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From drone swarms to exoskeletons, Army charts path for robotic future
Drone swarms, automated convoy operations and an exoskeleton to lighten the load are on the horizon.
By Todd South
Fun in the sun: Flightline shorts on the way for overheated Nellis maintainers
Who wears short shorts?
Despite training range flaws, Red Flag-Alaska challenged pilots, Air Force says
Red Flag-Alaska was able to challenge the pilots who took part, but that may have been because U.S. Air Force fifth-generation aircraft were noticeably absent.
By Cal Pringle
Truman Carrier Strike Group leaves port for COMPTUEX
Navy officials wasted no time arranging for Truman and its escorts to get certified for overseas deployment.
By Mark D. Faram
Watch the aircraft that flew over Trump’s July 4 extravaganza
About 20 minutes later, Trump invited Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford to flank him at the podium. And then the skies above began to roar.
By Howard Altman
Investigation into death of lieutenant by tail rotor blade reveals lapses in Camp Pendleton flight line emergency procedures
The tail rotor blade of a UH-1Y Venom cut a nearly foot long laceration in the lieutenant's head.
By Shawn Snow
China begins naval exercise in the South China Sea
The location of the drills includes the contested Paracel and Spratly island groups, where Vietnam, the Philippines and others claim territory.
Raptors sent to Gulf amid Iran tensions
Nearly a dozen Air Force F-22 stealth fighters have deployed to the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, part of a force buildup requested by U.S. Central Command in May in response to what it called heightened Iranian threats against American forces in the region.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Lawmakers push and pull over $750B defense policy bill NDAA top line at HASC markup
Partisan sparring over the defense budget's size shows headwinds for the bill that could fund the military.
By Joe Gould
Navy probe rules vice admiral’s death a suicide
Vice Adm. Scott Stearney was found dead in Bahrain late last year.
Iran gears up for high-stakes diplomacy amid tension with US
As its nuclear deal with world powers unravels amid heightened tensions with the U.S., Iran will see a week of high-stakes diplomacy capped by the first visit of a Japanese prime minister to Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press