Ben Wolfgang is a journalist at The Washington Times. He covers a range of topics including security and law enforcement, drone technology, and aerospace, with a particular focus on military and counterterrorism issues. Ben's work has been featured in multiple outlets, including The Washington Times and RealClearDefense.
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By: Ben Wolfgang
An Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz late Monday and its two crew members were rescued, Pentagon officials said.
By: John T. Seward, Ben Wolfgang
An unmanned surface vessel — or drone boat — helped rescue two Army crew members whose AH-64 Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz late Monday, according to government officials and defense industry sources.
A U.S. military operation against Cuba and its outdated defense equipment and badly outmatched armed forces could be simpler and more straightforward than January’s high-stakes raid in Caracas to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
By: Ben Wolfgang
The Pentagon should create a new combatant command focused exclusively on drones and robotics, lawmakers said in a major defense bill that cleared a key Senate committee Thursday.
By: Ben Wolfgang
President Trump has invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to spur the production of more munitions, stockpiles of which have dwindled amid the U.S. war against Iran and years of heavy American military aid to allies such as Ukraine and Israel.
By: Ben Wolfgang
U.S. naval power is undergoing its greatest transformation in a generation, and the nation’s status as the top global military superpower may hinge on the outcome.
By: Ben Wolfgang, Guy Taylor, Mike Glenn
The Trump administration aims to “bulldoze bureaucracy” and dramatically accelerate U.S. commercial and naval shipbuilding to reverse a decades-long slide that has left the nation outpaced by China, according to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought.
By: Ben Wolfgang
The U.S. Navy and its defense industry partners are moving beyond the prototyping phase and toward production of cutting-edge drone boats, a key Pentagon official said this week, with expected increases in defense budgets set to help fund a revolution in unmanned maritime technology.
By: Ben Wolfgang
The Navy is searching for a Marine who went missing from the ship USS Anchorage off the coast of California late last week, Pentagon officials said in a statement late Saturday.
By: Ben Wolfgang
U.S. forces struck targets in Iran again late Saturday while Tehran launched a fresh wave of attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, both home to key American military bases, just hours later.
