Science&Tech

U.S. Army units could someday align every level of their indirect weapons—from mortars to missiles—with some form of unmanned aerial system, or UAS, the 101st Airborne Division commander said.“You could see those small UAS tied to the…

New battlefield technologies mean that the defense is “dramatically” stronger than the offensive, Army Futures Command head Gen. James Rainey told reporters today. “Technology is dramatically increasing the strength of the defense, at…

After riding in the front seat of an F-16 fighter jet controlled by artificial intelligence, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he can see a future where AI agents will fly in war—and will do it better than humans. Computers “don't…

TAMPA–Our era of fast technological change is enabling “a bit of a special ops renaissance,” in which technologies such as distributed AI and autonomy can give smaller teams an edge against larger adversaries, the head of U.S. Special…

The Marine Corps will send small logistics drones to every logistics battalion in the service by 2028, officials said at the Modern Day Marine conference—part of the Corps’ overall plan to make its units lighter and harder-to-hit for any…

Ukrainians who read the newly released details of the Pentagon's giant Replicator drone effort may well have said, "Hey, that's what we're doing.""The first tranche of Replicator capabilities include uncrewed surface vehicles (USV),…

One reason the U.S. Navy is behind on its shipbuilding goals is that it’s been slow to embrace the kinds of digital-design tools that have revolutionized the process of building commercial ships and military aircraft, the Government…

The specter of a quantum computer powerful enough to break today’s toughest codes has haunted militaries for years. An Australian project could bring their fears to life by 2027.Earlier this week, the Australian government inked a $620…

An enormous underwater drone, built to roam the oceans for “very long periods of time” without refueling, has passed initial tests off California, DARPA announced on Wednesday. “Our successful, full-scale Manta Ray testing validates…

Britain is open to the idea of supplying made-in-China drone components to Ukraine, a notion that reflects Ukrainian pragmatism but runs counter to U.S. policy, a UK official said Tuesday.“We are less concerned by…Chinese componentry”…