Defense News

June 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force seeks 160 new refueling tankers, and lawmakers are pushing for the Air Force to terminate its KC-46 contract with Boeing.

June 17 (UPI) -- The House voted on Thursday to repeal the 2002 war authorization of military force against Iraq -- legislation that has been used to justify action on a range of groups since then.

ORLANDO, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched the latest updated satellite for the U.S. Global Positioning System on Thursday afternoon from Florida -- the first time a national security mission has launched on a previously-flown rocket booster.

June 17 (UPI) -- The Colombian Army trained at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana and held staff talks with the U.S. Army at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas.

June 16 (UPI) -- The House Armed Services Committee was critical of plans to defund development of nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles, as noted last week by the acting Navy Secretary.

June 16 (UPI) -- The Shadow Operations Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is a test bed for emerging warfighting technologies, the U.S. Air Force said this week in a statement.

June 16 (UPI) -- The Royal Danish Air Force demonstrated its Danish Contingent, or DANCON, exercise on U.S. soil for the first time at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., the base announced this week.

June 16 (UPI) -- The submarine USS California returned to the fleet this week after the fastest maintenance of its kind, the U.S. Navy announced on Wednesday.

June 16 (UPI) -- A five-day multi-domain exercise by the guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta in the Sea of Japan was a success, the U.S. Navy said on Wednesday.

June 15 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg denied the announcement of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that NATO leaders had "confirmed" Ukraine would become a member.

June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy said its Ship to Shore Connector program crossed the thresholds of a decades-old acquisition law after coming in over budget.

June 15 (UPI) -- The United States has deployed an aircraft carrier to the South China Sea to conduct maritime security operations with allies.

June 14 (UPI) -- The virtually-held planning conference for RIMPAC 2022, the world's largest maritime warfare exercise, ended last week with plans to make it an in-person event after last year's COVID-19-limited exercise.

June 14 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden on Monday concluded his first meeting with fellow NATO leaders by reiterating the United States' "rock solid and unshakable" commitment to come to the defense of its allies.

June 14 (UPI) -- Five Navy ships joined two Coast Guard cutters in interoperability exercises in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said on Monday.

June 14 (UPI) -- The Visiting Forces Agreement keeping U.S. troops in the Philippines was extended on Monday for six more months.