AN/TWQ-1 Avengers fire FIM-92 Stinger missiles and have been joined by counter-drone fly-away sensor and jammer kits from U.S. Northern Command.

The company is also aiming to trial an air-to-ground derivative of their FQ-42 Vengeance CCA in live-fire tests next year.

At least six soldiers are planning to file for preliminary religious exemptions, a nonprofit leader told The Sun. More are expected to follow.

That’s almost double the 42 aircraft the non-partisan agency counted in a report released six months ago.

While Ukraine is already actively operating the Protector heavy unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) by Ukrainian Armor—capable of carrying a payload of up to 1.5 tons—Australia has gone a step further by unveiling the new, BladeHAUL XL-UGV, which can transport up to 10 tons of cargo

There is something of a budding, but murky hypersonic arms race emerging on the Korean Peninsula.

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An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said Thursday.

For more nearly a year, soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been experimenting and building their own drones, as well as participating in drills on waging unmanned warfare after Ukraine pioneered such tactics in its yearslong conflict with Russia. Last November, 600 soldiers formed a battalion that specialized in drone warfare and was set up to be used as a dedicated unit that could deploy anywhere drones were required.

Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the Army’s acting chief of staff, has ordered the battalion to refocus on its core mission of being an airborne infantry unit, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal Army deliberations. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the change.

The contrast between Russia’s tactical flexibility and operational rigidity is revealing of the insecurity in its executive function.

Lt. Gen. Kevin D. Admiral was nominated this week to serve as the next leader of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.

Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.

The United States Army spent the last two decades optimizing sustainment for permissive environments defined by uncontested supply lines, contractor support, and static forward operating bases. As the National Defense Strategy shifts toward strategic competition and multidomain operations, however, this efficiency-driven model has become a liability. In large-scale combat operations, victory will depend less on

SEOUL--Hanwha’s Philly Shipyard has the capability of building ⁠a nuclear-powered submarine for ‌the U.S. Navy, said ‍Alex Wong, global chief strategy officer at Hanwha Group, according to a statement from the South Korean company on Thursday.

President says the ships will be bigger, faster and a hundred times more powerful than any previous US-built warship

Being able to deploy LUCAS kamikaze drones from Navy ships drastically opens the aperture as to where swarms of these aircraft can emanate from.

The new funding stemmed from a Defense Department-wide barracks task force stood up in October to overhaul the military’s aging housing.

The move comes days after Navy Secretary John Phelan canceled the yearslong delayed program.

The USMC just issued a call for 10,000 FPV drones to be delivered in one year, a small step toward fielding this capability across the force.

Video footage has emerged from China showing a new tactical transport aircraft conducting a test flight over an unidentified location in the country.

The U.S. military will end its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone.

MBDA awarded £316 million contract to deliver new DragonFire systems to the Royal Navy from 2027, after achieving UK first in latest testing by shooting down high-speed drones with new laser system.

Information relating to Australian military programs has been compromised in cyber attacks on defence industry contractors, exposing security vulnerabilities along supply chains.