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French, Turkish naval companies tinker with torpedo interceptors
Some experts believe that only hard-kill countermeasures will be able to keep warships safe from torpedoes in the future.
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Open development standards are key to keeping the US military on top
Adopting Modular Open System Architecture will help the U.S. military field new technology faster and mass-produce legacy weapons, Navy officials argue.
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Defense tech firms establish AI-focused consortium
The consortium is led by Anduril and Palantir and comes amid a flurry of recent partnership announcements involving the two firms.
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Pentagon green-lights counter-drone strategy amid ‘urgent’ threat
Austin’s strategy is aligned with other high-level DOD efforts, including Replicator 2, which aims to quickly field counter-drone technology.
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Ukraine blinds Russian target seekers with drone-on-drone combat
Ukrainian forces have found success in downing Russian spy drones with cheap, first-person-view drones, analyst Federico Borsari finds.
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Space Force racing to meet training, testing demands
The Space Force is taking a hybrid approach to improving its training systems, stitching together legacy capabilities with commercial tech.
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Army eyes autonomous missile launcher and 1,000-kilometer strikes
The capabilities are still in the research stages but are showing promise.
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Marines take steps to hack human performance with data
A new Marine Corps program aims to enhance lethality by using wearable data to improve every area — from sleep and stress level control to marksmanship.
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NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones
Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors for keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
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How an AI-powered dashboard gets Air Force reservists deployment-ready
The AI-driven personnel management system “was the equivalent of having one extra body in that department, saving them approximately 1,000 hours a year.”
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Air Force wing deployments could leave bases understaffed, GAO warns
Deploying large groups of a base’s airmen together could help unit cohesion, the Air Force hopes — but critical missions like cybersecurity could suffer.
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US will send Ukraine $725M in counter-drone tech, anti-personnel mines
President Biden has pledged to spend all of the military assistance funds Congress approved earlier this year for Ukraine before his administration ends.
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Panel of three-star generals to lead military training modernization
“Gone are the days when we could hand-wave training away. Warfare is obviously way too complicated for that now,” said Caroline Baxter.
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Military officials look to Ukraine war for new lessons in training
“This … is not only a war against Ukraine,” said Maj. Gen. Serhii Salkutsan, its NATO military liaison. “This is a war against the … civilized world.”
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Can the Air Force train nearly 1,500 pilots this year?
The Air Force’s annual pilot production goals often prove elusive.
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Air Force promotes 1 in 5 eligible airmen to chief master sergeant
Airmen typically spend at least 22 years in uniform before making it to chief master sergeant, or E-9.
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Space Force training takes shape as service turns 3
“We’re considering now moving the needle back into training with live operations,” Space Force training boss Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton said.
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Here’s the new Marine Corps strategy for training future troops
The blueprint comprises three overarching projects dubbed “Triumph,” “Trident” and “Tripoli.”
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US Air Force’s AdAir fighter training needs a road map
AdAir has had a sluggish start within the Air Force while the service struggles with major internal issues.
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Advanced threats, operational changes drive training transformation for US Marines
Marines say live training is the gold standard for infantry — but they’re increasingly seeing where that needs to be supplemented with synthetic training opportunities.
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Lockheed unveils pared-down F-35 trainer with same software capability but a 90% reduced footprint
Lockheed Martin spent its own money developing this LITE trainer over the last 18 months after hearing signals from F-35 customers that they needed more training capacity for less cost.
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With T-7 on the way, why is ACC eyeing a new trainer?
While the Air Force has a new trainer designed to teach new pilots how to fly in 5th generation fighter aircraft, the T-7A Red Hawk, Air Combat Command has started exploring the possibility of another Advanced Tactical Trainer.
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US Navy wants to create more lethal pilots for less money with simulators
The Navy wants to create better pilots for less cost, relying on simulators for more basic-level training and preserving the expensive live-flight hours for high-end tactics.
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Unvaccinated Guardsmen won’t be able to drill or draw federal pay: SECDEF memo
Guardsmen who refuse vaccination will not be able to participate in any drills or federal training, which could jeopardize their ability to stay in the military.
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US Navy, Marines look for training systems with accurate adversaries, ability to track individual performance
The Navy and Marine Corps want a Peloton-like training system that lets individual service members see their physical and occupational history, strive to demonstrate improvements — and be able to log in from anywhere in the globe as they move from assignment to assignment.