Israel’s defense minister said on April 16 that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria indefinitely, remarks that could further complicate talks with Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage release.
Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials and others briefed on the discussions.
New U.S. chip-export limits that rocked global markets on April 16 are the clearest sign yet from the Trump White House that whatever advances China makes in AI will have to happen without America’s help.
Two U.S. service members were killed April 15 in a vehicle rollover in New Mexico and another was hospitalized in serious condition, U.S. defense officials said—the first known military fatalities associated with President Donald Trump’s expanded mission at the southern border.
The U.S. is planning to halve its troop presence in Syria, a U.S. official told The War Zone on April 16. The move comes even as the Pentagon is surging resources to the Middle East and could have wide regional ramifications.
The Air Force Research Lab issued a solicitation this week for its Sensing Operation Using Prediction (SOUP) program, which aims to develop new and improved artificial intelligence capabilities that could boost the military’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprise.
L3Harris Technologies and Pennsylvania-based start-up Gecko Robotics announced a new partnership aimed at advancing an “extended reality capability” designed to assist aircraft maintainers remotely check on a plane’s condition.
The Space Force is using the upcoming series of Victus satellite missions for the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) program not just to build up the capability to routinely launch on short notice, but also to expand its operational capabilities to monitor and respond to on-orbit threats from adversaries, according to a senior service officer.
Aerojet Rocketdyne supplies one of the most critical parts of a munition—solid rocket motors—and since L3Harris acquired the company roughly two years ago its goal has been to ramp up production to meet the skyrocketing demand for tactical and strategic missiles.
A drumbeat of suspensions of top Pentagon officials continued into a second day on April 16 with a defense official confirming that Colin Carroll, the chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary, was suspended.
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled the second version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie, featuring an internal landing gear for the first time for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) candidate.
A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket successfully launched multiple classified payloads for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on April 16, marking a return to Vandenberg Space Force Base for the solid-fueled launch vehicle after more than a decade.
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