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Navy tests using drones for medical supply deliveries during RIMPAC

A Navy warship launched and recovered six drones used to deliver vital supplies and take the burden off manned aircraft.

5 days ago

NATO tests counter-drone playbook amid real-life jamming in Romania

Alliance officials encountered enemy GPS spoofing and jamming at an exercise site on the Black Sea shore.

5 days ago

Industry

Boeing’s aircraft woes drive drone focus at Leonardo facility

Leonardo had told unions in Rome that the plant at Grottaglie would need to shut down for four months.

U.S. Coast Guard crew members assigned to the cutter Stratton drive a long range interceptor boat towards a Taiwan fishing vessel during illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing operations in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 2, 2022.

NGA wants industry’s help monitoring illegal activity in Indo-Pacific

Interested companies have until May 24 to submit responses, after which some will be selected for review by the Defense Innovation Unit.

2 months ago

Sightline urges India to provide information on arrested reporter

It has been almost a year since the Indian government arrested Vivek Raghuvanshi, a longtime freelancer journalist with Defense News.

2 months ago

A rocket sits in a field near grazing cows on April 10, 2022, in Ukraine.

Electronic warfare in Ukraine has lessons for US weapons, navigation

Washington and other governments have committed billions of dollars of aid to Ukraine, including armored vehicles and secure communication devices.

2 months ago

A pair of F-35 Lightning IIs pass under the sun near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Lockheed, Maxar ink agreement to enhance F-35 flying simulator

Doing things digitally can save real-world materiel from wear and tear while also boosting the amount of hours one can practice.

2 months ago

Anduril Industries said its Pulsar line of electronic warfare technology can counter drones and improvised explosive devices.

Anduril touts Pulsar jammers that rapidly adapt to changing threats

“At a high level, we’re in production of these systems, so we’re pumping them out and they are being used,” said Sam El-Akkad with Anduril Industries.

2 months ago

A Ukrainian serviceman talks on the radio during a tank training exercise in the Chernigiv region on Sept. 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine comms struggles spur European hunger for L3Harris radios

Reliable, low-profile means of relaying battlefield information have become a linchpin for fighting in Eastern Europe.

2 months ago

A Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft sails out of the Del Mar Boat Basin during Project Convergence Capstone 4 at Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine Corps eyeing more recon boats from Australian ‘Whiskey Project’

A Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft was photographed at the Army’s Project Convergence Capstone 4 earlier this year.

2 months ago

Marines’ tech chief unveils latest network, command-and-control effort

The Marine Corps wants to ensure all the right data can flow between its small units operating forward and their joint and coalition partners in theater.

2 months ago

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock, the leader of the Cyber National Mission Force, speaks April 30, 2024, at the Modern Day Marine conference in Washington, D.C.

Volt Typhoon hacks likely to inspire copycats, CNMF’s Mahlock says

Attacks on critical infrastructure — food and water delivery, health care services, defense contracting and more — could hamper U.S. military response.

2 months ago

Why China axed the Strategic Support Force and reshuffled the military

Its successor, the Information Support Force, will now handle network information systems and communications support, and possibly network defense.

3 months ago