The Army is scaling up its helicopter defenses with nearly $5 billion for new anti-missile laser systems.
Last week, the Army awarded Northrop Grumman $4.8 billion to produce laser-based missile defense systems for its Common Infrared Countermeasures, or CIRCM, program.
The countermeasures are designed to protect against threats like shoulder-fired Stinger missiles.
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The age of AI-enabled drone warfare is here, and U.S. military leaders should assume that their troops will be “hunted” by autonomous systems on the battlefield, according to America’s top officer.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine highlighted the threat during a keynote speech Wednesday at AFA’s annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference, citing the Ukraine-Russia war as an example.
HII’s mission technologies division secured a five-year task order to advance research on airdrop and combat feeding techniques for the US Army.
About 15 minutes into “Mayday” I had to be reminded that this was not the film to watch if I wanted military accuracy. It is, however, perfect for nostalgia and laughs.
Set in 1987, “Mayday” follows a U.S. Navy fighter pilot—callsign “Assassin”—who is shot down behind enemy lines where he is saved by a man who claims he wants to defect to America.
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Assassin is played by Ryan Reynolds, who has portrayed a fighter pilot in another goofy movie you may remember called “Green Lantern.
General Dynamics Land Systems-UK (GDLS-UK) and ARX Robotics have formed a new collaboration aimed at advancing the integration of autonomous systems with British Army crewed vehicles.
During his illustrious career in the U.S. Army, Stanley McChrystal became a four-star general. McChrystal was commander of Joint Special Operations Command when U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003. McChrystal was also JSOC’s chief when it targeted and killed al-Qaida’s Abu Musab al-Zarqawi three years later.
Even if his time in uniform did not end like he might have hoped—he submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama in 2010 after a controversial Rolling Stone article—McChrystal did his family proud.
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