Policy
Air Force spikes plans to stand up command focused on competing with China
Service says it will create a new role focused on modernization efforts instead.
Defense Systems
The Army's new tank will roll out a decade early. Here’s how they did it
Soldiers are expected to be riding in the M1E3 next year, well ahead of the tank's planned 2030s arrival.
Exclusive
Threats
China’s burgeoning undersea sensor net aims to turn the ocean transparent
The PLA is building a self-healing “kill web” to surpass today’s brittle kill chains.
Business
Counterdrone tech has a production problem
Big defense prime companies pairing with scrappy upstarts could help tip the scales.
Defense Systems
Dismount before contact: Learning to fight with the infantry squad vehicle
How the Army is adapting to protect soldiers in its new open-air dune buggy.
Threats
China is ‘pacing threat,’ Army Secretary says—while backing Trump’s homeland defense push
Driscoll’s comments follow Pentagon documents detailing shift away from Indo-Pacific.
Science & Tech
Army wants to break ground for a microreactor on a US base by 2027
The service is pushing to make bases energy-independent, but safety and fuel-supply concerns persist.
Policy
It took 45 days to rush drone defenses to CENTCOM. That’s no longer good enough: Army vice chief
Agile funding could have cut that down to a few days, Gen. Mingus says.
Business
Boeing unveils concept for Army unmanned tiltrotor aircraft amid military push for drones
Renderings reveal a potential robot wingman for the Army’s helicopter fleet.
Science & Tech
The Army wants AI to help man artillery and air defense units
Leaders say the problem is that the technology is nowhere near what it needs to be.
Threats
Homeland pivot isn't affecting troops in South Korea, so far: commander
Soldiers are “being fed,” “still training” amid government shutdown, 8th Army commander says.
Ideas
Defense One Radio, Ep. 196: “The Wounded Generation” by David Nasaw
A celebrated historian shares years of research into the quiet and not-so-quiet struggles of millions of American veterans returning home from World War II.
Defense Systems
Anduril debuts Eagle Eye, a modular, AI-powered soldier headset
One variant is being pitched for the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command program.
Business
Sikorsky’s unmanned U-HAWK is a UH-60L minus the cockpit
As Army mulls retiring its Black Hawks, company touts variant that can carry more while freeing up aircrew.
Exclusive
Science & Tech
Startup aims to reinvent battlefield medicine for the drone era
High-intensity conflict will require better connected, more defendable field hospitals for longer term care.
Policy
US to build facility for Qatari F-15s in Idaho; details remain unclear
The project, which appears to flow from the terms of the jets' 2017 sale, drew criticism and questions.
Business