After Initial Ban, Pentagon Approves 5 Small Commercial Drones for Troops The Pentagon has given the green light for military units to purchase small drones from five companies.
Drone That Could Replace Army's RQ-7 Shadow Undergoes Testing at Yuma Textron's Aerosonde HQ, a catapult-launched and net-recovered unmanned aerial system, has been undergoing testing at Yuma.
'First of Many:' Air Force Leaders Watch Flying Car Demo The Hexa is an eVTOL platform that consists of an open cockpit seat surrounded by a honeycomb of small rotors.
Ground Collision Avoidance Tech May Have Saved Another Pilot's Life A cutting-edge technology that can help prevent aircraft from flying into the ground may have saved another pilot's life.
Army Destroys Cruise and Ballistic Missile Targets in 2nd Test of New Defense System It was the final live-fire exercise in a limited user test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System.
New Cooling Suits Can Keep Airmen Comfortable on Hot Flight Lines The suits include a set of sub-components including compressors, condenser, evaporator and water pump in one small package.
DARPA Wants AI Program to Crunch Data for Commanders DARPA has issued a multi-year contract with Aptima Inc. and Arizona State University to develop a new generation of AI.
Army Researchers Dream New Self-Healing Material Will Lead to 'Terminator' Technology In early research, the first-of-its-kind, 3D-printable epoxy-based material can respond to stimuli.
Army Wants Air-Launched Drones to Do Recon for Futuristic Combat Helicopters The Army wants ideas from defense firms on air-launched drones that can recon enemy air defenses.
Marines Fly Big, New Surveillance Drone in Australia as They Test Unmanned Recon Missions A Marine RQ-21A Blackjack surveillance drone made its first flight Down Under this month.
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...
![Lockheed's RAIDER X coaxial helicopter and Bell's "360 Invictus" single-rotor concept.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2020-03/future-attack-reconnaissance-aircraft-competition-1800.jpg?itok=uflanJOf "The U.S. Army selected Bell's "360 Invictus" single-rotor concept (top) andLockheed's RAIDER X coaxial helicopter (bottom) for the second phase of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program competition. (Illustrations courtesy of Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.)")
