Sam Fellman

New York

Deputy Editor and Journalist at Business Insider

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

Articles

The US Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is readying to deploy to Europe again

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

The US Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier is preparing to head to Europe for its second-ever major deployment, a US official told Business Insider on Wednesday. USS Gerald R. Ford and ships in its strike group are set to leave their homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, in Virginia, next week on a regularly scheduled deployment that will have them operating in the European Command theater initially, the official said.
200 Marines head to downtown LA, in the Corps' most politically fraught mission

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Kelsey Baker |Henry Blodget

A portion of the 700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles to support federal law enforcement were routed downtown Thursday night to guard a federal building. The development marks the first time Marines will be working in the city, just days after the secretary of defense tasked the Marines to deploy despite objections from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. "Starting today, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines will focus on the protection of federal property and personnel," said Task Force-51 mission commander Maj.
Israel's trying to wipe out Iran's nuke program. It won't be an easy kill.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget

Israel launched an air assault against Iran early Friday morning that officials said is intended to damage Tehran's nuclear program. Hundreds of Israeli warplanes participated in a series of widespread airstrikes targeting sites associated with Iran's nuclear and missile programs, as well as military leaders and air defense systems, in a major escalation that has already drawn a retaliatory attack from Tehran.
10 American inventions that helped win D-Day

3 weeks 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 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

4 weeks 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.