Andrew Eversden covered the Army for Breaking Defense from 2021-2022.
Step-by-step plan shows that nearly 76 percent of the that $6.8 billion goes toward increasing the climate resiliency of Army installations with microgrids and vehicle electrification.
Rheinmetall and Anduril provided additional details on their partnership for the Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle in an interview with Breaking Defense.
Mapping Europe’s modernization from the Eastern drone wall to actual artificial intelligence resident in tanks.
The Army's 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade has been training Ukrainian troops in Germany since May.
"Our real value comes from us providing options to the joint force here, providing options to the Joint Force commander," the new formation's commander said.
After completing the System Requirements Review-Prototype phase, Raytheon moves on to preliminary design, inching closer to a prototype in its competition with Northrop Grumman.
The new laser will take part in the Army's demonstration of its Indirect Fires Protection Capability-High Energy Laser later this year.
New entrants are filling unmet needs in air-and-missile defense.
Soldiers must be ready for a battlefield where "Army forces are going to be under constant observation, and what can be seen can be targeted," the Army's top civilian said.
Doug Bush laid out multiple avenues for keeping US stockpiles intact while keeping Ukraine armed for its battle against Russia, including potential industry incentives and getting help from America's friends.
The sensors under development will integrate onto the Army's well-known HADES aerial ISR program, designed to conduct "deep" intelligence gathering and target tracking.
Advanced capabilities, like lasers and high-power microwave, will have to work in tandem with bullets or jamming to defeat drones threats as they evolve.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping adversarial cyber operations at machine speed, requiring defenders to increase operational tempo while imposing pain and cost.
Lt. Gen. James Rainey, the Army's deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training is earmarked for Austin, Texas.
"If we wait until a system goes into a sustainment cycle for us to be able to tool up and facilities up, it's way too late,” Letterkenny Army Depot's Kate Williams told Breaking Defense.
With the prototypes, "we're able to launch from one area and very quickly get to another area that is much further away in distance. So it opens up the aperture from a mission perspective," a program leader said.
Boeing will continue to have a hand in MDA's Ground-based Midcourse Defense program.