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A year ago, Pete Hegseth handed the Army a to-do list that has reshaped the service’s capabilities and how it acquires new ones. But now he’s rethinking some of those changes.That includes the makeup of the Army’s aviation assets, the defense secretary suggested Tuesday during a House Armed Services Committee defense panel hearing into the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion defense-budget request.“I actually think it’s something we’re taking another look at,” he said in response to questioning from Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., whose district includes the Sikorsky factory that makes UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Army’s portion of the Pentagon proposal would…

Disrupted oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz may appear, at first glance, to be another episode of energy market instability. But the implications, especially for South Asia, run much deeper. Disruptions in oil supply are not only causing a surge in fuel prices; they are a clear warning of an impending food crisis driven by fertilizer shortages, rising production costs, and increasingly fragile agri-food systems. A similar pattern was evident during the 2007-2008 global crisis, when fertilizer prices nearly tripled, and global food prices surged by more than 50 percent. Modern agri-food systems depend heavily on energy, not only…

The BrahMos-NG represents a significant evolution in India’s supersonic cruise missile capability, designed to overcome the limitations of the original BrahMos in terms of size and compatibility with frontline fighter aircraft.The DRDO has been working to produce a smaller, lighter, yet equally lethal missile that can be integrated across a wider range of platforms, thereby transforming the strike potential of the Indian Air Force.The original BrahMos, weighing around 2.5–3 tons and measuring 8.4 metres in length, was too large for most Indian fighter jets, restricting its deployment primarily to the Su-30MKI fleet. The BrahMos-NG addresses this challenge by reducing its…

E. Miller, Defence B. The Hunter WOLF, developed out of HDT’s Advanced Battle Lab, is a multi-mission unmanned ground vehicle built around a modular payload architecture Source link

WASHINGTON ― US Space Command (SPACECOM) and its six closest space-savvy allies expect to complete a joint plan for conducting future “orbital warfare” by the end of the year, SPACECOM Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting said today. Like the US military, the allied militaries participating in SPACECOM’s Multinational Force Operation Olympic Defender (MF-OOD) have been internally discussing “the need for protect and defend capabilities, orbital warfare capabilities.” Thus, the group decided the time has come to figure out how to work together via a collective concept of operations (CONOPS), he told the Mitchell Institute. “[W]e are in the process now of…

The Golden Dome missile-defense system would cost $1.2 trillion to build out, far more than the White House has budgeted, according to a new estimate by Congressional researchers.The figure is roughly double the Congressional Budget Office’s initial assessment of Golden Dome, based on the expansive yet vague executive order issued in the busy first week of the second Trump administration. It’s nearly seven times larger than President Trump’s original promise to build it for $175 billion.And it’s fifteen times larger than the $79 billion the administration plans to spend in the Golden Dome for America account over the next five…

In the late evening of May 9, a vehicle packed with explosives rammed a police checkpost in Fateh Khel, Bannu in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Gunmen followed. By the time the firing stopped, as many as 15 policemen had been killed; some of the named victims included constables Rehmat Ayaz and Sanaullah, and drivers Niaz Ali and Saadullah Jan. The attack was claimed by Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.  By the next morning, the news cycle had moved on. The graves remained. It is tempting to read the May 9 bloodshed as an isolated horror. That would be dangerously wrong. Of the 2,330…

India has issued a sharp diplomatic rebuke to China following Beijing’s admission that it extended technical assistance to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor in May 2025.At a press briefing in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs made it clear that nations which support efforts to shield terrorist infrastructure must reflect on the consequences such actions have on their global reputation and standing.The statement came against the backdrop of reports confirming China’s involvement in aiding Islamabad during the military engagement that followed the Pahalgam terror attacks.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal underscored that the international community is closely observing how major powers position…

Terrill, MCT The U.S. Marine Corps plans to phase out enlisted jobs tied to the F/A-18 Hornet as it transitions to an

WASHINGTON — Costs of the ongoing war with Iran have crept up to $29 billion, the Pentagon’s comptroller said today, charting $4 billion in growth since department officials first disclosed the cost of Operation Epic Fury to lawmakers about two weeks ago. The bulk of that sum, or about $24 billion, is linked to the price of repairing or replacing equipment such as munitions, drones and aircraft, Jules “Jay” Hurst, who is performing the duties of the Pentagon’s top finance officer, told lawmakers. Hurst — alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan…