The directed energy systems are being developed to defend against mass drone attacks...

Nearly all went to a single war...

Grueling Iran war deployment generated avalanche of media coverage...

A narrow-beam laser that works best at night, needs to be pointed in roughly the right direction and tops out well inside the F-35's own missile envelope is a terminal-guidance aid at best, not a stealth killer. The real threats to the F-35 are the boring ones... 

Footage circulating on X appears to show the drone perched on shoreline riprap... 

The Oklahoma plant will build, load, and deliver warheads for Perennial drones...

"President Trump knows a self-sustaining domestic shipbuilding sector is critical for national and economic security."

subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger...

"While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now that..." 

"However, if the marking is designed to be representative, it most resembles a Kilo class submarine. "

The military used a high-energy laser in the Rio Grande Valley to take down at least 11 cartel-linked drones

"We're ready to fulfill this next batch..." 

"The Drone Dominance Program is recruiting service members..." 

 "The Air Force and NASA destroyed a $600 million supply of spare parts..."

Also Trump: "We're stocking up at levels we've never done before."

"The fastest peacetime shift in modern military history."

The Pentagon is reorganizing itself around drones, autonomy and AI, putting the people who build those things in charge of deciding what comes next, and asking for the budget to match...

Pentagon announces close of Operation Inherent Resolve 'counter-ISIL' mission...

The new jet is projected to be ready by the 2030s.

"The second stage marked the transition from an order-driven performance to execution-driven, as backlogs became rich..."