AFA Symposium 2025

Admiral Brad Cooper said that “the numbers that I’ve seen in open source are not accurate” as reports mount that most of Iran’s arsenal is intact.

The Chief of Naval Operations says giving up on nuclear-powered surface combatants was one of the worst decisions his service has ever made.

Fresh off extensive combat operations against Iran, Israel is boosting the F-35I Adir’s endurance with external fuel tanks that will also reduce dependence on tanker aircraft.

The Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper successor will trade survivability for lower cost, broader missions, and mass production.

The U.S. military now also plans on buying 12,000 ‘cheap’ hypersonic missiles as part of a larger push to bolster munitions inventories.

The move comes after the UAE has been hit by thousands of Iranian missiles and drones that have heavily damaged parts of its oil and gas infrastructure.

This massive undertaking in low Earth orbit would still only be able to engage 10 ICBMs simultaneously, according to the CBO.

The IDF is racing to catch up to Hezbollah’s increasing use of these weapons, which has taken a grim toll on its forces in Lebanon.

E-7s to replace the Air Force’s dwindling and aging fleet of E-3s are even more sorely needed now after one of the latter was lost to an Iranian attack.

The news came after Moscow claimed it successfully tested Sarmat, which has been beset by technical issues and delays.

With the Ukrainian An-28 reportedly highly effective in the role, Poland is converting its similar M28 for the counter-drone mission.

It remains unclear how the IRGC will enforce its tenfold increase in what it considers the Strait.

The USAF is moving to start work on a new ARRW variant able to hit moving targets with an eye toward future fights in the Pacific.

Austria says it scrambled Eurofighters two days in a row to intercept U.S. military aircraft, likely U-28As operated by Air Force Special Operations Command.

Equipping the Trump class with nuclear propulsion presents benefits, but also massive challenges, and Navy officials had been pushing back against the idea.

Both Trump and Netanyahu made comments in the last 24 hours that point to a possible high-risk operation to snatch Iran’s nuclear material.

The MQ-9 successfully tested APKWS rockets against air and ground targets, as the demand for lower-cost counter-drone weapons surges.

Ukrainian drone attacks on naval targets are driving the development of new defenses, but overhead screens alone have dwindling efficacy.

Nothing in the USAF’s inventory can do what a C-5 can, but even after costly upgrades, they remain extremely temperamental.

Meanwhile, USS Nimitz has made a stop in Rio as part of its circumnavigation of South America and repositioning cruise to Norfolk.

Remotely triggered containerized drone swarms, potentially placed behind enemy lines, create a hard-to-defend-against threat from pretty much everywhere.

The attack comes as the UAE claims it was struck again by Iran and hours after the U.S. and Iran exchanged blows.

Concrete is the new black.

An unexpected reveal of a previously unknown intercontinental ballistic missile has raised major questions about Ankara’s strategic ambitions.

The latest release of records follows years of muddled messaging and controversial claims on a topic with real national security implications.

U.S. Central Command says it carried out the strikes in retaliation to Iranian attacks on its forces.

The USAF plans to keep its B-52s until they are nearly a century old, but they cannot fly forever, and costs are already skyrocketing on key upgrades.

Long regarded as a flight of fancy, the “Maverick Act” could put an F-14 back into operation in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years.

Hauling eight inert GBU-12 laser-guided bombs, the F-15E painted for the anniversary of Operation El Dorado Canyon made a low-level flight through Wales.

The Super Hornet strafing the ship is the latest instance where the Navy used direct fire to disable Iranian ships trying to run the blockade.