Recap: Highlights from the US Army’s 2025 conference in Washington
The Army continues to transform, with efforts focused on next-gen weaponry, long-range artillery, unmanned systems and much more.
Unmanned
Pentagon stages first ‘Top Drone’ school for operators to hone skills
Industry and military drone operators flew tethered and untethered first-person drones through a course designed to test endurance and maneuverability.
How the Space Force will manage surging launch demand
The service is eyeing the FY24 legislative cycle to address policy and funding issues that could enable it to run its ranges more like spaceports.
Pentagon’s AI office rebooting global experiments for JADC2
Craig Martell said his team took the reins of the Global Information Dominance Experiments to “understand what’s the right way to get after JADC2.”
Commercial Space Office’s Kniseley keeps focus on industry engagement
The organization replaces the Commercial Services Office, which was established just a year ago.
US Army revising how it develops, deploys advanced networking gear
As the U.S. Army prepares for potential conflicts in the Indo-Pacific or Europe, it is placing increasing emphasis on the division, some 15,000 soldiers.
Lockheed Martin reorganizes space business
The national security space business will be led by Maria Demaree, who previously oversaw Lockheed's internal Joint All-Domain Command and Control efforts.
First ‘secret’ task orders received for Pentagon’s $9B cloud contract
Pentagon CIO John Sherman likened the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability to a U.S. Navy carrier strike group — powerful and versatile.
US cyber leaders look to AI to augment network activities
If planes can fly and land using autopilot, ARCYBER boss Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett said, it is "not scary to run a network in an automated way."
Raytheon, Lockheed to compete for Space Force satellite ground system
The industry groups, which include a mix of defense firms and software development companies, will demonstrate their prototypes within the next 18 months.
Zero trust would have helped prevent Pentagon leak, CIO Sherman says
“This is something we’ve grappled with for years,” Pentagon CIO John Sherman said. “We had the Snowden disclosures nearly 10 years ago.”
