Military & Defense

The U.S. Navy said last week that, despite the coronavirus pandemic upending its recruiting efforts, it has exceeded its retention targets for the fiscal year 2020 and will now reduce its ranks in overmanned ratings.

The Air Force is expected to make its decision on the preferred location for U.S. Space Command headquarters in early 2021. 

The Air Force and Army could begin major experiments on their systems beginning as early as March 2021 to allow aircrafts, sensors and other weapons systems across services to share data instantaneously, according to a report by the Air Force Times. 

According to the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer “asserted navigational rights and freedoms near Vietnam in the vicinity of the Con Dao Island in the South China Sea” on Thursday. 

We have to show veterans – and others in our communities who are facing obstacles – that they are not alone.

The $2.3 trillion omnibus spending bill and COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress Monday night includes an extended timetable for how soon U.S. troops and federal employees have to pay back deferred Social Security taxes, thereby reducing the hit to their paychecks next year.

When fielded, the ERCA cannon should be able to fire and take out targets from a position out of the range of enemy systems.