Since October, an intelligence battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division has been using home-grown AI tools that unit leaders say reduce staff work and make it easier to support the “All American” requirement of being able to deploy anywhere across the globe within 18 hours.
Officials told DefenseScoop in a recent interview that they’ve used the capabilities — created in Maven Smart System — to aggregate personnel, equipment and property management information across the unit, reducing “the amount of monotonous staff work” for soldiers, according to Maj.
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At first, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kenneth Rice did not know what to make of the bright orange and green flash.
A block away from where an atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, Rice was a prisoner of war at the time of the catastrophic explosion.
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“We were accustomed to B-29 bombers making attacks during the day and firebombing at night,” Rice recalled years later to The Record, a newspaper in his home state of Michigan. “But this was different, and a lot of us were confused and scared.
The Space Development Agency announced Monday that AST SpaceMobile has received a contract to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of commercial-based tactical satellite communications capabilities.
The $30 million other transaction agreement was awarded via SDA’s Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (HALO) program that focuses on rapidly testing commercial space tools for defense applications. Under the deal, the Texas-headquartered company will put its broadband technology through its paces for high-speed tactical SATCOM.
A top Department of Veterans Affairs official said the VA has no plans to implement a new rule that veterans advocates fiercely resisted when it was announced last week.
“Our intentions were to put out a rule, which we thought would clarify our processes,” VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence said on Sunday while addressing a conference held by Disabled American Veterans, or DAV. “But obviously, it did not. So we withdrew the rule. And candidly, we have no intention of ever doing anything or talking about it ever again.
Four military working dogs died over a three-year period at bases across the country because they were housed in aging kennels that were not kept in good condition, a Pentagon report found. Kennels at bases around the U.S. did not protect dogs “from extreme weather conditions, kennel mold issues, or manage quarantine and isolation areas,” a report from The DoD Inspector General found.
The IG also found conditions of neglect at the military-wide hub for dog training, the Air Force’s 341st Training Base at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
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Australia has taken delivery of two AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the US as part of a Foreign Military Sales agreement.
In 1862, the Union Army was in striking distance of Richmond, the Confederate capital.
The Union commander hoped to wrap up the entire war with just a few more engagements. However, surprising aggression by the Army of Northern Virginia’s new commander caused a Union defeat, leading to two more years of warfare.
In May 1862, Gen. George B. McClellan, a railroad man turned military officer, was the Union’s top officer. While McClelland had many drawbacks, his organizational skills were top-notch.
How much can $100 million in gold buy?
A year after World War II ended, President Harry Truman’s administration thought that was a fair price to purchase Greenland.
As you might have guessed, the offer was either ignored or outright ejected. Otherwise, 80 years later, President Donald Trump wouldn’t be so gung-ho about acquiring the world’s largest island “one way or the other.”
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Nevermind that Greenland is part of the kingdom of Denmark, which, like the United States, belongs to NATO.
BAE Systems has unveiled the CV9035 MkIV infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) intended for the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic.
An attack in the western city of Lviv has raised concerns over the prospect of a growing terror threat in Ukrainian cities.