Sailors are currently making key strides on the path toward achieving the Navy’s long-term goals for integrating robotic platforms, according to some of the top officials leading high-stakes complementary drone initiatives.
Surface Force Vision 2045 explicitly directs the sea service to create and operationalize unmanned surface vessel squadrons in every fleet, as part of a broader push to rapidly enable a hybrid force and equip personnel with emerging maritime drone technologies that can expand the U.S. military’s capacity, flexibility and reach.
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A container ship bristling with missile launche
Footage released by the Ukrainian Air Force app
Denmark allocated more military resources to Greenland this week with the government determined to prove it can protect its Arctic territory.
The UK needs to be able to recall former servic
The Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program was established to create a new line of defense in the cockpit of civilian airliners after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Through the program, commercial airline pilots could voluntarily receive firearms training and be issued a firearm to defend their cockpit against a hijacking.
Issued sidearms are a mainstay for U.S. military pilots, who carried the Beretta M9 and recently transitioned to the Sig Sauer M17/M18, but after 9/11, the new weapons and training were for civilian pilots, carrying civilian passengers at 30,000 feet.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer has acknowledged that he overpromised when he announced back in 2024 that the service was coming out with a new and redesigned physical training uniform for soldiers.
The delay, according to other Army leaders who joined Weimer during the virtual town hall at Fort Drum, New York, may be for the simple reason that the service intends to focus on other things, such as getting new and better weapons systems or addressing perennial issues, like the barracks.
“Changing the PT uniform was put on pause,” Weimer said during Monday’s town hall.
The Chief of Defence Staff refuses to say cuts
In Kupiansk, to the southeast of Kharkiv, Ukrai
During a demonstration earlier this month, the U.S. military conducted the first kinetic drone swarm on American soil, officials said, a notable milestone in the Pentagon’s effort to experiment with unmanned systems that communicate across a common operating network to accomplish various tasks.
A small group of troops gathered at Camp Blanding, Florida, on Jan. 8 where they launched four first-person view drones — some of which were packed with plastic explosives — into the air and toward a column of inflatable tanks.