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Ukraine captures warfare pod | Interesting Engineering

” This week, they’ll hear from Steve Komadina, the DARPA program manager for ANCILLARY, about the development of the new military vertical-takeoff …

Ekranoplan 2.0: Aurora’s Liberty Lifter Takes Shape with Rough Seas in Mind – Frontier India

DARPA’s Liberty Lifter program revives a WWII-era concept for a giant Ekranoplan cargo aircraft designed to overcome limitations of traditional …

M113, Bradley, boats and missiles: US announces new military aid package – Militarnyi

The United States Department of Defense announced the provision of a new military aid package to Ukraine, the total cost of which is estimated at …

The US military isn’t ready for the coming drone war – Business Insider

A Ukrainian drone strikes a Russian infantry fighting vehicle in April. Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Screengrab via X.

An American soldier went missing in the Korean War. How his late mother’s faith he’d come … – CNN

John A. Spruell of Colorado went missing in the Korean War. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. CNN —. Sub-zero temperatures …

Founder of Trump Defense Firm Indicted in Somali Fraud Case – The Daily Beast

In late 2020, the Department of Justice charged Jeremy Schulman, half the eponymous team behind the firm, with using forged documents to gain access …

‘Fat Leonard’ Scandal: How a Malaysian Contractor Swindled the U.S. Navy Out of Millions

His firm, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, held “more than $200 million in defense contracts to resupply U.S. warships and submarines at almost every …

Guard Bureau chief promotes partnerships at Defense Services Asia exhibition – DVIDS

“As emerging technologies intensify and accelerate both the risks and opportunities before us, the relationships between nations—between allies and …

Hagel urges critics of prisoner swap to wait until all facts are known | Stars and Stripes

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday cast doubt on the idea that several U.S. soldiers were killed in connection with past attempts to …

Defense space policy chief calls Russia’s space nuke threat “a thing apart” – SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — John Plumb, the outgoing assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said the Pentagon views Russia’s pursuit of a nuclear …