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A U.S. aircraft carrier ran its first shipboard laser-weapon test, burning drones out of the sky

U.S. destroyers keep escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as Iran renews its closure threat

B-21 Raiders began combat-focused testing with their first operational Air Force units

The M1 Abrams tank runs on a jet-style gas-turbine engine, not a diesel

The U.S. cleared Brazil to buy FIM-92K Stinger missiles for defense against low-flying threats

The Navy’s F-35C fired the long-range LRASM anti-ship missile for the first time

A black box flight recorder is built to survive an impact of about 3,400 times the force of gravity

A stealth jet dodges radar mainly through its angular shape, not its coating

The Pentagon will start buying test missiles from all four contenders this month to kick off its low-cost program

U.S. destroyers are still escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as Iran threatens to close it again

Four firms — Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 — will build the Pentagon’s new low-cost containerized missiles

Tomahawks cost over $2 million each, so the Pentagon is betting on missiles priced at a fraction of that

The Navy accepted its final Flight IIA destroyer, the USS Patrick Gallagher, two months ahead of schedule

The Pentagon is rushing to buy more than 10,000 cheap missiles after the war with Iran drained its stockpiles

A U.S. Navy sea drone rescued two downed American aircrew near the Strait of Hormuz — the first robotic rescue in Navy history

Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz again after suspending talks with Washington

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