministry of National Defence released imagery showing vehicles associated with the system participating in an exercise in the 3rd Military Region in the strategically located southwest region.

Following confirmation from the state intermediary agency for Russian defence exports Rosoboronexport that multiple countries have placed orders for Su-57 fifth generation fighter aircraft, reports from a number of Indian sources indicated that alongside Algeria and Iran, the Indian Defence Ministry has also finalised contracts for procurements. This follows confirmation from the Indian Defence Ministry in January 2026 that talks for the license production of the aircraft had reached an advanced technical stage, a year after it first confirmed that talks were underway.

The AIM-260A Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) is scheduled to be procured at an expanded rate by the U.S. Air Force and Navy from 2026, with the U.S. Congress having in March cleared the missile’s first ever export to equip the Royal Australian Air Force, after which other sales to a wide range of foreign clients are expected to follow. Although the missile is the first clean sheet design to enter service in the U.S.

The Russian Iskander-K cruise missile system has gained growing publicity for its role in the Russian Ukrainian War, and although often overshadowed by the capabilities of the Iskander-M ballistic missile system which has been employed on a much larger scale, the challenges it poses to NATO members’ rear facilities in the event of a full scale war are in many respects greater. The Iskander-K entered service in the mid-2010s, approximately a decade behind the Iskander-M system, and was designed to provide a complementary low-altitude, precision deep-strike capability.

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Two soldiers are recovering after a bear attacked and injured them during training in Alaska. 
The two soldiers, assigned to the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, were carrying out land navigation training on Thursday, April 16, when they encountered a bear on the grounds of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The two were attacked and used bear spray to fight off and eventually repel the bear.  
Both the Army and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are investigating the attack.

The retirement plaque is still warm. A footlocker is pushed up against the wall because no one got around to digging through it yet. The CAC card has been turned in, the final out-processing checklist signed, and for the first time in two decades, your family’s schedule belongs to no one but you.
Then your kid walks into the kitchen and says, “I talked to a recruiter today.”
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And just like that, the finish line you spent 20 years crawling toward picks itself up and moseys on down the road.

Space Force troops helped U.S. forces “to achieve a variety of complex military objectives across the battlespace” in the war with Iran, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said this week. He added that Space Force has proven itself to be a “combat credible” part of the U.S. military.
Saltzman, the top officer in Space Force, laid out just how guardians are carrying out space-centric missions as part of Operation Epic Fury, including while taking fire. He also said that when people see the U.S.

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Major military operations in Venezuela and Iran make America, and the world, safer.

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Guam’s vast logistics infrastructure makes it the keystone for any military operation in the Pacific — and a prime target for China.

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WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Air National Guard are pressing Congress to dramatically accelerate fighter jet procurement, warning that the U.S. Air Force is operating at historic lows in age, size, and readiness.
In a letter sent earlier this month to key congressional appropriators, adjutants general from 22 states with Air National Guard fighter units called for funding at least 72 new fighter jets in the fiscal 2027 budget, with an optimal target of 108 aircraft per year across the entire Air Force.

On Apr. 16, 2026, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a Canadian military service member is suing both the federal government of Canada and SIG Sauer, Inc. after being wounded by an uncommanded discharge from his C22 pistol, a variant of the SIG Sauer P320.
The C22 was adopted by the Canadian military to replace the Browning Hi-Power in 2022. The alleged incident took place on Apr. 16, 2024.

The Pentagon spent $5 billion developing a carrier-based stealth bomber shaped like a triangle — nicknamed ‘The Flying Dorito’ — before Dick Cheney killed the program because nobody could tell him what it would cost. The Navy, Marines, and Air Force wanted a combined 1,258 aircraft; they got zero, the largest contract cancellation in Pentagon history, and a legal battle that lasted 30 years.

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Former SEAL and Naval Academy graduate Dan O’Shea drops the first ‘Into The Lion’s Den’ episode Monday with Roy Hallums. Hallums was buried alive for 18 months in Iraq.

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Efforts to modernise the Republic of China Air Force’s F-CK Ching-kuo lightweight fighters with next generation avionics and weaponry have continued to make progress, with a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar having begun flight testing. Fighters enhanced to the new standard have been designated F-CK-1C “Super Ching-kuo.” The radar was developed by the Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) under the “Eagle Project,” and is based on cutting edge Gallium Nitride array technologies.

OneArc executive Oliver Arup detailed ongoing developments – VBS4 and Flowstate – during the ITEC exhibition in London.

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The British Armed Forces on March 27 received the last of 48 F-35B fighter aircraft ordered from the United States, drawing attention and criticism to the highly protracted timeline of deliveries which has left the country’s combat aviation fleet significantly under strength. The milestone delivery has occurred years after the first orders were placed in 2006, and over a decade after the first of the aircraft was delivered.

Russian state media outlet TASS has cited local analysts evaluating the capabilities of the Su-35 air superiority fighter, and in particular the outstandingly high levels of combat testing to which it has been put through primarily during its operations in the Ukrainian theatre.

