The British Army’s faulty Ajax vehicles come back to rattle Parliament
The armored vehicles had been declared fully functioning after nine years of delays to the $8 billion program and repeated problems with vibrations.
By Tom Kington
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France is two years from fielding drone swarms in its armed forces
“Obviously, in a dehumanized combat, there’s a sort of coldness behind it all that somewhat gives you goosebumps," a French Army official predicted.
Rafael envisions mothership for optionally manned vehicles
Israeli defense company Rafael is working to create a network of manned and unmanned armored vehicles, with one acting as a mothership to coordinate the use of their weapon systems against targets.
US Army Futures Command chief: How the new command will change the service
The U.S. is engaged in long-term strategic competition with determined adversaries. Within this is a protracted struggle among militaries to out-innovate one another.
By Gen. John Murray
Poor maintenance contributed to a devastating C-130 crash. Here’s how the Air Force will make sure it doesn’t happen again.
How did a corroded KC-130T blade escape the Air Force's quality control apparatus?
By Valerie Insinna
How studying Amazon warehouses can improve battle
Artificial intelligence can process information differently than humans, which may lead to novel battlefield deployments.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
China aims to defeat the US Air Force without firing a shot. Here’s how.
A new study is highlighting China’s growing air power, and warning the U.S. Air Force to keep an eye on the rival air service.
By Kyle Rempfer
Army imagines automation as seamless as in a strategy game
Moving from remote control to autonomy will make a machine that can follow commands rather than directions.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
As defense budgets tighten, a new engine is critical to US Army aviation’s future
The Army needs to be cognizant of possible budgetary setbacks as it plans for the future of its aviation fleets.
By Dan Goure
The Army’s ‘new’ network isn’t actually new
The Army has outlined a different network design based on a series of programs and systems making the Army more lethal and faster.
By Mark Pomerleau
Head of US Army Pacific Command talks multidomain challenges in the region
The Indo-Pacific region has become ground zero for developing the U.S. Army’s Multi-Domain Operations concept, which is meant to serve as its capstone war-fighting doctrine in the years to come.
By Jen Judson
Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke and Jackie Speier question Mattis over border deployments
Democrats, who will gain new oversight powers when they take control of the House in January, are already grilling the Trump administration over its deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Joe Gould