Science & Tech
Anti-drone ‘shoot-out’ lets experienced soldiers wring out latest gear
Organizers created innovative firing ranges to handle everything from anti-drone rifles to directed-energy weapons.
Science & Tech
Navy still bullish on lasers but widely-deployed directed-energy ship defense remains years away
Quest gains urgency as enemy drones and missiles get better, cheaper, and more widely used.
Science & Tech
Near-autonomous satellites could be coming in a decade, Space Force envisions
AI-powered spacecraft would need fewer vulnerable ground stations, chief buyer said.
Ideas
Defense boom drives 33% sales surge for Rheinmetall
“We have never seen such growth,” says CEO of German company that recently opened a repair facility in Ukraine.
Ideas
It’s increasingly difficult to see how Qatar can broker a Gaza breakthrough
Doha's mediation efforts have been undermined by Israel's recent assassination of Hamas' longtime political chief.
Policy
DARPA hires Twitter whistleblower as CIO
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko will return to the agency after a decade spent working for several leading tech firms.
Defense Systems
The Pentagon’s IT agency looks to expand cloud offshore
The agency has been expanding services outside the continental U.S. while reworking tools to ease data access.
Threats
Replicator passes a milestone as some troops complete training with cheap new drones
DepSecDef says the systems will be a formal part of the 2026 budget.
Policy
Wartime need for drones would outstrip US production. There’s a way to fix that
The U.S. military needs to “mainstream” new operating concepts and get going with big orders, experts say.
Business
Air Force-facilitated arms export sales reach all-time high
“Business is booming,” particularly for fighter jets, officials say.
Science & Tech
Pentagon planning huge experiment for its connect-everything concept
“We see significant progress,” in opening up DOD data, one observer said. But a bigger, multinational test is coming.
Business
Warily, US companies eye co-production deals in Ukraine
Industry is taking a “crawl, walk, run” approach to making weapons in Ukraine, State Department says.
Defense Systems
Air Force aims to replace its insecure VIP flight scheduling system
The service wants a cloud-based app that can handle double the Pentagon's existing fleet of 66 VIP aircraft.
Threats
Tomorrow’s soldiers may breach minefields with robots made from decades-old APCs
On Thursday, the Army test-fired a Mine Clearing Line Charge from a specially rigged M113 personnel carrier.
Business
The plan to keep B-52s flying is getting even pricier
The Air Force has brought in a former Pentagon official to help negotiate with Boeing.
Policy