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The Pentagon says its reusable Talon-A drone hit Mach 5 on two separate flights, launched over the Pacific from a carrier aircraft

Northrop CEO Kathy Warden told investors B-21 Raider build rate could directly drive how many bombers the Air Force eventually orders

U.S. forces struck a ground control station on Iran’s Qeshm Island after Tehran fired drones and ballistic missiles at Bahrain and Kuwait

The Navy’s FY 2026 deployable battle force totals 287 ships — 115 surface combatants, 63 submarines, 11 carriers, and 31 amphibs

USS Herring sits upright on her keel at 300 feet, conning tower battle-damaged and bow showing the grounding that ended her 1944 patrol

The Navy commissioned USS Massachusetts in Boston Harbor — the 25th Virginia-class attack sub at 7,800 tons and 377 feet long

Columbia-class lead boat USS District of Columbia is 65% complete with all 26 modules delivered to Groton under the A-26 acceleration plan

Northrop Grumman’s Glide Phase Interceptor — a ship-launched anti-hypersonic missile for the MDA — is now scheduled to deliver in 2031

Two B-21 test aircraft are now flying out of Edwards AFB as the program shifts from development into early operational validation

The Navy confirmed the wreck of USS Herring 300 feet down off Matsuwa Island, finding the WWII submarine and its 83 sailors 82 years later

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers the Air Force will need “a lot more” than 100 B-21 Raiders to meet future demand

A diesel-powered Canadian sub “sank” a $5.5 billion U.S. nuclear carrier during NATO drills, and it keeps happening to the Navy

U.S. forces shot down two ballistic missiles Iran fired at bases hosting American troops in Kuwait after the Pentagon hit Iranian radar and drone sites

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon plans to field “tens to hundreds” of high-energy laser systems in the coming years

China’s J-36 tailless stealth fighter swapped to three thrust-vectoring exhaust nozzles on its third prototype

Russia launched a record 8,150 long-range drones at Ukraine in May, up 24% from April and on track to dwarf those totals in June

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