Old tank recovery vehicles get new life as M88A3 is nixed
The latest variant of the M88 Hercules, a recovery vehicle designed to tow disabled heavy combat vehicles off the battlefield, has been canceled.
By Jen Judson
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Air Force experiments with using AI to seek combat targets
The unprecedented exercise was designed to speed up military decision-making and “reduce cognitive load” on humans, the service said.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Pentagon terminates program for redesigned kill vehicle, preps for new competition
The Pentagon has canceled its major effort to redesign the kill vehicle of its Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system. Now the department will initiate a new competition.
By Jen Judson
Will this hybrid drone give Russia a high-altitude advantage?
To reduce the number of moving parts, the whole body tilts, specifically to operate in windy conditions and mountain warfare.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
Texas university to build $130M complex to test Army’s combat tech
The complex is to include a kilometer-long tunnel that will make Texas A&M Engineering “the hypersonics research capital of the country,” according to the school's vice chancellor and dean of engineering.
By Kelsey Reichmann
Trump names retired Navy SEAL vice admiral new acting director of national intelligence via Tweet
In a one two punch, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter both that the nation’s number two intelligence official would be resigning and that he had named a new acting director of national intelligence ― current National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Maguire.
By Nathan Strout
Is this Russia’s gateway drone to better armed robots?
Marker is a testbed designed to shape future combat robot doctrine.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
Replacing the Bradley
Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman, leading the effort to replace Bradley Fighting Vehicles, gives an update on his team’s progress.
By Jeff Martin
Aircraft mission-capable rates hit new low in Air Force, despite efforts to improve
The Air Force’s aircraft readiness continued its multi-year slide in fiscal 2018, as the overall mission-capable rate for the aging fleet dropped below 70 percent — its lowest point in at least six years.
How a new missile warning system benefits industry
The Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program is an early warning missile system that will replace the Space Based Infrared System.
By Nathan Strout
The US Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance program is key to mission success
America’s air-superiority capability is exceedingly fragile. Here's what two readers say must be done.
By Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.) and Doug Birkey