PDW is future-proofing arsenals with lethally affordable multirotors
The creator of the world’s most mission-versatile sUAS, the C100, is now revolutionizing small drones from a first-person view.
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Esper: Chinook & JLTV ‘Designed For a Different Conflict’
The Army's rebuilding to face China and Russia. That may leave programs designed over the past decade for COIN operations in the dust.
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
US Army Pursues Israeli Robots
TARDEC, soon to be part of the new Army Futures Command, is exploring a wide range of Israeli robots. But IAI is already looking into the next generation: "flocks" or swarms of robotic systems that communicate with each other and collaborate to accomplish their mission.
Detect Nukes In Flight With Electron Beam Technology
So, I asked, could a sufficiently high-powered neutron beam not just detect a nuclear warhead from a distance, but actually disable it? Dent, who worked on the Safeguard missile defense system as a young Army officer and later on Reagan's Star Wars initiative for SAIC, pondered a moment. Then he said: “Could it fry the electronics ? Yes, it could."
All Armored Brigades To Get Active Protection Systems: Gen. Milley
"Once the US companies come on line," Gen. Milley said, "the intent is to outfit the entire heavy force — the Bradleys, the tanks, any future combat vehicles — with active protective systems.”
Army Secretary Rides Robot Truck: ‘Critical’ Tech For Big Six
“If you look back at the Iraq war, one of the most dangerous duties was driving, riding in a convoy between Kuwait City and Baghdad. We lost many, many soldiers, too many soldiers, to IED (roadside bomb) attacks, other attacks on convoys," Esper said. "I could’ve reduced that vulnerability, that sacrifice, (with) unmanned convoys or convoys that were manned by (only) a couple of soldiers.”
10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025
It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.
Army Under Secretary Scopes Out Sensors: Fielding Fast
"It's very encouraging," McCarthy said. "It gives you high confidence in some of these investments we're going to make....We've got these decisions coming up here by the middle of the summer for the POM 20" -- the five-year budget plan (Program Objective Memorandum) for 2020-25.
The EMP-Proof Truck: AM General Doubles Down On Humvee
SOUTH BEND, IND.: The US military replaced its Humvees in Afghanistan and Iraq, with heavier, better armored vehicles because of the threat from roadside bombs. But that approach may not work In a high-tech conflict, argues manufacturer AM General. You might want to go back to the Humvee. Why? Because it’s simpler. There are no […]
Build Joint STARS: Leverage Competition, Lower Risk
Air Force senior leaders must decide whether to build a new airborne ground radar surveillance capability. The Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) is a system boasting sophisticated radar, electronic, and communication suites installed in a modified Boeing 707. Over the last decade, this command and control aircraft, empowered by its Ground Moving […]
SAIC, Singaporeans Challenge BAE For Marine Corps ACV: Tests To Begin
An upstart odd couple has challenged armored vehicle giant BAE for the right to build the Marine Corps’ swimming tank. One is Singapore’s ST Kinetics, maker of the Singapore Armed Forces‘ amphibious Terrex vehicle. The other is McLean, Va.-based SAIC, best known as a service contractor, which is working with the Singaporeans to build a […]
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Army Vice Chief Allyn Lists Service’s Robotic Priorities
AUVSI: Future warfare will “place a premium on all types of unmanned systems,” the Army’s vice chief of staff said Wednesday, and Gen. Daniel Allyn told the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International his service has five priority objectives for them. “First, these systems must increase our situational awareness, going where manned systems cannot, thereby […]
Harris Bomb-Squad Bot Has A Delicate Touch
WASHINGTON: Cut the red wire? Cut the blue wire? That classic action movie dilemma isn’t even on the table for bomb squads using current robots, which can drag the bomb away from people or blast it with a shotgun. That’s what Harris has developed its T7 Explosive Ordnance Disposal robot, which has fingers — sort of. The […]
Iran Nuke Deal: Will US Troops In Region Be At Risk?
Amidst the constant roar of very predictable Republican and Jewish opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, it’s often been difficult to discern intelligent and rational discourse. Rebeccah Heinrichs, who distinguished herself during her time as a Capitol Hill aide as a tough and intelligent partisan who didn’t always abandon the facts, offers this intriguing analysis of the possible effects […]
Army’s Electronic Warfare Cupboard Is Bare: No Jammer Until 2023
PENTAGON: The US Army is struggling to fund the increasingly crucial capabilities it fields for electronic warfare, which it largely abandoned after the Soviet Union fell. The Army has over 32,000 short-range defensive jammers to stop roadside bombs, but on current plans, it won’t have an offensive jammer until 2023. “Can that be accelerated? Yes,” said […]