Army Robots Go Rolling Along – Ahead Of Schedule
Industry’s prototype Robotic Combat Vehicles are proving more capable than the Army expected, Brig. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman told me: “It is really exciting.”
Special Ops Using Army’s Prototype 3D Maps On Missions: Gervais
But building a global 3D terrain database will require wrangling huge amounts of data, Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais told us.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
New eBrief: Soldier Lethality: From G.I. Joe To Iron Man
The American Soldier is evolving from low-tech grunt to high-tech warrior. For decades, the infantry have gotten the least investment in new equipment. Now that’s changing. 
Carter Ham On AUSA 2019 & What’s At Stake For The Army
“The last few years have been quite good for the association's annual meeting and for the Army,” the AUSA president told us, but “I'm very, very worried” about the 2020 budget.
IT For Rent: Army Piggybacks On Air Force Services Contract
The services are collaborating as never before, officials said, as they outsource non-combat networks through new "IT as a service" contracts.
Who Will Build 651 Parachuting Trucks For The Army?
Auto giant General Motors is the outsider in a competition against two teams of companies with decades of defense experience: Oshkosh-Flyer and Polaris-SAIC.
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America must adopt a Sixth Domain of warfare doctrine
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
Bradley Replacement: Army Risks Third Failure In A Row
With the surprise disqualification of the Raytheon-Rheinmetall Lynx, the Army has effectively left itself with one competitor for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, General Dynamics -- unless the Pentagon or Congress intervene.
Army Secretary Ramps Up 3D Printing
A new policy orders organizations across the Army to embrace advanced manufacturing to “fundamentally change” both modernization and readiness.
Visualizing The Invisible Battle: Raytheon’s EWPMT
With the new Raytheon software, the Army will no longer be fighting blind against enemy radio jamming — but its own jammers to strike back remain years away.
Bell Unveils Army Scout Helicopter — With Wings
With its trademark tiltrotors too big for the Army’s FARA requirement, Bell is squeezing every ounce of performance out of a helicopter. Will it be fast enough?
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Answering the demand signal to move faster, field sooner, iterate continuously
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
Trump’s Claim Of $2.5 Trillion In DoD Dough: Not True
If you count next year’s budget, the president will be actually selling himself short. But his other superlatives are not justified.
Trump Extols ‘My Friend,’ Gen. Milley; CJCS Promises ‘Candid’ Advice
Subtle, significant differences in what the two men said about foreign allies reveal one of the potential fault lines between Trump and Milley.
EW, Cyber Require Next-Gen Hardware: Conley
It’s not all about AI and software. You need hardware compact enough -- and secure enough -- to deploy into a war zone.
No AI For Nuclear Command & Control: JAIC’s Shanahan
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center won't automate nuclear response -- but it is working towards AI on conventional weapons and leery of arms control.