EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Air Force’s testing of autonomous flight capabilities is in full swing as the service continues to parse out how artificial intelligence software can be integrated onto its future aircraft.
There are at least 12 AI agents currently being tested at Edwards Air Force Base, Brig. Gen. Doug Wickert, commander of the 412th Test Wing, said during a Dec. 5 briefing with reporters.
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Every year we kick off the holiday season with a roundup of books recommended by the War on the Rocks team. Enrich your friends’ libraries, get a family book club going, or treat yourself to something new. We hope you enjoy! Kerry Anderson MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman, Ben Hubbard. This book came out in 2020 so isn’t brand new, but it offers thorough research and balanced insights from journalist Ben Hubbard into the rise of the Saudi crown prince.
The military service academies saw “significant” decreases in sexual harassment and assaults over the last two years but the reported rates at the academies remain higher than among active duty troops of similar ages, according to a new survey.
In 2024, 783 cadets and midshipmen at the three largest military academies experienced sexual assault or harassment, which the Defense Department called “unwanted sexual contact,” , according to new survey data for the 2023-2024 academic year released Thursday, a rate of about 1 in every 8 students at the three schools.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — In challenging budgetary landscapes, where Congress has kept passing continuing resolutions, meaning the military cannot initiate new programs, the Army has used existing programs to conduct risk reduction for upcoming critical electronic warfare systems.
The US Army has again contracted BAE Systems to produce new A4 Bradley IFVs, with previous deals totalling hundr4eds of vehicles.
In 2021, Amira Jadoon wrote “The Taliban Can’t Take on the Islamic State Alone,” where she argued that a resurgent Islamic State in Afghanistan could emerge in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the country and subsequent Taliban takeover. After three years of Taliban governance, we invited Amira back to reflect on her article.
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit has been tasked with tackling a problem that could stymie the U.S. military’s ambitious plans for the new phase of its Replicator initiative: command, control and integration for a vast array of counter-drone systems.
The Defense Department unveiled its Replicator 2 effort in September, with a goal of accelerating high-volume production of technologies designed to detect, track and destroy unmanned aerial threats.
Viasat has a five-year, sole-source indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract by the US GSA, with a maximum value of $568m.
Cohort reported a revenue of £118.23m ($150.50m) for the half ended 31 October 2024 (H1), a 25% increase from the same period a year ago.
Maribeth Kossman, a former first grade teacher and Navy electronics technician, was 45 when she joined the Army to jump from airplanes with the service’s Golden Knights Parachute Team.
“When I was 19 years old, when I was in the Navy, there was a group of sailors that wanted to go skydiving so I went with them. I did one skydive and I thought that was going to be the last time I jumped out of a plane,” Kossman said.