The Army’s future-warfare exercise overcame a host of technical glitches to link systems ranging from NRO and NGA spy satellites to Marine Corps fighter jets.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Could mini-drones and robot trucks, coordinating via 5G, replace vulnerable manned convoys?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The missile firings, DoD says, “further destabilize the situation in the South China Sea. Such exercises also violate PRC commitments under the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea to avoid activities that would complicate or escalate disputes and affect peace and stability, and call into question its motivations with ongoing negotiations for a Code of Conduct between China and ASEAN.”
By Colin ClarkBreaking Defense has obtained an email from Adm. Michael Gilday detailing the damage of 11 of the amphibious ship’s 14 decks.
By Paul McLearyDespite past battles over Project Maven and other military uses of AI, “Google and many others” are now working with the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, its new acting director says.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“I spent the first 15 years of my career walking around in a lab with a laser, saying ‘does anyone want this…’ and the warfighter [kept] going ‘that’s adorable,’” Craig Robin recalled ruefully. “Just recently there’s been a tremendous pull [because] we simply just got out it into the user’s hands and they recognized the value.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The military will consolidate from dozens of different, often-incompatible counter-drone defenses to just seven — with a single common standard for command & control.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Army’s eager to link its missile defense C2 network to the Air Force, Navy, and Marines – as long as that doesn’t slow the millisecond timing required to hit high-speed targets.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.With tens of thousands of military and civilian personnel working from home, IT projects that normally take years to grind through the bureaucracy are now happening in weeks — but cybersecurity concerns persist.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“You’ll see some significant changes” in the Navy report “regarding the portion of the fleet that supports maneuver of Marines and the expeditionary elements of that,” Gen. David Berger says.
By Paul McLearyA modern mechanized military lives or dies by maintenance. But what if a computer could warn you when your weapons and vehicles were about to break, so you could fix them before they ever let you down?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col Mike Andrews added in a statement that the temporary Mitsubishi closure only affects Japanese aircraft, while Lockheed “is restricting travel” to the Cameri facility, based on a US Embassy travel warning.
By Paul McLearyFour bases around the country will pioneer military use of the new high-speed communications network technology.
By Paul McLeary