The Navy is investing in unmanned systems — on the water, as well as above and below it — to augment existing and near-future firepower. 11 hours ago
Defense companies Hyundai Rotem and Hanwha Aerospace are jockeying for position in what promises to become a milestone acquisition program. 13 hours ago
An image — darkened along the edges and sporting a sparse backdrop — shows its glider-like body and a rounded nose. Little can be seen of the tail. 2 days ago
What might have looked like an aging system not long ago now appears to be a workhorse that could be used for years to come. 3 days ago
The company has already folded the autonomous flight software into three classes of quadcopters, the V-Bat drone, the F-16 jet and the MQM-178 drone. 3 days ago
U.S. Navy leadership has advocated for a hybrid fleet, with sailors and Marines augmented by smart machines and the equipment they carry. 3 days ago
U.S. Navy leaders have lamented a lack of directed-energy options as Houthi rebels in Yemen pepper the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with attack drones. 7 days ago
RCVs are unmanned systems envisioned to work alongside soldiers, schlepping supplies or surveilling adversaries with sophisticated sensors. 8 days ago
The Army will begin a directed-energy test campaign to find the sweet spot for laser weapons when it comes to lethality, reliability and cost. 13 days ago
The agreement for the Main Ground Combat System caps years of wrangling over national preferences for the two main industry actors. 3 weeks ago
Northrop Grumman has also carried out other tests of Sentinel ICBM components, including a fly-off test of its nose cone shroud. 3 weeks ago
The South Korean company is required to complete development of the Ship-to-Air Missile-II by 2030. 3 weeks ago
Footage showed an Altius-700M shooting out of a ground-based launcher, cutting through the air and then crashing into a mock surface-to-air missile system. 4 weeks ago
Three phases of the OWT prototype project were previously said to be worth nearly $95 million. 4 weeks ago
The U.S. Space Force wants industry to invest in on-orbit refueling, but companies say they need standards first. 4 weeks ago
The government listed 49 ongoing modernization and acquisition projects across the various armed forces. Here are some that stood out. 4 weeks ago
Locking in on the same drone year after year may not make sense amid rapidly changing circumstances, he said. 4 weeks ago
At least 31 directed-energy initiatives are underway across the U.S. Department of Defense. Some are more mature than others. 5 weeks ago
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