Science&Tech

The National Reconnaissance Office launched an undisclosed number of next-generation spy satellites into orbit today. The mission, called NROL-146, was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in…

The Navy will increase funding for directed energy solutions, like lasers, to reduce the cost of intercepting enemy missiles, service secretary Carlos Del Toro said Thursday—a month after he told lawmakers that shooting down drones and…

The U.S. military is “still falling behind” its potential adversaries in electronic warfare, one former three-star special operator said last week at SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida—and he wasn’t the only one.“The gap between where…

The Air Force will permanently lose one of its 20 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, after the service decided it’s too costly to fix the damage from a 2022 accident. “The B-2 is being divested in 2025 due to a ground accident/damage…

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),…