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.

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. Read more in my story for Defense News.

Delays remain an urgent issue within the Navy’s efforts to reboot U.S. shipbuilding. Read more in my story for Defense News.

Two new aircraft carriers will yet again experience delays in delivery, after already having previously delayed in past years. Read more in my story for Defense News.

U.S. Air Force fighter pilots integrated two Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie drones into an aerial combat training exercise in “a major leap in human-machine teaming.” Read more in my story for Defense News.

Two hundred Marines are deploying to support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florida, U.S. Northern Command announced. Read more in my story for Military Times.