US Air Force personnel recently trained on a layered approach to countering drones, using artificial intelligence to spot them, electronic warfare to disrupt them, and shotguns as a last line of defense. The recent exercise highlights the US military’s growing focus on having a variety of kinetic and non-kinetic systems to defend against uncrewed aerial
US Air Force special operations forces are exploring whether they can use powered gliders to deliver supplies, including medical gear, to small teams operating beyond the reach of reliable supply lines. During an ongoing international exercise in Iceland, Air Force Special Operations Command personnel plan to airdrop a powered glider packed with supplies to teammates
A plane crash at a remote US Air Force site in Alaska has killed all eight people on board, the US military has said. The civilian-contracted aircraft crashed shortly after midday local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday near Cape Newenham, which hosts the airport of a long-range radar site. It is unclear who the passengers
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — Five news reporters and two members of the military who were invited to an event at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California were briefly detained at gunpoint by security officers who thought they were gate crashers, according to local news reports. The incident happened Monday ahead of an invitation-only
The word “Goldilocks” is meme-ing out in US markets right now. It’s a reference to how recent economic data has been neither too cold nor too hot. The labor market and consumer spending have been cooling lately, while inflation has remained relatively mild. For the purposes of keeping interest rates on hold, the recent figures
President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work. Trump’s solicitor general petitioned the high court to suspend last week’s decision by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of
