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In a combat experiment that oddly resembles the claw game at an arcade, the Army will strap a test dummy under an oversized drone at an exercise in Poland this week, the first step toward eventually evacuating injured soldiers from active combat.
As part of ongoing NATO exercises in Poland, the Army will test whether an oversized quadcopter, known as a Flowcopter, can safely fly a casualty out of combat and to a nearby field hospital, officials confirmed to Task & Purpose.

All eyes may be on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, but the ongoing mission at the U.S.-Mexico border continues as soldiers from the 101st Airborne and 1st Armored divisions will soon deploy to the region as part of the latest rotation of troops.
The move comes after the 101st’s headquarters and artillery elements were deployed to the border in the fall.
On Tuesday, the Army announced that four units would be part of this summer’s deployments to the southern border. About 8,700 U.S.

Gen. Frank Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command, sat down with Ryan to discuss the vision behind the command’s new Autonomous Warfare Command and what it signals for the future of military operations in the Western Hemisphere. Donovan explains how SOUTHCOM aims to move drones and autonomous systems beyond tactical experimentation and connect them to strategic effect: disrupting cartel networks designated as terrorist organizations, strengthening cooperation with allies and partners, and giving the command new ways to see, decide, and act across a complex region.

Tucked into the Navy’s budget request for fiscal 2027 is a new plan to identify commercially available vessels and “mothership” designs, existing oceanographic survey platforms, and other mature technologies that map the ocean floor, analyze the marine environment, and maximize undersea warfare capabilities.
The Next Generation Oceanographic Survey Ship — T-AGS(X), or T-AGS Next — is envisioned to replace the aging T-AGS 60 Pathfinder class of ocean-surveying vessels that will reach the end of their service lives in the 2030s, according to recently released budget documents.

Saudi Arabia is about to embark on a five-year period of intense defence spending, with the air domain looking to be the primary focus.

Lockheed Martin has completed the Seeker Characterization Flight Test for its QuadStar missile, a key phase in the US Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor programme.

Smart Shooter has secured a $10.7m contract to supply the US Army with SMASH 2000LE fire control systems, also known as the SMASH 3000SA.

Two Air Force rescue squadrons have been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for their roles in the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the desperate evacuation of American citizens and Afghans from Kabul in August 2021.
The Presidential Unit Citation is the highest award that U.S. military troops can be awarded for collective action as a unit, rather than individual valor.

Just when the entire U.S. Army had begun to believe the war would be over by Christmas, a surprise German offensive smashed through the Ardennes. The Allied forces were completely unprepared. What followed were the death throes of Nazi Germany; one last Hail Mary attempt to destroy the Allies’ supply lines and maybe even push them back into the English Channel. Over the course of the next six weeks, 47,000 American soldiers would be wounded, another 23,000 missing, and an estimated 19,000 killed.
So it goes.
The Ardennes was a soft target for the Germans.

Lacking much formal education because of difficult family circumstances, Percy Spencer was determined to learn on his own.
The emerging wireless technology industry of the early 20th century intrigued Spencer, who enlisted in the United States Navy in 1912 intent on becoming a radio operator. The sailor served less than two years in the military, but in that relatively short span, he acquired as much knowledge as possible while in uniform.