SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - The U.S. Army and Indonesian Armed Forces supported a multiday joint land strike with an Australian Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) underscoring continued partnership and interoperability at Super Garuda Shield 25. In the multilateral training strike during Super Garuda Shield 25 in Baturaja, Indonesia Sept. 1 and 3, 2025, under the control of the … [Read more...]
Guard Provides Security Presence in D.C.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - More than 2,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen from six states and the District of Columbia are on duty in Washington as part of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, Joint Task Force District of Columbia, in support of local and federal authorities and law enforcement agencies. "These extraordinary service [members] are here to serve the task … [Read more...]
Autonomy Advances with First Alternative Navigation Flight
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - A bright orange dart drifted in the air at approximately 1,000 feet. The cloudless, bright blue skies practically swallowed up the 7-foot, 50-pound unmanned aerial system as it flew its pattern. As it passed overhead, the sound from it at ground level was like a revved up weed eater engine. Those quiet Osprey MK III flights at Duke Field, north of Eglin … [Read more...]
Depth-Perception System Enhances EOD Robotics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - What started as a school project has developed into a promising innovation for explosive ordnance disposal operations across the Defense Department. While completing his degree in electronics engineering technology at the University of Arkansas Grantham, former Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Trombone was challenged to solve a real-world problem within just … [Read more...]
BLADE Cuts Down Drones
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - Soldiers from the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment detected, tracked, engaged and defeated multiple drones at ranges between 500 and 800 meters using the Ballistic Low Altitude Drone Engagement (BLADE) system from a Stryker vehicle at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area in northeast Poland during a live fire event for Project Flytrap 4.0 on Aug. 1. “Some of those … [Read more...]