How the industrial base is responding to Air Force, Space Force needs
Demand signals from leadership are shaping investments in design, engineering and manufacturing.
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Building the stand-off and stand-in weapons needed for the fight
Threats have changed the range, seeking and attack capabilities necessary to ensure effectiveness.
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Biodefense is force protection: Ready today, prepared for tomorrow
A decorated combat aviator and biotech CEO advocates preparing for novel viral threats before the next crisis.
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The reasons why Group 2 drones are right-sized for the fight
Fuel cell technology lets smaller, more versatile VTOLs handle tasks previously reserved for larger drones.
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Right sized for the fight, smaller Group 2 drones are solving for the limitations of larger UAS
It’s fuel cells, not batteries, that let Group 2 unmanned VTOLS fulfill many missions of larger Group 3s.
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The Pentagon’s fiber future: How DoD networks race to meet new demands
Outdated networks are colliding with the rise of AI and cloud, pushing the Pentagon to more secure low-latency transport.
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Largest military buildup in the Pacific since World War II means network transport must keep up
The demand for space, terrestrial, and surface/subsurface data at the edge requires networks to scale with fiber optics.
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Processor upgrades enable computing at the edge
Avoiding vendor lock and providing more room for sensors and upgrades are critical considerations.
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Fiber optic is the answer for DoD’s ever-increasing network bandwidth needs
“Data needs to find fiber” is the only way to achieve secure ultra-low latency security for GovCloud applications and AI demand.
‘Hard choices’ afoot if Army unable to grow its annual budget, Wormuth warns
"We don't [want to] inadvertently allow the resources we're spending on soldiers and families to crowd out the modernization that we have to continue with,” Wormuth told reporters.
Digital transformation is a key to maintaining US overmatch against China, Russia
Take a page from Formula 1, for instance, to improve military efficiency, former Acting Army Secretary John Whitley writes.
The danger of FVL incorporating too much IP and hindering spiral improvements
If the Army heeds industry's emphasis on protecting intellectual property than a dependence on proprietary technology will hamstring FVL’s ability to address evolving threats.
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Building the stand-off and stand-in weapons needed for the fight
Threats have changed the range, seeking and attack capabilities necessary to ensure effectiveness.
‘If We Don’t Change, We’re Going To Lose’: Air Force Strategy Dep. Chief Hinote
"Not in all cases, but in more and more cases, we are at parity with our competitor. I don't think that's okay," Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote said.
Air Force ABMS Refocus: Capabilities And Kit, Not Experiments
ABMS "has not been adequately focused on achieving and building specific, measurable improvements and operational outcomes," said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
DISA Accelerates Cloud For Warfighters For All Domain
DISA, using automation, is reducing the time it takes to deploy mission applications in DoD cloud from a year, months, or weeks to hours.
Pentagon, Navy, In Dark About Trump’s USS Truman Decision
The Defense Secretary was given a last-minute heads-up about the White House's demand to keep the USS Harry S. Truman afloat, and the Navy scrambled Wednesday morning to change its message to Congress.