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...]
Trump Moves Space Command to Huntsville
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - During a press conference at the White House yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced that U.S. Space Command — one of the Defense Department's 11 unified combatant commands — would be relocating from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to the Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. "I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Space Command … [Read more...]
Medal of Honor Monday: Henry
SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 - During the early days of the Korean War, Army Capt. Frederick Funston Henry chose to take the brunt of an enemy attack alone so the rest of his platoon could survive. For his gallant actions and self-sacrifice, Henry received a posthumous Medal of Honor. Henry was born Sept. 23, 1919, in Vian, Oklahoma, to James and Ida Mae Henry as the third oldest of 13 … [Read more...]