Defense Systems

Army’s data-merging cell needs a few years to untangle the mess

The pilot program runs through September, after which the Army will need to officially fund and staff it to keep it going.

Defense Systems

The Navy used drones to sink a retired warship

Lessons from the SINKEX are shaping the service’s plans to buy and fight.

Defense Systems

General Atomics resumes drone-wingman flights after mishap

An investigation by the Air Force and the defense contractor led to a software change.

Defense Systems

US infantry’s drone-warfare experiments are getting bigger

Project Flytrap 5.0 focused on working in teams of hundreds, and larger operations are on the way.

Defense Systems

In reversal, Hegseth now backs E-7 radar plane

SecDef says previous calls to cancel the program reflected a now-discarded ”divest-to-invest mindset.”

Defense Systems

Golden Dome plan would cost $1.2 trillion, CBO finds

That’s seven times what Trump initially said, and almost double the congressional office’s first estimate.

Defense Systems

Air Force MQ-9 downs aerial targets with cheap air-to-air missiles

The Reaper demo is part of the service’s quest for cost-effective defense against inexpensive drones.

Defense Systems

Air Force wants AI in its air-ops command-and-control system

Kessel Run is managing the nascent effort to improve the Air Operations Center Weapon System used by COCOMs.

Defense Systems

First B-52s to get new engines this year

Critical design review clears Boeing to upgrade two Stratofortresses in bid to keep them flying past 2050.

Defense Systems

Marine Corps considering Army’s MV-75 as an attack helo replacement

Bell unveiled an armed version specifically for the Corps at the Modern Day Marine conference.