AUGUST 28, 2025 - The United States Army, in close cooperation with the Polish Air Force Inspectorate, successfully completed a joint live fire campaign of the Spike NLOS missile system from a U.S. Army 12th Combat Aviation Brigade AH-64Ev6 Apache Guardian helicopter. The campaign, held on the northern coast of Poland, marked an important milestone for allied long-range … [Read more...]
AI Will Transform Future Warfighting
AUGUST 28, 2025 - In a conflict scenario, artificial intelligence can assist the warfighter in discerning what is happening in the environment and better understand the tactics the adversary might use, thereby improving decision-making, said Emil Michael, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. Michael provided the keynote address at the National Defense … [Read more...]
YFQ-42A Takes to the Air for Flight Testing
AUGUST 28, 2025 - In a major step toward a new era of airpower, the Department of the Air Force reached a key development milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, with one of its prototype platforms taking flight in less than two years from program launch — signaling a paradigm shift in the way the Air Force acquires new weapon systems. The aircraft, … [Read more...]
Army Producing More Short-Range Reconnaissance Drones
The Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) quadcopter is a small drone platoon-level unmanned aircraft. The soldier’s from the NJARG 2nd Battalion 254th Regiment, from Sea Girt, NJ, are completing training on Range 86. This small UAS is used to recon/scout platoons during training or real-time combat. It provides the Warfighter an enhanced situational awareness and has the capability … [Read more...]
Agency Protects DOD Classified Work From Adversaries
AUGUST 28, 2025 - Academic and technology research related to the Defense Department and its allies is ending up in China's government and military industrial complex, said Matthew Redding, the assistant director of industrial security for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. Redding spoke at the National Defense Industrial Association in Washington today and … [Read more...]