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Some U.S. military units have completed training on cheap drones produced under the Replicator project, a milestone for the Pentagon's flagship innovation-at-scale effort, the deputy defense secretary said Wednesday.The Pentagon has also…

Ukrainian forces’ incursion into Russia’s Kursk region continues into second day. The Guardian: “Official and unofficial Russian sources reported that a force of several hundred soldiers had crossed a lightly defended part of the border on…

At least two rockets hit Ain al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Monday, wounding five U.S. troops and two contractors, the Washington Post reports, adding that all seven are in stable condition.The attack “resembled previous ones carried out by…

In a flash, the uncrewed Vietnam-era armored personnel carrier flung a cable of explosives the length of a football field—then detonated it in a blast that cleared an eight-yard lane for troops to follow. Thursday’s successful test of an…

US adds forces to Mideast posture. On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to replace the Theodore Roosevelt strike group in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility. (TR deployed from its San…

The Army’s future-rotorcraft program cleared a risk assessment and is a go for engineering and development—and building six prototypes of its new Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA.On Friday, the service announced that the program…

The U.S. Army may need to de-emphasize maneuver warfare in the face of new weapons that will make tomorrow’s wars “increasingly lethal,” the service’s Training and Doctrine Command said in a report unpacked Thursday by Defense One’s Sam…

A deadly Osprey crash that killed eight airmen in November off the coast of Japan was caused by the “catastrophic failure” of a prop-rotor gearbox and the pilot’s decision to keep flying despite warnings, the Air Force says. The…

The Army may need to rethink its traditional emphasis on maneuver warfare in the face of new weapons and other technology that will make tomorrow’s wars “increasingly lethal,” the service’s Training and Doctrine Command says in a new…

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