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The Ukraine-Russia conflict has been the most intense two-way drone war in human history, with unmanned aerial systems being employed by both sides on a large scale for one-way attacks and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
The Biden administration has committed more than $65 billion worth of security assistance to Kyiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly three years ago, including thousands of UAS platforms via presidential drawdown authority and USAI funds.
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As the Army gears up to begin awarding contracts for its Next Generation Command and Control initiative, it is asking industry for feedback to help guide its program of record.
A request for information, released Monday, seeks vendors’ input that aligns with NGC2 contracting priorities.
NGC2 is a top modernization priority for the Army.
In the evolving landscape of modern warfare, bo
Democratic lawmakers raised questions on Tuesday about Pete Hegseth’s ability to lead the Defense Department based on his past experiences managing two veterans service organizations.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Hegseth, a former Army infantry officer, to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing.
Hegseth previously served as executive director of Vets For Freedom from 2007 to 2010, and then CEO of Concerned Veterans for America from 2012 to 2015.
In 1994, Frank Butler was wheeled into an operating room for knee surgery on a torn meniscus — the result of running too hard with his sons at Fripp Island, South Carolina. A Navy SEAL and medical doctor, Butler watched the surgical team prep him for the procedure, feeling the sedatives set in.
But even hazy from the medication, he noticed when they put a tourniquet on his leg.
“I was aware that both the military and the civilian sectors discouraged tourniquet use,” Butler told Task & Purpose. “But when I had my surgery done and they used the tourniquet on me, the light came on.
Two out of the three Humvees stolen from an Army Reserve Center in Tustin, California, have been recovered, the Army Criminal Investigation Division confirmed to Task & Purpose on Tuesday.
The Tustin Police Department confirmed that two soft-sided Humvees were recovered after they were stolen earlier this month. An up-armored Humvee is still at large — along with eight machine gun vehicle mounts, seven free-standing machine gun tripods, 18 bayonets, 40 pairs of binoculars, and medical supplies.
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Leading up to his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, Pete Hegseth — the network TV presenter who President-elect Donald Trump picked to serve as the next U.S. defense secretary — told lawmakers that he would move to modernize the Pentagon’s data and cyber infrastructure and enable AI adoption for a range of national security endeavors, if he’s approved for the high-stakes role.
DefenseScoop reviewed Hegseth’s answers to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s advanced policy questions (APQs) that were submitted to Congress ahead of his testimony.