The Pentagon awarded a $500 million contract to AeroVironment, a defense company that makes Switchblade loitering drones and other tech such as the LOCUST directed energy laser, to procure commercial counter-drone technology for the military over the next three years.
The award language contained few details, but was listed under the Army section of the Defense Department’s online contract update posted Wednesday.
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A battle in Congress has sparked a fierce debate among veterans groups about whether legislation that would expand benefits for veterans, caregivers, and survivors is worth the price of reducing future disability ratings for sleep apnea and tinnitus.
Many of the more than 60 bills that are bundled in the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act are legislative proposals that veterans service organizations have long fought for, such as the Major Richard Star Act, which allows veterans with fewer than 20 years of service to collect both disability compensation and retirement pay at the same time.
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The Air Force recently experimented with multiple artificial intelligence tools designed to improve battle management, expanding on and validating the service’s past work to test the technology for future operations.
The Department of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Cross-Functional Team hosted its inaugural Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming (MASH) experiment in May. Held in Las Vegas, Nevada, the two-week event was the latest in a series of wargames designed to develop and test industry’s AI-enabled battle management tools.
The war in Ukraine, which many thought would be over in a matter of days or weeks, has now stretched on for four and a half years, and the cost in human lives is mind-numbing.
The war’s total casualty count is now over 2 million and is probably even higher than that, as Ukrainian casualties are probably underreported.
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While Russian President Putin continues to paint a picture of inevitable victory, Moscow hasn’t accomplished one of its strategic goals since the start of this “special military operation.
The conflict with Iran has cost the typical American household an estimated $1,000, with some estimates going as high as $2,200.
These financial burdens stem from a combination of direct military spending and indirect costs of high fuel prices, food, and other expenses passed on to consumers.
This was according to an estimate shared last week by Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.
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