The defense tech startup disclosed a new “Barracuda” weapon, and put on a demo for reporters where drone wingmen were controlled using voice commands.
By Michael MarrowFilling the gap: Mobile connectivity for Army maneuver forces
Expeditionary forces jumping from island to island in the Indo-Pacific need a mobile way to command and control from vehicles, hotels, and homes.
Anduril is looking to compete as a prime contractor and subcontractor, while Boeing eyes plan to form its team.
By Ashley Roque
The weapon is “a new generation of air-to-surface cruise missile, combining new capabilities based on years of experience in missiles and loitering munition development,” Guy Bar Lev, executive vice-president and general manager of IAI’s Systems Missiles and Space Group, said.
By Seth J. Frantzman
In a demonstration by the French Army, MBDA’s new tech used video taken by one missile to detect new targets taken out by follow-on strikes.
By Christina Mackenzie and Lee Ferran Earlier this year, the service unveiled tentative plans to decide who would participate in a new cruise missile interceptor competition in FY25. Industry feedback over the coming weeks could alter that date and reshape the acquisition timetable.
By Ashley Roque
While this is the first known use of an F-35 to take down an incoming missile, the concept, at least on paper, is not new.
By Seth J. Frantzman
“There are some technical challenges to being able to share it, but ultimately, it’s really an authority….We can at least pick up a phone and relay that there is a threat inbound,” Maj. Gen. Clark Quinn, the deputy commander of Ninth Air Force, Air Forces Central.
By Ashley Roque
Changing the battlefield with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLS
There’s a new battlespace called “air-ground littoral” where quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs now dominate.
Marines have spent several years doing what the Army said it cannot do, integrating Iron Dome components into its larger air defense architecture. The USMC now has approval to continue developing its new cruise missile defense weapon.
By Ashley Roque
“I have great hopes that this administration, with its bold unilateral actions on so many fronts, would take unilateral action with this regime on UAVs,” says Keith Webster, former DoD head of defense cooperation.
By Theresa Hitchens
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office will test-fire a radical new missile defense system in less than a year. The Hyper Velocity Projectile, a supersonic artillery round, is fired from ordinary cannon at 5,600 miles per hour and can kill incoming threats for a mere $86,000 a shot. Compare that to…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The U.S. and its allies must immediately engage at the strategic, diplomatic and tactical military levels in Syria and Iraq. The focus for that action should be uncomplicated; defeat ISIL while supporting the Kurds in reshaping our position in Iraq; put the Iran nuclear agreement in the rear view mirror. There is a clear and present danger of miscalculation,…
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake
It may seem counterintuitive that America investing in a new nuclear weapon design could help lower the chances of a nuclear conflict. But in this new op-ed, Naval War College professor David A. Cooper argues just that, noting that the concept for a new sea-launched cruise missile could end up benefitting nonproliferation and arms control…
By David A. Cooper