Russian government sources have elaborated on the significance of the delivery of 100,000 tons of Russian oil to Cuba in late March 2026, which directly challenged the U.S. Armed Forces’ blockade of the country, and marked the latest development in seven decades of strategic cooperation between Moscow and the Caribbean Island nation. When the tanker Anatoly Kolodkin docked on March 30, Cuba had not received an oil shipment for three months, which had caused a crisis that crippled the country’s economy.

The Army is looking for an autonomous, unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to supply frontline troops and evacuate wounded personnel across “the most dangerous and logistically complex” segment of the battlefield, according to a government notice posted Thursday.
“The last tactical mile” is the final space between support units and forward lines where equipment, ammunition, supplies and casualties pass “under the greatest threat from enemy observation and fires,” officials wrote.

Maj. Gen. Christopher Niemi has been nominated to serve as the Air Force’s first-ever chief modernization officer as part of a reorganization of the service’s Air Force Futures.
The Trump administration announced Niemi’s nomination for promotion to three-star general on Wednesday. If confirmed by lawmakers, he would serve in a dual-hatted position as both the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategy, design and requirements and the service’s official chief modernization officer, according to an Air Force spokesperson.

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The Navy is planning a major change in how enlisted sailors are evaluated for promotion, directing leaders to consider how good a sailor is at technical job skills over their community work or involvement in organizations like the Chief Petty Officer Mess.
To move up in the ranks, sailors are currently assessed not only by their job skills, but also for volunteer work and for “collateral duties” outside their primary rate. Membership in the First Class or Chief Petty Officer Mess is also considered for more senior enlisted sailors.

Prince Harry and Meghan received custom ‘

The M551 Sheridan was supposed to be the Army’s answer to an impossible problem: build a light tank that could be air-dropped with paratroopers, survive the battlefield, and still kill enemy armor. What the U.S. got was a strange Cold War machine with aluminum armor, a massive 152mm gun, the Ford-built Shillelagh missile, and a reputation that people still argue about. In this video, we break down the full story of the M551 Sheridan, from its origins as an airborne light tank for the 82nd and 101st Airborne, to its troubled service in Vietnam, Operation Just Cause in Panama, Desert Storm, and its long afterlife at the National Training Center. We also look at why the Army kept trying to replace it with programs like the M8 Armored Gun System, the Stryker Mobile Gun System, and the M10 Booker, only to end up right back where it started. If you want the history of the Sheridan tank, the Shillelagh missile, Army light tank programs, airborne armor, and why the U.S. still cannot field a true air-droppable tank, this one is for you. 00:00 – Intro 01:07 – The need for the Sheridan 03:09 – Designing the Sheridan 06:09 – The…

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The Air Force is conducting market research on unmanned surface vessels that could potentially support maritime operations near one of its key facilities.
The service issued a request for information this week to gather industry feedback.
Tyndall Air Force Base, which is under Air Combat Command and home to the 325th Fighter Wing and the unit’s stealth jets, is located near Panama City, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has rechristened the Gulf of America.
Robotic vessels could potentially help protect the installation from seaborne threats.

The Air Force has met its annual goal for signing up new recruits five months ahead of schedule, service officials said. As of this week, officials said, recruiters had already landed commitments from more than 32,750 recruits, the service’s target for the full 2026 fiscal year, which runs until Sept. 30.
In hitting those numbers, the service brought in more recruits than last year without reducing its annual goals, as it did in 2025.
The Space Force, which falls under the Department of the Air Force, also met its recruiting goal of 730 guardians ahead of time, according to the Air Force.

Rumors swirled for two years. This week at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Paramount Pictures finally made a formal announcement.
“‘Top Gun 3’is officially in development with a script well underway, reuniting Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer,” said Josh Greenstein, co-chair of the studio.
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While a director has yet to sign on, Bruckheimer confirmed that the creative team “pitched Tom a story he liked.

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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranIn the space of less than 11 hours on April 7, President Donald Trump went from warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” to announcing a two-week ceasefire with Iran. That whiplash-inducing turn was just a taste of the twists that would follow over the coming week. First came a resumption of negotiations mediated by Pakistan. With the presence of Vice President J.D.

Imagine holding 96 kites in one hand with a single line. Not controlling each one,  but controlling the wind itself. You set the intent, you pick the direction, and the kites will figure out how not to crash into each other.
That is the exact analogy Chinese state television used in March 2026 to describe what their new Atlas drone swarm system can do, and it might be the most honest thing Beijing has said about its military in years.

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L3Harris Technologies and the Orange County Board of Supervisors have reached an agreement to expand L3Harris’ solid rocket motor production in Orange County, Virginia.

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A US Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter has performed its first “fully automated approach and landing” using Boeing’s Approach-to-X technology.

An Australian Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by former US Marine Daniel Duggan, clearing the way for his extradition to the United States, where he faces charges of illegally training Chinese military pilots more than a decade ago.
Federal Court Justice James Stellios rejected Duggan’s challenge on Thursday, ruling there was no jurisdictional error in the Attorney-General’s decision to approve the extradition.