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.

  • Patrick Tucker
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.

  • Sam Skove
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.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Army’s planned assault rotorcraft clears hurdle, will move to engineering phase

Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program gets greenlight to build six prototype tiltrotors.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: Army rethinks maneuver warfare; Osprey-inquest results; Farnborough wrap-up; Weekend reading; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

New tech will make tomorrow’s wars more dangerous to troops, Army says

New sensors and long-range weapons may force the service to rethink doctrine.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: Assassination in Iran; US strike in Iraq; Army seeks new missile; Boeing names next CEO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Army wants a more powerful missile for its new medium-range air-defense system

Give me AMRAAM capability in the Sidewinder-firing IFPC, missile chief asks industry.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: US, Japan, S. Korea sign pact; Israel hits school; US warns Lebanon residents; Why is autocracy thriving? And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

US Forces Japan to be upgraded to warfighting command

The shift will move operational control of Japan-based forces east from Hawaii and, officials say, deepen cooperation with the Japanese military.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

As new gear flows to Army units, experiments reveal risks and rewards

The 25th ID commander says his units are reaping the benefits of a new Army fielding strategy.

  • Sam Skove
Exclusive Science & Tech

Can AI speed up the discovery of new materials? Army aims to find out

Two contracts to a Google spinoff seek innovations in vehicles, electrical systems.

  • Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems

Ukraine’s cheap sensors are helping troops fight off waves of Russian drones

Sub-$500 rig helps save expensive air-defense missiles for bigger threats.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

US ‘winding down’ Gaza pier operations

Now, the issue is “getting aid around Gaza effectively,” national security advisor says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Orban in Kyiv; Russia presides over UNSC; NATO’s new Kyiv posting; Army to field EW backpacks; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Sam Skove
Science & Tech

US soldiers will get electronic warfare backpacks later this year

The system is a portable combination of a jammer and scanner.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: Alerts across Europe; $4.5 billion for Patriot missiles; Thousands of US weapons to Israel; China taps private firms for cyber offense; Boeing’s new deal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Lauren C. Williams and Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Taiwan leaders on China; Patriots to Ukraine?; Moscow’s Africa disinfo; Gaza pier inquest; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Army tests next-gen long-range fires capability in Pacific

Land forces also used high-altitude sensing balloons and new endurance ISR drone during a Navy-led exercise.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

Army to seek industry help on AI

"We're not gonna develop our algorithms better than y’all,” a service acquisition leader told an industry conference.

  • Alexandra Kelley
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