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A new $775 million military aid package for Ukraine marks the first time the U.S. is sending ScanEagle drones for targeting artillery to the country.

The United States invests a lot of diplomatic elbow grease into Indo-Pacific players like Japan and Korea, but we’ve overlooked smaller nations.

Risking transatlantic unity over chosen paths of support is not an option we can afford.

The Army has chosen Aerovironment's Jump 20 unmanned aircraft to initially replace Shadow UAS.

Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Mission Systems will develop concepts for the Army's Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade.

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The Marine Corps said it has trained pilots how to respond when such clutch issues occur, and is looking for longer-term solutions to alert pilots.

The Army has chosen Aerovironment's Jump 20 unmanned aircraft to initially replace Shadow UAS.

A bipartisan group of senators urges the FCC to overturn the 2020 Ligado decision establishing a new 5G network that critics say could interfere with GPS.

JADC2 is the Pentagon’s concept for a wholly connected military, in which information flows quickly and accurately across land, air, sea, space and cyber.

The U.S. warned against further engagement with Russia’s defense sector amid reports Turkey will move forward with a second S-400 batch.

Austin first contracted COVID early this year, though both cases have presented only mild symptoms.

Adm. Richard also discussed the recent Minuteman III test delay.

The Omnibus IV contract addresses four market segments that companies could be selected to provide services to the DoD: research and development; R&D support services; regulatory processes; and translational science and support services.

The Navy is too slow to get new ships and shipboard systems out on deployment, a 3-star admiral says. Growing threats mean the Navy must move faster.

The Army will, however, maintain its 1st Space Brigade, based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

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The United States invests a lot of diplomatic elbow grease into Indo-Pacific players like Japan and Korea, but we’ve overlooked smaller nations.

Risking transatlantic unity over chosen paths of support is not an option we can afford.

The Army has chosen Aerovironment's Jump 20 unmanned aircraft to initially replace Shadow UAS.

The Army will, however, maintain its 1st Space Brigade, based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

"I watch a lot of HGTV," said Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, commander of ARCYBER. "It's time for the open concept."

The change in government comes at a delicate moment for Italy as it rebuilds its economy after the Covid pandemic while weathering energy price hikes.

The Marine Corps said it has trained pilots how to respond when such clutch issues occur, and is looking for longer-term solutions to alert pilots.

The companies plan to offer defense customers AEye’s 4Sight software-definable lidar system to help warfighters identify potential threats.

"Project Convergence 22 is the perfect, practical example of where we are coordinating laterally with our sister services," said Lt. Gen. John Morrison.

Russia said three MiG-31 fighters with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles arrived at the Chkalovsk air base in the Baltic Sea territory.

The Army's new Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory will help the service drive down cost and schedule risk in emerging laser weapons programs.

Air Force Special Operations Command has begun investigating what is causing the clutches in the aircraft to slip.

The program is six months to a year from being fully operational, according to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton.

Oleksii Reznikov described Ukraine as “a testing ground,” where “many weapons are now getting tested in the field, in the real conditions of battle.”

American Rheinmetall Vehicles and GM Defense are combining heir strengths in the vehicle world to compete for the U.S. Army's Common Tactical Vehicle.

JADC2 is the Pentagon’s concept for a wholly connected military, in which information flows quickly and accurately across land, air, sea, space and cyber.

The U.S. warned against further engagement with Russia’s defense sector amid reports Turkey will move forward with a second S-400 batch.

The allies’ summertime drills, named Ulchi Freedom Shield, will take place from Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 in South Korea.

The test was postponed for 12 days in an effort to lower tension with China following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

The Pentagon's 2020 ICAM strategy acknowledged failures to “maximize the strategic, operational, and tactical benefits of information sharing.”

Austin first contracted COVID early this year, though both cases have presented only mild symptoms.

The Pentagon will use the software as part of its System for Insider Threat Hindrance, or “SITH,” in another apparent military reference to Star Wars.

“We want to demonstrate that we can be in Asia within a day,” said Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz, the service’s chief of staff.

Hundreds of new Ukrainian Army recruits are training to liberate Ukraine from the Russian invasion — but they are doing it more than 1,000 miles away.

Service technicians inspected 706 cartridges from 349 F-35s, as well as additional supplies of spare cartridges.

The U.S. offer to sell Boeing CH-47 Chinooks was discussed as early as last year by the Philippine defense secretary and his American counterpart.

Despite the inoffensive name — a far cry from Reaper or Predator drones or Hellfire missiles — the electronic warfare system can bare its claws.

The Missile Defense Agency director lays out his top priorities to address current and emerging missile threats.