Defense Systems

FORT CARSON, Colo.—Does the weather outside affect how ready troops are for battle? What about the cumulative stress of training, exercises, or overseas deployment?Before it can answer those questions, the Army must first determine how to…

The Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have a new supercomputing system focused on biological defense at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Inaugurated on August 1, the system will “provide unique…

The Defense Information Systems Agency is updating its private cloud offerings to provide better data access in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, a defense tech official said. “We've been pushing public cloud, so everyone is going public…

The "categorically inadequate" cybersecurity of the Air Force's system for managing flights for top government officials has the service looking for a new, cloud-based app, according to a sources-sought notice posted on…

More than 7,000 National Security Agency analysts have begun using generative AI tools in the past year, the agency’s director said Tuesday.These “piloted capabilities” are being used for “intelligence, cybersecurity, and business…

The Air Force will likely miss its goal to data-link one-quarter of its tankers and cargo planes by 2025—but the technology to “instantly connect” aircraft is already starting to prove its value, the head of…

FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW—The three companies building a next-generation combat fighter for the U.K., Italy, and Japan have released a new concept for its design with a bigger, triangular wingspan.On the first day of the Farnborough Air Show,…

RAF FAIRFORD, England—Ukraine has a network of almost 10,000 acoustic sensors scattered around the country that locate Russian drones and send targeting information to soldiers in the field who gun them down. Dubbed “Sky Fortress,” the…

The U.S. military is once again taking delivery of the latest version of the F-35 fighter jet from Lockheed Martin, a full year after technology-development problems led the Pentagon to stop accepting the aircraft.Two F-35s were…

Next week's 2024 Farnborough International Airshow could see the unveiling of competing concepts for NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability project.Up to three manufacturers are imminently expected to offer their…