The Senate Armed Services Committee wants answers from Army, Navy and Air Force acquisition executives about their plans to scale the fielding of autonomous counter-drone weapons for U.S. conventional forces.
A report accompanying the panel’s version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which was released this week, highlighted members’ concerns about where things stand.
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Spain’s defence spending ranks lowest in Nato. Look instead to Madrid’s support for the alliance’s eastern and southern flanks.
Germany will purchase 105 Leopard 2 A8 tanks, the latest generation of the platform, to deploy in Lithuania at Nato’s Eastern flank.
The UK Royal Marines expand its existing fleet of ATVs while also refurbishing its existing littoral vehicles that are up to 20-years-old.
Mongilio, USNI News
For the past six months, the Navy has been studying the integration of uncrewed systems in a program out of Naval Forces Europe-Africa.
Colin Demarest, Axios
Robots and other smart machinery will comprise up to one-third of the U.S. military in the next 10-15 years, retired Army Gen.
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(Bloomberg) — The Pentagon will take deliveries of F-35 fighter jets again next week instead of continuing to wait for a delayed hardware and software upgrade, a decision that…
John Hill, AF Tech
Dubbed “Aegis Ashore”, the site is part of a larger NATO missile shield and is designed to detect, track and intercept ballistic missiles in flight.
Mark J. Desens, RCD
Generals Boomer and Conway’s June 15, 2024, article critiquing the Marine Corps Force Design plans was a step forward in the dialogue.
The People’s Liberation Army is often described as “the largest military in the world.” But depending on who you ask and what you count, the details are murky and confusing. The deeper one dives into the numbers, the more complicated the picture gets, and the greater the differences between the Chinese and U.S. systems become. Though many recent reforms have surface aspects that appear to reflect U.S. structures, the new-look People’s Liberation Army does not mirror-image its American (or Russian) counterpart. Nor have its new organizations been tempered by combat.