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Can a drone match the cognitive and perceptive decisions of a human with the right training, at the right time, in the right place?

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The Army is looking to cut 6,500 soldiers from its aviation corps of about 30,000 as drones continue to compete as the future of low-altitude air dominance for the Army. The reduction will initially focus on junior officers and warrant officers with senior panels evaluating these aviators performance records, potential for retention, and the possibility of branch reassignment within the Army.

With the Navy on a bye week, fans of service academy football turned their attention to Army and Air Force, as both teams were engaged in hard-fought battles against conference adversaries on Saturday. Army looked to hand American Athletic Conference (AAC) opponent North Texas its first loss of the season, while Air Force hoped to win their first Mountain West Conference (MW) game against a tough Boise State team. 
Unfortunately for both schools, they came up on the losing end of their respective fights.

Allyson Park, National Defense Magazine
To close the gap between the speed of emerging technologies and the Defense Department’s notoriously slow acquisition process, Army Combat…

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At the twilight of globalization, as the next U.S.

Brandi Vincent, DefenseScoop
“This has been a longstanding challenge and isn’t unique to narco-terrorists”

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Have you ever wondered who drives those kick-ass naval gunboats that are often seen laying down a hailstorm of firepower as Navy SEALs insert onto a hostile river bank…

Congressional Research Service
The Navy’s DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis…

Supacat head of sales Toby Cox spoke to Army Technology about the status of the Jackal 3 HMT programme and their future production strategy.

The U.S. House Oversight Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets held a hearing Tuesday into UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena). An unverified video from the U.S. military was played during the hearing, which allegedly shows a Hellfire missile being fired at a UAP. “That’s a Hellfire missile smacking into that UFO and just bounced right off,” Journalist George Knapp remarks, adding “What the hell is that?”

The post VIDEO: Recent Hellfire Missile Strike On UFO – Orb Keeps Flying After Hit appeared first on Armed Forces Press.

The prominent display of a JF-17B twin seat lightweight fighter at the Changchun Air Show has been accompanied by reports that efforts are currently being made to market the aircraft to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force. The JF-17 is one of six fighter types currently in serial production in China, and is the only one that has not been ordered by the Defence Ministry, with the aircraft having been developed for export and ordered in particularly larger numbers for the Pakistan Air Force.