Defense Systems

The U.S. Army has nearly tripled its production of 155mm howitzer shells since the Ukraine war began, millions of which have been sent to that country’s front lines. It’s going to miss its goal of making 100,000 per month by October,…

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.—The Navy envisions future submarine-hunting operations with seamless data sharing between robot and human-piloted aircraft, and a boost from artificial intelligence to make sense of a complex maritime…

The Air Force’s F-47 fighter jet will fly some 70 percent farther without refueling than today’s F-22s, allowing tankers to stay farther from the fray—a key advantage in a potential Pacific conflict. The planned sixth-generation…

The wildly ambitious Golden Dome missile-defense vision is turning up the heat on a long-running fight between the Pentagon and the telecommunications industry for control of certain radio frequencies.“That area of the spectrum is golden,…

TAMPA, Florida—At least part of the public's fascination with special operations forces concerns the cutting-edge gear they use. Some of it gets its start at the SOF Week conference here, where operators peruse state-of-the-art products and…

The Army has said for years that it wants to cancel unwanted programs and quickly shift both funding and attention when new threats require new capabilities. Last week, the defense secretary tasked the service with axing a handful of…

If small drones are critical to the Army’s future fight, what happens when you run out of batteries?That’s one of the questions the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team tackled during a recent rotation at the Joint Multinational…

Updated: 3:36 p.m. ET.The Air Force has started ground-testing its prototype robot wingmen ahead of their first flight this summer, the service announced today.The tests of the collaborative combat aircraft will focus on “propulsion…

The U.S. military’s fleet of V-22 Ospreys won’t be able to fly without restrictions until 2026—about a year later than originally planned—as officials work to upgrade flawed gearboxes that have caused several mishaps.The military put…

The Army has rolled out a generative AI workspace where users can apply large language models to daily tasks and boost productivity. But using AI tools requires a lot of compute power and storage. So the service has also been working to…