Thousands are turning to the Defense Department’s artificial intelligence-fueled GigEagle platform to identify talent, expand their professional networks and explore short-term work and research opportunities relevant to unique skillsets, according to a military innovator who helped create the app.
“We’ve crossed 10,000 DOD users, and it’s growing very quickly. In fact, I’m actually making sure we’re not growing too fast,” Brig. Gen. Michael McGinley told DefenseScoop in an interview on the sidelines of AITalks last week.
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New legislation forged by Republicans in Congress and the White House includes billions of dollars for uncrewed systems and the expansion of the industrial base that produces them.
The proposed funding is part of a broader $150 billion reconciliation bill unveiled Sunday that’s intended to boost spending on U.S. military capabilities and border security.
“This legislation represents a generational upgrade for our nation’s defense capabilities, including historic investments in new technology,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said in a statement.
A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet and a tow tractor fell off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Monday while it was at sea, the service announced.
All personnel are accounted for, and one sailor sustained what was described as a “minor injury,” in a Navy news release.
“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft,” the news release says. “The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard.”
Sailors on the Truman were able to get out of the aircraft’s way before it fell overboard. The incident is under investigation.
Republican leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees released legislation Sunday that includes nearly $25 billion of funding to begin work for President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” initiative.
Put forward by HASC Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama and SASC Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the reconciliation bill would give a $150 billion boost to defense spending. By using the budget reconciliation process, Republican lawmakers are hoping to expedite funding towards 11 high-priority defense issues without threat of a Senate filibuster.
Today, legacy firearm manufacturing companies are well-established in the market. Names like Colt, Smith & Wesson, and Beretta are easily recognizable and their products known for military use. However, during times of war, it’s not uncommon for companies that manufacture other goods to retool and produce military equipment in support of the war effort. Of course, this includes firearms. Here are seven companies that you may not have known made military firearms.
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The Army has canceled a memo that would have directed a defense contractor to cease providing ping-pong and other “recreational activities other than sports and fitness” for soldiers at Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring, Kuwait, said Lt. Col. Christina Wright, a spokeswoman for U.S. Army Central Command.
“All activities remain in place,” Wright told Task & Purpose on Monday, in response to a query about the letter of technical direction, or LOTD. “The purpose of the LOTD was to relook what redundant activities contractors were required to provide in addition to existing services.
A sailor will get $7,500 after his 2011 Mazda was towed and auctioned off in 2022 while he was overseas.
The Department of Justice announced that Navy Lt. Jonathan Liongson would receive the money as part of a settlement with Tony’s Auto Center, based in Chula Vista, California over violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or SCRA.
Liongson was stationed at Naval Base San Diego when he parked his 2011 Mazda 6 at a friend’s house before heading off on a deployment with the USS Bunker Hill in November 2022.
Russia claims Ukraine forces in Kursk are defeated, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy contests this assertion.
Otokar has established a JV agreement with Romanian defence contractor Automecanica to produce the Otokar Cobra II 4X4 armoured vehicles.
Saab reported sales of Skr15.79bn for the first quarter, an increase of 11.3% and an organic sales growth of 10.9% compared with Q1 2024.