Science&Tech

A new digital engineering accelerator could streamline how the Pentagon and its contractors develop new weapons, reducing the time it takes to get to a usable prototype by enabling faster, more accurate modeling and simulation.Most…

Technical details were sparse as Anduril announced a prototype undersea drone in Australia last Thursday, but company officials stressed a different aspect of the effort: its early, under-budget arrival could not have happened for the U.S.…

FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina—When Army special operations soldier Josh arrived in Poland to train Ukrainian soldiers, his students were skeptical of his prowess in flying the high-speed racing drones they use to launch pinpoint strikes on…

FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina—With a sample of your voice and a gaming laptop, this Army psychological operations instructor can make you appear to say anything: an order for pizza, a call to the doctor, or just hello. In peacetime,…

Getting fuel to farflung military forces, always a challenge, is even tougher in the vast Pacific. But a new take on an old energy source may soon ease the burden.On Tuesday, the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit announced that it is…

The U.S. Army must adapt, its chief of staff has said in speech after speech, to a battlefield in which drones, sensors, and satellites will track soldiers’ every move. Among Gen. Randy George’s most prominent targets for reform are command…

Republican lawmakers will introduce a new bill Wednesday to accelerate the Defense Department’s use of quantum information science, from sensing and navigation to more ambitious goals of quantum computing for advanced artificial…

AUSTIN, Texas—The Pentagon has put down roots in Texas. And while protests here around defense technology and human rights have persisted, the tech industry’s relationship with the Defense Department is hitting a new stride. As…

A new UK-U.S. agreement on artificial-intelligence safety could buttress efforts to bring partner and allied nations into a broad agreement on AI risks. It follows Defense Department-led collaboration between the two countries on military…

The U.S. military spends billions on replacement parts for aircraft each year, with the Air Force requesting $1.5 billion for parts in the next fiscal year alone. Now, officials at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, working with a startup…