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 JAIC will choose its next project
Here are the three criteria the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center uses to evaluate potential projects.
It’s official: DoD’s JEDI contract is being reviewed ... again
This time the lucrative enterprise cloud contract is being investigated by the Pentagon's inspector general.
One drone down and the new nuance of escalation
A 2015 wargame sought to explore how drones factor into conflict escalation, in an analysis that proves prescient today.
Senate bill would woo high-tech ninjas to military
The co-founders of the Senate’s artificial intelligence caucus introduced the bipartisan Armed Forces Digital Advantage Act as a way to establish a career track for computer scientists in the military.
The Pentagon’s new budget is less drone filler, more drone killer
The new budget shows a tighter outlook on a scattershot field of counter-drone solutions.
The chicken-and-egg debate about new threats in space
Years before Space Force, nations set in motion the current state of weapons aimed at orbit.
White House wants to increase naval lethality with robots
Budget request seeks unmanned surface and underwater vessels.
Norway accuses Russia of jamming its military systems
The Norwegian government has decried what it calls continued “electronic harassment” of critical communications systems and networks by the Russian government.
FLIR set to add Endeavor Robotics to its unmanned future
This marks the sensor company's third acquisition of a vehicle firm since late 2016.
