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FORT IRWIN, Calif. - Spc. Christopher Frank donned bright white goggles that stuck out against the desert valley. The scouts were surrounded by rocky hills like the ones they had been humping new drone gear up over the past few days. It would be over 100

DAYTON, Ohio - While the Air Force is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for its sustainment and maintenance needs, service officials say most efforts remain in experimentation or market research as they determine where the technology can pro

The Missile Defense Agency issued a presolicitation Monday for a new highly mobile, rapidly deployable sensor system that could help the U.S. military detect and track hypersonic missiles and other advanced airborne threats. The Forward-Based Mode (FBM) R

The Defense Department's next Manufacturing Innovation Institute will focus on reviving America's domestic fabric production capacity and enabling modern and much better-performing military materials. Senior defense officials unveiled plans on Monday to l

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is considering a new program to develop a hypersonic missile demonstrator that would serve as the baseline of future weapons, according to a special notice. The agency posted a request for information to Sam.g

The Marine Corps awarded self-described "neo-prime" Epirus $11 million for its high-powered microwave program, including a system the company says can attach to different vehicles to zap down drone swarms on the move. The High-power Microwave Autonomous V

Concerns are mounting as new details slowly emerge about the government's high-dollar core integration contract for the Pentagon's War Data Platform, formerly known as Advana, that Accenture Federal Services recently won. "You don't fix a broken program b

It takes defense companies up to 18 months to book an Army range to test new military technology. Now, the service is trying to cut that wait time to 30 days by opening up multiple bases to industry and launching a "concierge" website for vendors to reser

The Marine Corps is organizing a multi-day hackathon that will feature the development of agents using the military's enterprise generative AI platform. The service announced plans for the initiative in a MARADMIN message released Friday that was signed o

Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess has been confirmed as the newest chief of space operations, allowing him to become the third person to ever serve as the Space Force's highest-ranking officer. The general was nominated for the role in April by President Donald Trump