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In Ukraine, a US firm tests a promising tool against GPS jammers: cell phones
Networked cell phones running special software may make a cheap and easy-to-deploy counter to sophisticated Russian electronic-warfare tactics, according to an American company working to develop such a system in…
VIDEO: Russian fighter jet nearly sideswipes US F-16
Cockpit footage released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command shows a Russian warplane closely buzzing by a U.S. F-16 fighter jet last week—a move U.S. officials have publicly called out as dangerous and unsafe. “On…
Replicator 2 effort aims to produce anti-drone defenses
A second phase of Replicator—the Pentagon’s year-old, high-profile effort to buy thousands of cheap-ish autonomous weapons—aims to procure defenses against small drones.Dubbed Replicator 2, the effort will focus on the threat to…
The D Brief: Israel kills Hezbollah chief; $600M for Taiwan; DOD’s uneven study of Ukraine; BBC…
After killing Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, in an airstrike in Beirut on Friday, the Israeli military is keeping up its pressure on high-level terrorist leaders in the region, including two commanders from Hamas and…
Is the US military learning enough from Ukraine?
The U.S. military speaks frequently about the lessons they’re learning from the war in Ukraine. The Air Force has sought to evaluate the Ukrainian military’s methods for detecting drones, while the Army has revamped training, fielded…
Aerojet digging ‘out of this hole’ as it clears rocket backlog, president says
When L3Harris Technologies bought Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion last year, the rocket-motor-builder was thousands of motors behind schedule. Now, just over a year into the acquisition, Aerojet says it’s getting back on track. The…
The D Brief: SECDEF on subs; Shipyard sabotage?; US, Ukraine ‘missing consensus’; Chinese planes…
SECDEF in London: U.S. is making progress on boosting submarine production. “What I’m seeing is that we're investing in the right things, and we will be able to expand the capacity going forward and to meet our objectives,” Defense…
Is Australia worried about US submarine production? Over to you, SECDEF
LONDON—When defense chiefs from the U.S., UK and Australia met reporters after their AUKUS meeting here on Thursday, they touted an agreement to share a submarine-hunting torpedo. But when asked whether Australia was concerned about the…
The Army wants to roboticize forklifts
Add forklift operator to the list of jobs that might soon fall to machines. The Army Applications Laboratory is working on a way to convert just about any human-driven forklift to autonomous operation. “When you think about a potential…
Increased efforts, lower goal help Army end recruiting slump
The Army beat its recruiting goal this year through a combination of lowered targets and increased efforts, after failing to hit higher goals in 2022 and 2023. The service recruited 55,300 soldiers against a goal of 55,000 in fiscal…
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