USAF plan to fly C-5, C-17s even longer elicits concern
Service says it needs to hedge against delays to planned Next-Generation Airlift plane.
November 25, 2025 | Thomas Novelly

NATO has built a cloud for Ukraine’s classified battle data
The last hurdle is figuring out information-sharing policies to keep it all safe.
November 25, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

Air Force’s AI ambitions mean simplifying its tangle of networks
Over the next year, battle-networks chief aims to reduce systems to a “rational number.”
September 25, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

Pentagon stands up new task force to coordinate anti-drone efforts
The Army will be in charge of the outfit, which will replace the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office.
August 28, 2025 | Meghann Myers

How many drones does it take to replace a destroyer?
Fresh off a summer of testing robotic boats, the Navy’s Task Force 66 wants to turn lessons into metrics.
August 27, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

Pentagon reductions set back critical AI-data platform
After users flocked to Advana, DOD’s AI office laid out a plan to keep it growing. Then came DOGE.
August 20, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

Can COFFEE filters calm the spectrum tug-of-war?
A DARPA project aims to help military and commercial gear squeeze more use out of hotly coveted frequencies.
August 8, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

Space Force to launch ground target-tracking satellites in 2028
The new capability will first go to forces in the Indo-Pacific first.
August 4, 2025 | Audrey Decker

Meet the ‘cobots’ that could lower the cost of building submarines
A rare peek at Electric Boat’s production line finds robots cutting steel—and even welding.
July 24, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

Secure comms with allies is hard. The Pentagon wants to change that
The department is working on an effort to streamline a complex set of classified networks they use with allies and partners.
June 28, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

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How the Army’s most tech-forward units are practicing for war
A two-week exercise simulated island battles—and put some 75 new technologies to the test.
November 23, 2025 | Jennifer Hlad

Army wants to break ground for a microreactor on a US base by 2027
The service is pushing to make bases energy-independent, but safety and fuel-supply concerns persist.
October 14, 2025 | Thomas Novelly

When China plays orbital hide-and-seek, Maui’s telescopes give the US an edge
In an interview, Space Force’s Saltzman reveals what’s next for the key sensor site.
September 19, 2025 | Jennifer Hlad

Ukraine’s milestone shows drones prevent defeat, but don’t secure victory
Drone innovation is speeding up, but war has not followed. Is this the future?
September 3, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

In the Pacific, Army leaders expect today’s fiction to be near-term reality
Service secretary envisions drone-and-soldier teams within just a few years.
July 25, 2025 | Jennifer Hlad

The Pentagon will host a ‘Top Gun’ school for Ukraine-style attack drones
The Defense Department is hoping for “American drone dominance”—but that’s easier said than done.
July 18, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

Army experiments with integrating attack drones into artillery formations
New division formation design includes HIMARS, howitzers, and one-way UAVs.
July 2, 2025 | Meghann Myers

For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller
Everyone loves big AI, but “maybe there is a smaller-parameter model that could run on a laptop.”
May 22, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

Wanted: counter-drone defenses that don’t hurt surrounding neighborhoods
Base defenders need to collect and analyze much more data from many more sources, DIU director says.
May 5, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

Marines say they’re ‘leading the way’ in battlefield autonomy
But unique technical challenges and tech wariness keep robot trucks on a short leash.
May 3, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

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The Army-led task force wants candidates by early next year.

“We’re going to start having some of these uncomfortable discussions” said one official.

Companies team up to avert a ‘Q-Day’ for startups.

The former Army Ranger explores how AI might reshape drone warfare, America’s tech race with China, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and much more.

Appropriators and other lawmakers have pushed for the Navy’s next-gen fighter, but the latest NDAA offers only enough to keep the nascent program warm.

Wide deployment of artificial intelligence now sits atop Emil Michael’s critical priorities.

Observers say broader cooperation could help both sides, if the Trump administration allows it.

A two-week exercise simulated island battles—and put some 75 new technologies to the test.