Colton Jones

Colton Jones serves as Deputy Editor of Defence Blog, with a specialization in the U.S. defense industrial base. A former member of the United States Air Force, Colton brings firsthand military experience to his analysis of procurement, defense manufacturing, and Pentagon policy. He is one of the blog’s lead writers and most respected defense experts.
Maritime Security

U.S. Army demonstrates autonomous boat swarm in the Philippines

A swarm of autonomous boats operated by U.S. Army soldiers spread across a Philippine waterway during Exercise Salaknib 2026, screening a military cargo ship and relaying real-time surveillance data to commanders ashore as American and Philippine forces...
Army

U.S. Army’s most famous machine gun finally gets a modern sight

Soldiers from a Michigan Army National Guard unit spent June 10, 2026 at Camp Grayling firing one of the most iconic heavy machine guns in American military history through a brand-new optic system that no other unit...
Aviation

Operational pilot flies B-21 Raider in historic first for U.S. testing

In what Air Force officials described as the earliest such integration in modern test history, an operational test pilot flew the B-21 Raider alongside a developmental test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in California, signaling that...
Maritime Security

US Navy orders 50 prototypes of its cheap new hypersonic weapon

Hypersonic weapons have long been the most expensive category of precision strike munitions in any military's arsenal, costing tens of millions of dollars per round and taking decades to develop. The U.S. Navy is now betting on...
Aviation

US invests $400M at Morón base despite Spain’s combat operations ban

The United States Air Force has awarded $400 million in construction contracts to seven Spanish companies to maintain and improve Morón Air Base, a strategically critical installation in southern Spain, even as the base sits at the...
Maritime Security

US Marines’ most powerful helicopter gets a $525M upgrade program

The U.S. Marine Corps operates the most powerful helicopter in the American military inventory, a machine capable of lifting 16,329 kg (36,000 lb) of cargo externally and hauling 12,247 kg (27,000 lb) of payload to a destination...
Aviation

Pentagon awards $2.3B F-35 sustainment contract to Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.3 billion contract to establish and sustain new operating sites for the F-35 Lightning II, the American-built stealth multirole fighter that has become the backbone of air power for...
Maritime Security

US Navy commits $17.6M to fix USS Ford carrier after combat deployment

A ship that spent nearly a year in harm's way, operating under persistent threat from Iranian missiles and one-way attack drones while the Ford Carrier Strike Group carried out or coordinated hundreds of strikes against Iranian targets,...
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