The 51st Fighter Wing will expand joint training exercises with the Republic of Korea Air Force and maximize its combat readiness. Read more in my story for Defense News.

The Pentagon awarded $7.8 billion in contracts to Lockheed Martin and RTX Corporation at the end of July to produce thousands of new missiles. Read more in my story for Defense News.

The U.S. defense industrial base and all branches of the U.S. military depend heavily on materials produced by China, creating security risks. Read more in my story for Defense News.

The program calls for the development of a rugged, flexible and high-capacity unmanned surface vessel, or USV. Read more in my story for Military Times.

The Air Force has created a new office dedicated to communications and cyber systems. Read more in my story for Defense News.

The Pentagon is seeking to reallocate $200 million in funding for barriers to seal off Arizona’s Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, a narcotics trafficking corridor. Read more in my story for Military Times.

The Sampson, which was among several Arleigh-Burke class vessels to be deployed to the border, seized an estimated 3,439 pounds of cocaine about 380 miles southwest Acapulco, Mexico. Read more in my story for Military Times.

The U.S. Air Force recently conducted an exercise in which AI was used to recommend targets in a high-pressure combat scenario. Read more in my story for Defense News.

The U.S. Navy is planning for its next-generation destroyer, currently known as the DDG(X), to feature directed-energy weapons and more capacity to carry and launch missiles. Read more in my story for Defense News.

In a bid to counter increasingly aggressive Chinese activities in the South China Sea, the U.S. plans to finance and construct a fast boat facility in the Philippines. Read more in my story for Defense News.