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The Marine Corps’ latest flight testing of its jet-powered XQ-58A Valkyrie drone saw the system use common tactical data links to share targeting information with F-35 stealth fighters, according to the service.
The event, which occurred earlier this month during the annual Emerald Flag joint exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, comes as the Corps is conducting research, development, test and evaluation for its Penetrating Affordable Autonomous Collaborative Killer-Portfolio (PAACK-P) program, and the U.S.

By the time new soldiers get to their first unit, they have faced being hunted by a swarm of drones, according to the head of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
The Army has revamped the Forge, which has been the capstone event of basic training for over half a decade, based on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, Gen. Gary M. Brito told Task & Purpose in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

Defense Department leadership selected Anduril-made, quiet and modular Ghost-X aerial drones to be quickly mass-produced in the second tranche of the Replicator initiative.
Sources who spoke to DefenseScoop on the condition of anonymity this week confirmed that the uncrewed system was put forward for Replicator 1.2 by the Army’s Medium Range Reconnaissance (MRR) program — and ultimately made the cut.
Replicator was largely conceptualized by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and her team, who first unveiled the initiative in August 2023.

In 2021, Jim Lamson and Jeffrey Lewis wrote “Iranian President Raisi’s Renewed Emphasis on Space Is Likely to Create New Tensions,” which argued that Iran’s prioritization of space under President Raisi could lead to new challenges for the United States. In the wake of President Raisi’s death and the inauguration of his successor, Masoud Pezeshkian, we asked Jim to revisit his article. Read more below.

The Army wants flexible funding from Congress on electronic warfare to more easily move money around programs to focus on priority areas.
Officials are finding from Ukraine’s conflict with Russia that the technology landscape can change in days, not months. As a result, the Army is pitching the need for fiscal nimbleness to be able to make changes to systems on the battlefield or procurement efforts to get soldiers the capabilities they require.

The Ukraine-Russia war appears on a knife-edge as rivals backers could be drawn into the conflict, while Russia continues to make gains.

One of, if not the top, priority for the Army’s intelligence task force is figuring out how to put AI against the vast amounts of data collected from a variety of platforms.
“We are drowning in data. I see data as both a challenge but also an opportunity. That’s essentially what AI is for our Army. It’s an opportunity. AI presents opportunities for progress more than any other technology we have seen in the last few decades,” Lt. Gen. Anthony Hale, deputy chief of staff, G2, said during a presentation at the annual AUSA conference Wednesday.

The U.S. military carried out a series of air strikes across Yemen on Wednesday, using B-2 Spirit bombers to hit weapon caches in the country. 
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the strikes in a statement, describing the targets as “five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.”
U.S. Central Command further detailed the targets in a statement, saying they were used to house “missiles, weapons components, and other munitions used to target military and civilian vessels throughout the region.

Ukraine is set to receive additional weapons and equipment contribution from the Australian and US governments.

BAE Systems has a partnership with Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace to introduce the ICS, elevating battlefield capabilities for US forces.