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
Defense tech has a new unicorn
Data-tech startup Govini cinched $150 million in growth capital, tipping the company’s valuation over the $1 billion mark.
Policy
Amid shutdown, the Army will do its best to talk transformation, counter-drones, and acquisition reform
AUSA's annual meeting is slated to feature a rare public discussion of Pentagon’s new homeland focus.
Policy
Current, former state leaders weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops
In legal briefs, 17 current Republican attorneys general support the president, while a bipartisan group of former governors objects.
Policy