The Army issued an open solicitation Thursday for its Uncrewed Aircraft System Marketplace, highlighting more than a dozen areas of interest for the program.
The effort, which is being pursued via a commercial solutions opening contracting mechanism, comes amid of a broader push by the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to beef up the military’s drone arsenal.
The CSO will remain open “in perpetuity” until canceled by the Army, according to the solicitation.

A movement is taking shape across some Ukraine-aligned social media channels to get an upcoming game de-listed from major game license vendor Steam under a surprising claim: It’s Russian propaganda about an ongoing war.
And looking at the description, screenshots, and the history of the game developer, that’s an understandable position. But the game makers say they’re just a game studio interested in modern military tactical games and that they’re putting forth their own understanding of the battle, drawn from interviews with participants on both sides.

Nobody ever briefed you on the cattle truck. There was no block of instruction, no safety brief, no introductory PowerPoint with b-roll of a smiling private boarding a pristine trailer.
One moment, you were standing in formation at reception with everything you owned stuffed into duffel bags, and the next, a Drill Sergeant was funneling your entire company into what appeared to be a windowless shipping container bolted to the back of a truck.
Welcome aboard, there’s always room for one more.

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When I was in NROTC, IIRC, Tuesday was the day we had classes. The one day of the week we wore uniforms.
The only concern I ever really had was if my gig-line was correct.
For the ROTC Cadets (I assume Army ROTC at this point, perhaps we will know more later), the post 911 reality decided to visit them.

He allegedly walked into the Old Dominion classroom on Thursday and asked if it was an ROTC class, and when someone answered, “yes,” he shot the instructor several times, according to sources. Evans alleged he shouted “Allah Akbar” during the incident.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine hold a press briefing at the Pentagon.

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The Trump class “battleship” has breathed new life into the Navy’s railgun ambitions, which it previously shelved after hitting technical hurdles.

Why is Southeast Asia becoming more vulnerable to nuclear risk even as it remains formally non-nuclear?Southeast Asia’s Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone has long been treated as a stabilizing firewall in an otherwise volatile region. Yet despite the continued legal compliance and strong anti-nuclear norms, the region is increasingly exposed to nuclear danger.Across East Asia, nuclear dynamics are shifting in ways that extend beyond overt weaponization.

“No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” Gen. George S. Patton’s quip shows that he not only understood the advantage of audacious combat leadership, but the necessity to develop leaders and organizations that think critically and challenge assumptions. Military education is at the forefront of this endeavor in professional militaries.

Footage released by an Israeli fighter pilot overflying his country’s territory during the ongoing air campaign against Iran has clearly shown an Iranian ballistic missile releasing submunitions during a strike on Israel. Although multiple images of missiles releasing submunitions have been released in the past, this particularly clear footage has highlighted how advances in Iranian missile technologies have posed new challenges to Israeli and U.S. missile defence efforts.

A new Type 052D guided missile destroyer, the Xigaze, has made its public debut with its first training exercise since entering service in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, completed combat-oriented training including joint maritime search, rescue and replenishment-at-sea, and special situation disposal training including ship damage control. Exercises were conducted jointly one the new Type 055 class destroyer Anqing, a larger type of ship which integrates many of the same technologies and the same weaponry and vertical launch system as the Type 052D class.

The U.S. Air Force has surged the operational tempo of E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control systems (AWACS) over the Middle East, with the aircraft reported to have been flying in unprecedented density over Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia, southern Iraq, and the eastern Mediterranean. The AWACS are reportedly being relied on to provide a persistent detection capability against Iranian drones and missiles being fired at targets in Jordan and Israel, to compensate for the destruction of much of the network of high value ground-based radars.

An Iranian-aligned Iraqi paramiltiary group, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, has claimed responsibility for two successful surface-to-air attacks on U.S. Air Force KC-135 tankers that were overlaying Iraqi airspace. This occurred as attacks on Western forces within Iraq, including U.S. and Italian military bases, have escalated as part of the ongoing U.S.-Iranian war. The U.S. Armed Forces Central Command confirmed the loss of a KC-135, attributing it to a technical issue, while the second KC-135 targeted reportedly managed to land in Israel after sustaining damage. With U.S.

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A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker supporting Operation Epic Fury against Iran crashed in western Iraq after a refueling incident involving two aircraft March 12, U.S. Central Command announced.
“The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing,” CENTCOM said in a statement. “Two aircraft were involved in the incident. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely. This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”
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A U.S. KC-135 aerial tanker has gone down over western Iraq, military officials announced Thursday. Rescue efforts are ongoing, according to a brief news release from U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM.
The incident took place in uncontested airspace while it was flying in support of the ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran that began on Feb. 28, the news release says.
“Two aircraft were involved in the incident,” the news release says. “One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely. This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.

