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Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX

Last August, a global outage across Elon Musk’s satellite network left U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessels bobbing off California, halting operations.

By David Jeans, Reuters

2 weeks ago

US military eyes high-energy ‘laser dome’ for domestic air defense

The U.S. military's pursuit of high-energy laser weapons for American air defense comes amid the expanding threat of low-cost weaponized drones.

By Jared Keller

3 weeks ago

‘Prepare your family’: Marine Reserve commander gives warlike safety brief

In a March 26 message on his official letterhead, Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV asked his Marines, "Are you truly ready to deploy, fight, and win?"

By Hope Hodge Seck

4 weeks ago

‘Drone Hunters of Kherson’ takes viewers into a war that blends ‘trench warfare and the Terminator’

The documentary focuses on an American embed as he follows Ukrainian counter-drone units patrolling against the Russian threat.

By Claire Barrett

4 weeks ago

‘Infrastructure is the weapon’: Inside the race to build portable interceptor factories

As the Iran war drives global demand for interceptor drones, defense startups are betting they can fit a production line into a shipping container.

By Katie Livingstone

4 weeks ago

The US Navy wants you ... to make ‘Drone Killer’ ammunition

The Navy designed the Drone Killer Cartridge to address the emerging threat of small quadcopters. It now wants ammo makers to make millions of the rounds.

By Daniel Terrill

5 weeks ago