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Record deployment for destroyer USS Spruance casts doubt over US Navy maintenance
The Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Spruance has set a post-World War II record for a U.S. Navy destroyer deployment and is raising questions about the maintenance work that could follow its eventual return.
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Premiums for Tricare Young Adult to rise by an average 11% in 2027
Premiums for a health program that covers military dependents ages 21 to 26 will range from nearly $400 to almost $900 a month next year.
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Marine Corps fast-tracks AI-powered ultrasounds, blood coolers to battlefield
The Marine Corps is accelerating the acquisition processes for two new devices, a portable smart ultrasound and a blood refrigerator, that promise to keep troops alive for longer at triage points.
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US Air Force awards Lockheed Martin $694M hypersonic missile production contract
The Air Force granted Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract in late September for the production and fielding of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW.
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US Army queries industry’s ability to build 21,000 Infantry Squad Vehicles
The U.S. Army published a market survey Monday in an effort to learn whether the defense industrial base could deliver 9,000 ISV-9s and about 12,000 ISV-Us.
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Congressmen launch bipartisan military range, test facility caucus
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives launched the Congressional Military Range and Test Facility Caucus in an effort to highlight the role of those ranges in advancing research and test missions for the military.
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Cost estimate for Iran war rises to more than $47 billion
The U.S. military has spent about 25% more on the war in Iran than estimates projected in July, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters.
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Powerus unveils fully autonomous drone interceptors
Once a threat is detected, the new Guardian 3 interceptors are immediately launched toward it. They strike using advanced AI and navigational systems.
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US Army helicopter pilots test new in-flight ‘relief’ system
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade recently completed the Army’s first-ever helicopter test flights using the Advanced Inflight Relief Universal System.
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US Army gets first mobile cannon to replace M777 howitzer, officials say
The U.S. Army has taken delivery of its first Korean-made mobile tactical cannon less than a year after first issuing a solicitation.
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Vector, Nammo expand push to mass-produce armed drones
Executives from both companies say they’re scaling up production of systems that reflect “the realities of how warfighters will employ them.”
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Pentagon, Raytheon sign $6.3B deal to replenish US missile interceptor supply
The contract “supports urgent replenishment of missile defense inventory that has been successfully used in combat,” Raytheon said.
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‘Unknown’ sailors and Marines from the battleship Arizona to be disinterred Dec. 7
The exhumations will begin with the disinterment of eight caskets from the National Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the “Punchbowl,” on Dec. 7, 2026.
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Soldiers intervene on roadside to save children from alleged knife attack
Three soldiers sprang into action when a highway crash in Washington turned into a knife attack on two children.
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Air Force bases along Gulf Coast relocate aircraft ahead of Hurricane Isaias
Bases in Florida and Mississippi have evacuated their aircraft and personnel in anticipation of Hurricane Isaias hitting the area beginning Friday night.
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How the US military plan to livestream an execution compares with global practice
If carried out as planned, death penalty experts said it would mark the first known broadcast or livestream of a lawful execution.
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US Army activates new multi-domain task force to ‘deny, disrupt’ enemies in Indo-Pacific
The new 4th Multi-Domain Task Force includes four battalions and is planned to grow to 2,100 soldiers.
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Daddy’s home!: 122 sailors aboard the Abraham Lincoln meet their children for the first time
More than 100 new fathers aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln got to meet their children for the first time as the aircraft carrier reached home port Thursday.
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Patients struggle to access MHS following changes to login process
Military spouses are having issues accessing their own medical records as well as their children’s.