The Army’s top officer focused on networks said the service is standing up a new data operations center that will better manage the massive quantity of information the modern military has accumulated — from the top, down to the field. 
Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey, deputy chief of staff for the G-6, called the Army Data Operation Center a “new and bold” venture for the service during a cyber webinar Thursday. Rey said the military does not have an issue with data itself, but “what we have is a data management problem,” and the new center aims to fix that.

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NATO is reshaping its integrated plans for defending alliance territory against drones, ballistic missiles, and other aerial threats, according to Gen. Alex Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Grynkewich and Gen. Randall Reed, who leads U.S. Transportation Command, shared new details about those and other adjustments the joint force and its allies are making to implement lessons emerging from modern military conflicts erupting in different regions around the world.

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In response to findings from the Government Accountability Office, a senior Pentagon official said the department plans to evaluate and define outside variables that could hinder the defense industry’s ability to comply with new standards set by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 model.
According to a study published by the GAO on Thursday, the Defense Department has done significant work to build a comprehensive strategy for implementing CMMC 2.0 cybersecurity standards.

Veterans say that the Department of Veterans Affairs has “invented new reasons to deny” former service members access to GI Bill benefits that many veterans qualify for, according to a new lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed by veterans, advocacy groups, and the State of Virginia, alleges that the VA has blocked eligible veterans from using two GI Bills to pay for undergraduate and graduate degrees.

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In 2002, the U.S. military tapped Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper to lead the opposing forces in the most expensive and expansive military exercise in history up until that point. He was put in command of an inferior Middle Eastern-inspired military force—essentially a fictional Iran—and his mission was to go against the full might of the American armed forces.
In the first two days, he sank an entire carrier battle group. In fact, he had achieved such great success so fast that it prompted the U.S. military brass to cry foul.

Australia’s DroneShield has expanded its industrial footprint with the establishment of counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) manufacturing line at an undisclosed location in the European Union (EU).

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The UK confirmed a timeline for the entry of the NMH fleet between 2030 and 2033; a decision that comes nine days after the contract award.

The Army said Thursday that it identified two suspects in the case of four stolen drones from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, which went missing more than three months ago. The service’s law enforcement agency offered a $5,000 reward earlier this week for credible information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft.
The drones, which the Army Criminal Investigation Division identified as Skydio X10D systems, were last seen on the morning of Nov. 21, 2025 at an engineer battalion building on Fort Campbell.

The Army has developed a new hand grenade that kills by using blast overpressure instead of fragments when it explodes, which Army officials say is more effective for fighting in close-quarter urban environments.
Blast overpressure is the rapid high wave of pressure that results from an explosion that violently compresses and decompresses human tissue. It can cause serious injuries to the lungs, gastrointestinal tract, brain, and other organs. It can also be fatal.

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A nuclear weapon detonates. The resulting EMP knocks out electronics for miles. Laser designators no longer work, and neither do the precision munitions they would direct. Commanders are forced to use runners since radios are out as the troops they’re leading ditch their red dots for iron sights and their GPSs for compasses.
After coordinating an attack with the rest of the battalion by word of mouth, the company commander realizes his digital tool watch is dead, and so is the XO’s quartz watch.

The US Army has granted full material release for the M111 Offensive Hand Grenade (OHG), marking the first time since 1968 that a new lethal hand grenade has reached this stage.

The flood of misinformation, fake content, and dubious news sources online is causing uncertainty for military families waiting at home, according to multiple advocates who’ve seen the stress rise in the last two weeks.
“We’re in a totally different environment with AI and the reality around social media,” said Shannon Razsadin, CEO of the Military Family Advisory Network. “We’re seeing a lot of anxiety among military families, and the misinformation certainly does not help with that. Right now, people are really looking for information that they can count on.”
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Monica Witt stepped off a plane in Tehran in late August 2013 and began a new life. No matter how hard the United States Air Force veteran has tried, however, she can’t fully escape her past.
The U.S. government won’t let her.
Six years after Witt defected, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted the former counterintelligence officer on February 8, 2019, and charged her with espionage and other crimes for supplying Iran with top-secret information.

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The U.S. Army has approved the new M111 Offensive Hand Grenade, its first new offensive hand grenade since the now-retired Mk3A2 entered service in 1968.

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Satellite imagery shows a prized hardened facility at Iran’s Parchin military complex with three massive impact points in a neat row on top.

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Is America running out of missiles? The attacks on Iranian forces and leadership have had a devastating impact on the regime, but the repeated salvos of precision-guided munitions and interceptors have put a strain on U.S. and Israeli stores of some of these munitions. While the United States retains significant capacity, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has stated, the expenditures do create risk, particularly in other potential theaters of action such as East Asia.