California High-Speed Rail Faces $9.5 Billion Gap, Could Run Dry in 2027
California High-Speed Rail now faces a mismatch between money, construction and time. Inspector General Benjamin Belnap has warned that the…
Air Force Pulls 1950s Missile Test Kits After Banned-Chemical Finding
A residue found on a 1950s-era device used to test intercontinental ballistic missile communications contained polychlorinated biphenyls, prompting the Air…
Port Authority Activates Rescue-Vehicle Tracking After Fatal LaGuardia Collision
A rescue truck carrying a tracking transponder becomes more than a radio call or a vehicle that controllers must see…
GM Update Failure Stops Certain Vehicles Across Seven SUV Lines
A wireless update designed to keep vehicles out of the service bay has produced the opposite result for certain 2025…
Italian Probe Finds Ryanair 737 Airstair Fall Rate At Least Doubled
Ryanair’s built-in Boeing 737 stairs give the airline operational independence from airport equipment, but Italian investigators found a significant safety…
Air Force Needs 72 Fighters Yearly, but Budget Funds 45 and Factories Cannot Deliver
Seventy-two new fighters a year is the rate the U.S. Air Force says it needs to keep its fleet from…
Air Force Says Boeing F-47 Is Ahead, Targets 2028 First Flight
The Boeing-built F-47 is ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Air Force, but the fighter has yet to clear…
Ford Recalls 148,663 Mustangs; Repairs Expected in March 2027
Ford Mustang owners face an unusual timing gap: a safety warning is arriving now, but the planned repair is not…
CSIS Estimates Patriot Inventory Fell From 2,330 to 759, Recovery by 2030
Money can authorize more missile interceptors, but it cannot make qualified factories, specialized machinery and trained workers appear on the…
Navy Could Spend $3.1 Billion Supporting 15 Idle Submarines
$3.1 billion is the projected cost of operating and supporting 15 U.S. Navy attack submarines that could sit idle while…
Patriot Use Reportedly Outpaces U.S. Production, Leaving Fewer Than 850 Interceptors
Fewer than 850 Patriot interceptors reportedly remain in the worldwide U.S. inventory, down from approximately 2,330 before the continuing campaign…
F-35 Acquisition Estimate Jumps $51 Billion Despite Broadly Stable Aircraft Prices
$51 billion is the increase in the estimated cost of acquiring the planned U.S. F-35 fleet not a $51 billion…
Ukraine Tests Four Interceptors as Faster Geran Drones Raise Defense Costs
Ukraine’s inexpensive interceptor-drone layer faces a problem that top speed alone cannot solve. Russia is sharply increasing its use of…
Ukraine Reports 60% Success Against Russia’s Near-Continuous Jet Drone Waves
Ukraine’s high overall drone-interception figures now conceal a more difficult air-defense problem. Russia has shifted toward near-continuous launch waves while…
Russia’s Reported 1,500-Drone Barrage Disrupts Kyiv-Area Food Distribution
Nearly 1,500 drones in four days is the scale Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported after a sustained Russian barrage from…
Ukraine Says Russia’s Jet-Powered Shahed Use Quintupled, Straining Low-Cost Defenses
A propeller-driven Geran-2 reportedly travels around 115 mph. Russia’s newer turbojet-powered Geran-3 and Geran-4 variants typically reach at least 200…
ICE Plans Up to $2 Million Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Buy; Rules Undisclosed
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $2 million on Boston Dynamics Spot robot dogs for hazardous…
Elroy Air Cargo Drone Flight Gives FAA Integration Data, Not Certification
Elroy Air’s Chaparral has completed the first remotely piloted aircraft test flight under the Federal Aviation Administration’s electric vertical-takeoff integration…