Sam Fellman

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Deputy Editor and Journalist at Business Insider

Journalist, veteran. @BusinessInsider. Via @MilitaryTimes, Iraq, USS Nimitz. sfellman at https://t.co/AJIDskPSjm

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10 American inventions that helped win D-Day

1 day ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Katie Sanders |Mara Storey |Henry Blodget

The M4 Sherman was the backbone of the Allied armored force during World War II. Weighing roughly 40 tons, it was fast, reliable, and built by the thousands. Sherman tanks proved key in helping the Allies break through German defenses at Utah and Omaha Beaches. Some were equipped with a bulldozer blade on the front that could cut through the defenses on the beach — and that would later function as hedgecutters used to break through wall-like hedges throughout Normandy.
Ukraine's drone attack on Russia revealed a potential weakness of Trump's Golden Dome

3 days ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Mia Jankowicz |Henry Blodget

The US's ambitious Golden Dome air defense project may have to factor in the kind of drone threat demonstrated by Ukraine's recent Operation Spiderweb attack on Russia, according to a top US Air Force general. Gen.
Axed $170 million contract shows how DOGE-led cuts came over US Navy objections

6 days ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Kelsey Baker |Henry Blodget

A US Navy contract to move sailors' server-stored records to a secure cloud system was recently torpedoed as part of DOGE-led cuts that show how top officials are under pressure to find large cost-savings even over the objections of their own organizations. An IT services provider named Pantheon received a $170 million contract last year to relocate the records threatened by flooding from a Tennessee data center to cloud storage.
Israel becomes the first country to down drones in combat with a laser weapon

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget

Israel's military used new laser weapons to kill enemy drones, making it the first country to do so in a war. It marks a major development in the fielding and use of these experimental weapons, which militaries worldwide are developing to deepen their defenses against drones and missiles, reducing the strain on other missiles and other projectiles.
We got an inside look at how frontline NATO allies would fight Russia

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget

PYHTÄÄ, Finland — The young soldiers wear dark camouflage and green and black face paint to blend in with the dense forest common on NATO's eastern flank. These conscripts, members of the 3rd Jaeger Company, a unit within the Finnish Army's Pori Brigade, carry anti-tank missile launchers, large mines, and assault rifles. One soldier looks at a paper map, and another calls in instructions on the radio as they scout out recently seized enemy positions. From the nearby road, they cannot be seen.
The F-35 could be 'pilot optional' in the not-too-distant future, Lockheed Martin CEO says

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Mia Jankowicz |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget

Lockheed Martin is developing an advanced version of its F-35 stealth fighter jet that could potentially be uncrewed, the company's CEO said on Wednesday.
Hegseth Announces Cuts at Pentagon's Weapons Testing Office

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget

A sweeping reorganization is weakening the Pentagon's office that tests weapons, an office established by Congress that has met plenty of resistance from the contractors who build weapons and the military leaders who buy them. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the cuts on Wednesday, releasing a memorandum on staff reductions, a leadership change, and pivot in focus.
Defense Department employees received an email asking for ideas on how to 'root out waste'

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Rebecca Rommen |Henry Blodget

Defense Department employees received an all-staff email asking them to submit ideas on how to "root out waste."The request marked the end of the controversial five-bullet exercise, in which federal employees were asked by the Department of Government Efficiency to send five bullet points of their accomplishments every week. The final email, seen by Business Insider, was sent last week by Jules Hurst III, the acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
Drones are forcing the Army to rethink its robotic combat vehicles. See the revolutionary prototypes.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Lauren Frias |Henry Blodget

While the RCV program was not explicitly mentioned as one of the Army's "obsolete programs," Driscoll said, after putting the RCV concept to the test, the system proved to be "incredibly valuable, but the actual cost ratio just didn't work.""What we've seen, and this has been seen all over the world, is we keep creating and purchasing these exquisite machines that very cheap drones can take out," Driscoll said during a May 6 episode of the War on the Rocks podcast.
The $8 billion US scramble to defend Guam from China has glaring problems

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Chris Panella |Henry Blodget

The US military's plans for missile defenses on Guam are hitting major snags, per a new government watchdog report. The problems range from a lack of strategy or timeline for sustaining the defense systems, Army logistics and maintenance issues, and unknowns over the housing and base services they'll need.

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Articles

10 American inventions that helped win D-Day

Ukraine's drone attack on Russia revealed a potential weakness of Trump's Golden Dome

Axed $170 million contract shows how DOGE-led cuts came over US Navy objections

Israel becomes the first country to down drones in combat with a laser weapon

We got an inside look at how frontline NATO allies would fight Russia

The F-35 could be 'pilot optional' in the not-too-distant future, Lockheed Martin CEO says

Hegseth Announces Cuts at Pentagon's Weapons Testing Office

Defense Department employees received an email asking for ideas on how to 'root out waste'

Drones are forcing the Army to rethink its robotic combat vehicles. See the revolutionary prototypes.

The $8 billion US scramble to defend Guam from China has glaring problems

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