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Anduril hires former Army official who led rapid tech development

The Army's former Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office director is joining Anduril to lead its Huntsville expansion.

2 days ago

Meet the next sergeant major of the Marine Corps

Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz is currently the top enlisted Marine at Marine Corps Forces Reserve and Marine Corps Forces South.

2 days ago

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Milley: tanks, F-16s coming, but not in time for Ukraine offensive

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley says Ukrainian forces are training on Abrams tanks and US is working on agreements to train them on F-16s.

Israel intends to share data for weaving Iron Dome into US air defense

Israel's missile defense leader said his government will share whatever information is necessary to allow Iron Dome to be integrated with U.S. systems.

6 days ago

Multiple companies could win work on US Army’s Project Linchpin AI

Through Project Linchpin, the service intends to deliver artificial intelligence capabilities across the intel, cyber and electronic warfare worlds.

6 days ago

New US Marine unit prepares for major role in the Philippines

The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment has grown in size since last year, and its subordinate units are fully redesignated.

7 days ago

Air Force general set to lead Missile Defense Agency

An Air Force two-star general has been named the next director of the Missile Defense Agency, replacing Vice Adm. Jon Hill.

7 days ago

Equipment for Ukraine drawn from Kuwait wasn’t combat-ready, IG says

If poorly maintained howitzers from Kuwait stock were sent directly to Ukraine, it "would have killed somebody," a DoD inspector general report found.

7 days ago

US Army may ask defense industry to disclose AI algorithms

"It's not to get at vendor IP," Young Bang said. "It's really about, how do we manage the cyber risks and the vulnerabilities?"

7 days ago

U.S. Army Cpl. Tyler Reilly, an infantryman, radios in his situation report after clearing a mock building during training in 2018 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

US Army receives mixed signals from industry on ‘radio as a service’

The Army has hundreds of thousands of radios — too many to quickly and cost-effectively modernize given security deadlines and international competition.

13 days ago

Army eliminates AeroVironment from future tactical UAS competition

The US Army has whittled the competition down to four teams vying to build a Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System.

2 weeks ago

US Army revamps program executive offices to sharpen cyber focus

No jobs are expected to be cut, and contracts should flow as normal, according to three U.S. Army program executive officers.

2 weeks ago

Panzer bonanza: Czech Republic joins Berlin’s Leopard upgrade push

As Germany eyes production of the newest Leopard 2A8 configuration, officials in Berlin hope European neighbors will join the program.

2 weeks ago

Attendees try out the Caliverse Hyper-Realistic Metaverse experience at the Lotte booth at CES 2023 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 5, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada

The next Army recruiting tool amid a slump? It could be the metaverse.

The U.S. Army missed its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal by thousands of new soldiers, leaving it shorthanded.

2 weeks ago

Explore the showroom floor at Spain’s FEINDEF security expo

The defense conference FEINDEF took place in Madrid, Spain, from May 17-19.

3 weeks ago

New Zealand unveils defense budget, with Army in the lead

The government's signals intelligence agency is to receive a 25% boost in funding.

3 weeks ago

U.S. Army soldiers go through a command post modernization operational assessment at the Kinnard Mission Training Complex at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in 2021.

For command post survival, US Army wants more mobility and concealment

Command posts of the past were relatively stationary, cumbersome to set up and break down, and often identifiable by the heat and noise they emit.

3 weeks ago

South Korea to expand nonlethal aid to Ukraine

South Korea, a growing arms exporter with a well-equipped military backed by the United States, has provided humanitarian aid and other support to Ukraine.

3 weeks ago

Soldiers assigned to the "Can Do Battalion" test and provide feedback on network equipment during the U.S. Army’s three-week pilot at Fort Stewart, Georgia, in February 2022.

US Army preps for fresh mobile communications experiment

Armored formations lack the connectivity Army leaders want, and network modernization is among the service’s priorities as it preps for large-scale fights.

3 weeks ago

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The Army's former Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office director is joining Anduril to lead its Huntsville expansion.

Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz is currently the top enlisted Marine at Marine Corps Forces Reserve and Marine Corps Forces South.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley says Ukrainian forces are training on Abrams tanks and US is working on agreements to train them on F-16s.

Israel's missile defense leader said his government will share whatever information is necessary to allow Iron Dome to be integrated with U.S. systems.

Through Project Linchpin, the service intends to deliver artificial intelligence capabilities across the intel, cyber and electronic warfare worlds.

The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment has grown in size since last year, and its subordinate units are fully redesignated.

An Air Force two-star general has been named the next director of the Missile Defense Agency, replacing Vice Adm. Jon Hill.

If poorly maintained howitzers from Kuwait stock were sent directly to Ukraine, it "would have killed somebody," a DoD inspector general report found.

"It's not to get at vendor IP," Young Bang said. "It's really about, how do we manage the cyber risks and the vulnerabilities?"

The Army has hundreds of thousands of radios — too many to quickly and cost-effectively modernize given security deadlines and international competition.

The US Army has whittled the competition down to four teams vying to build a Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System.

No jobs are expected to be cut, and contracts should flow as normal, according to three U.S. Army program executive officers.

As Germany eyes production of the newest Leopard 2A8 configuration, officials in Berlin hope European neighbors will join the program.

The U.S. Army missed its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal by thousands of new soldiers, leaving it shorthanded.

The defense conference FEINDEF took place in Madrid, Spain, from May 17-19.

The government's signals intelligence agency is to receive a 25% boost in funding.

Command posts of the past were relatively stationary, cumbersome to set up and break down, and often identifiable by the heat and noise they emit.

South Korea, a growing arms exporter with a well-equipped military backed by the United States, has provided humanitarian aid and other support to Ukraine.

Armored formations lack the connectivity Army leaders want, and network modernization is among the service’s priorities as it preps for large-scale fights.