
AUSA 2025
Army To Bring Nuclear Microreactors To Its Bases By 2028
The Army is highly concerned about its near total reliance on local power grids to energize its most critical installations.
Leonardo DRS Spells Out Its Latest Approach To Counter-UAS For The U.S. Army
Branded Content: The Air Defense Light Variant packs layered counter-UAS and short-range air defense capabilities into a highly mobile JLTV.
M1E3 Abrams Next-Gen Tank “Pre-Prototype” To Be Delivered By End Of Year
The Army wants a platoon of prototypes very quickly to prove out its lighter-weight hybrid-electric Abrams tank concept.
Autonomous Launchers Make Impact As Army Requirements Grow
Missile-armed autonomous launchers from Oshkosh Defense and Raytheon DeepFires were out in force at the Association of the U.S. Army’s (AUSA) main annual symposium.
How The Night Stalkers Are Planning To Survive In Future High-End Fights
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is having to drastically adapt its playbook in order to be effective in future fights against major foes.
UH-60 U-Hawk Drone Walk-Around Tour
We get up close with Sikorsky’s new U-Hawk uncrewed Black Hawk that traded its cockpit for clamshell doors.
U.S. Army General In Europe Admits “We’re Behind” On Drones
From fielding drone defenses to an American Shahed-136-like capability, and most things in-between, the U.S. is behind, according to a top U.S. Army General in Europe.
General Atomics’ Gray Eagle STOL Drone Will Be Made In Korea
South Korean-built Gray Eagle STOL drones will be offered to the local armed forces, as well as the U.S. military and other customers.
Tank-Busting Switchblade 400 Joins AeroVironment’s Family Of Kamikaze Drones
The Switchblade 400 leverages the larger 600 design to offer similar capabilities in a shorter-range package that a single person can employ.
Sig Sauer’s M7 Rifle For The Army Is Now Lighter After Controversy
Excessive weight was among the lengthy criticisms of the M7 that an Army captain put forward earlier this year, prompting widespread attention.
Boeing Launches New Family Of Tiltrotor Combat Drones
Boeing plans a series of new rotary-wing drones, starting with the Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft that will be a loyal wingman for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
UH-60 Black Hawk Cargo Drone With Clamshell Nose Breaks Cover (Updated)
The new U-Hawk can lug thousands of pounds of cargo internally that would never fit in a standard Black Hawk, and launch scores of its own drones and munitions.
Lumberjack Jet-Powered Modular Munition Eyed As Armament For XQ-58 Valkyrie Drones
Northrop Grumman hopes to begin air-launched flight testing of Lumberjack, which can also drop its own small munitions, next year.
Entire Family Of VAMPIRE Counter-Drone Systems Unveiled
Drone boats, attack helicopters, unmanned ground vehicles and other platforms are being earmarked to carry improved versions of the anti-drone system.
New Northrop-Colt 25mm Grenade Launcher Builds On Lessons From Failed XM25 “Punisher”
The U.S. Army canceled the futuristic XM25 grenade launcher program in 2018, citing weight and cost factors.
Sikorsky Unveils Nomad Family Of Scalable VTOL Drones
Sikorsky’s rotor blown wing proprotor concept has evolved into a proposed family of long-endurance uncrewed aerial systems with VTOL capabilities.
Ukraine Deep In Talks To Sell U.S. Millions Of Drones
Ukraine’s ability to produce massive amounts of certain kinds of drones and its experience using them in combat could come in handy for the U.S.
Army Deploys Typhon Missile System To Japan For The First Time
Typhon brings the means to rapidly deploy Tomahawk cruise missiles and SM-6 missiles, giving the ability to put targets at risk up to 1,000 miles away.
U.S. Army AH-64 Apaches Fire Spike-NLOS Missiles In Europe For The First Time
The Israeli-designed Spike-NLOS gives Apaches the ability to hit moving targets far away with exacting precision.
Army Touting Grenade Dropping Drone Shows Just How Alarmingly Behind The Curve It Still Is
The U.S. Army asks “Have you ever seen a drone drop a GRENADE?” The answer is yes.
SM-6 Fired At Target Ship Down Under By U.S. Army’s Typhon Launcher
The Army plans to field the Typhon system permanently in the Indo-Pacific, which will provide persistent long-range strike capability on China’s doorstep.
Overstretched U.S. Army Patriot Air Defense Force To Grow By A Quarter
The Army’s Patriot force is inadequate to meet current demands, which would be a huge problem if a high-end fight were to break out.