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Move over, Best Ranger; the Army’s looking for the best drone pilots
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (611+ words) Soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division operate a First-Person View drone during an exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 29, 2026. U.S. Army / Sgt. Duke Edwards You've probably heard of Best Ranger or Best Sapper: Army competitions that test the skills of teams…...
The Army is writing the book on using small drones in a tank formation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (428+ words) Soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, establish radio communications during Project Flytrap at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, July 27, 2025. U.S. Army / Staff Sgt. Christopher Saunders As the Army's Transformation-in-Contact brigades test and help develop new technology, they're also…...
The Pentagon leans into drone swarms with a $100M challenge
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (305+ words) The U.S. military wants to make it easy for troops to direct swarms of drones'on land, at sea, or in the air'and is offering vendors up to $100 million to do so. On Tuesday, the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit announced the Orchestrator…...
Lightning Lab gives Pacific Army division drone-building capabilities on the front lines
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (527+ words) A soldier with the 25 th Infantry Division's Lighting Lab builds a drone, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Nov. 13, 2025. Defense One / Jennifer Hlad SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii'The 25th Infantry Division is all about drones: Drones that sense. Drones that shoot. Drones that get blown…...
50 Years of ASELSAN: From Tactical Radios to a Global Defense Powerhouse Shaping the Digital Shield of Tomorrow
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (589+ words) By the 1990s, this foundation expanded into electro-optics, command-and-control, land combat subsystems, and naval electronics. In the 2000s, ASELSAN's portfolio began to scale vertically, adding radar, electronic warfare, and air defense to its expanding ecosystem. Each decade amplified the company's strategic depth,…...
Joint Enterprise License Agreement (JELA): Exclusive Cybersecurity Licensing for the Department of Defense
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (115+ words) The Palo Alto Networks JELA provides a secure and modern foundation for DoD information, delivering optimized value and streamlined acquisition through best- of-breed cybersecurity solutions. With DoD personnel (both uniformed and civilian) dispersed across the globe, ensuring consistent access to…...
One-stop shopping for counter-drone gear is aim of joint task force
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (616+ words) U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, who leads Joint Interagency Task Force 401, spoke on Sept. 18, 2025, at Falcon Peak 25.2, a NORAD/NORTHCOM experiment event at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. DOD / Devon Bistarkey An Army-led task force is building an online marketplace…...
Anduril's drone wingman makes first flight, following software delays
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (414+ words) The YFQ-44 Fury, Andurll's prototype for the Air Force's collaborative combat aircraft program, made its first flight somewhere in California. Anduril Anduril's robot wingman has notched its first flight Friday, more than a month after the neoprime defense contractor blamed…...
Turning data overload into mission advantage
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (799+ words) sponsor content What's this? "What we've seen in the last decade or so is a paradigm shift," he said. "We have so much data gathered and so much data produced by our adversaries that now it's about cutting through the…...
The Army wants drones that understand ‘commander’s intent’
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (515+ words) Brig. Gen. Travis McIntosh discusses the Attritable Battlefield Enabler (ABE) 1.01 at the Rakkasan drone area on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on October 6, 2025. Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Joyner / 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Cheap, self-driving drones that don't require a whole fire team to…...