Modern Day Marine 2025

Pickaxe Mountain presents immense targeting challenges and that’s where a key test range in New Mexico comes in to play, just as it did for Midnight Hammer.

The capture of the port of Mokha and possibly the islands of Perim and Zuraq can give the Houthis key points of control over the Red Sea and the Strait.

The system’s open architecture could let Kyiv mix and match interceptors as its missile inventory evolves.

The first unit to get the F-15EX is already moving away from its exclusive air-to-air mission roots.

The Mk 38 Mod 4 offers a major capability boost, especially against drones, and is now installed on at least one destroyer.

The strike hit an energy processing plant 1,700 miles from the Ukrainian border in Russia’s gas-rich Arctic region.

The Navy is applying lessons learned from recent marathon carrier cruises to the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which conducted an unreported maintenance availability ahead of deployment.

The ramjet-powered vehicle could give researchers and developers a new way to put hardware into sustained high-Mach flight environments.

The USAF is hunting for new lower-cost armed drones to perform the same missions as the MQ-9 in the wake of huge Reaper losses.

Serial production of the relatively crude but cheap weapon is slated to begin in Texas next year, with plans to also build the weapon in Germany and Israel.

Anduril’s Dive-LD uncrewed underwater vehicle falling into Iranian hands is significant, but the system was designed to be risked in contested waters.

Having the Strait of Hormuz and energy exports via the Red Sea shut down at the same time has long been a top fear for global oil markets.

Even as the utility of heavy armor is being questioned, the 40-ton Ratel aims to bring more protection and firepower to a rapidly modernizing Polish Army.

Threatening to block Bombardier sales in the U.S. is different than actually following through with it, but Canada also has a vote.

Moscow is pitching a new generation of precision weapons abroad, even as the war that produced them complicates their export prospects.

With a sleek airframe the size of an A-5 Vigilante, its silhouette drew immediate attention from local aviation photographers who had never seen anything like it there.

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The USAF has aggressive cost and schedule goals for new drones to succeed the MQ-9 fleet that has suffered major losses.

The ship pulled into Thailand earlier this week caked in rust and algae after 286 days at sea.

New photos of the WZ-X airborne give us a clearer view of the aircraft’s unique wing design.

The request for anti-drone and anti-cruise missile guns comes as the Air Force is pushing to take on more air defense responsibilities at its forward bases.

After two costly operations, Ukraine’s 425th “Skala” Regiment stopped deploying its M1A1s, but they have not lost all faith in the main battle tank.

Modern Japanese, South Korean, and Turkish frigate designs have emerged as possible contenders to meet increasingly urgent Navy demands.

Ukraine Situation Report: The strike on Sochi’s port highlights the increasing reach of Kyiv’s drone boat attack campaign.

The first F-15EX bound for the Japanese base comes as the program grapples with future sustainment concerns.

Branded Content: Leonardo DRS explains how tactical radars form a central element of a layered counter-UAS threat detection system.

The next-generation Tempest fighter is driving the Royal Air Force to add a capability it currently lacks.

The shortage is so acute that the air force frantically tracks incoming missile shipments and waits to see whether they arrive before Russia’s next aerial barrage.

At least two Iranian oil tankers were struck by the U.S. as part of Trump’s new tanker-for-a-tanker policy.

Branded Content: Bigger sites, advanced manufacturing techniques, and boosting the workforce are key industry commitments to increased munitions production.