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U.S. Army

What The Army’s Pacific Commanders Are Learning From Ukraine And Iran Conflicts

Battles far away are informing major changes to how the Army trains, equips and operates in the vast Pacific.

Drones

The Army’s Plan For Employing LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Against Its Adversaries

A vision of Army units launching long-range one-way attack drones at enemy warships and ballistic missiles in the Pacific and Europe is taking shape.

Royal Canadian Air Force

Canada’s Snowbirds Say Farewell To The CT-114 Tutor Jet

After 55 years with the Tutor, the aerobatic team faces an extended hiatus before transitioning to the PC-21 turboprop in the early 2030s.

Leonardo DRS Explains How Army Counter-UAS Mission Is Evolving

Branded Content: Reconfigurable, platform-agnostic, palletized solutions are taking priority for Army's mobile counter-unmanned aerial systems mission.

C-130

First C-130J For Navy’s New E-130J Phoenix II Ballistic Submarine Communications Fleet Delivered

The E-130J will be taking over the Take Charge And Move Out mission from the jet-powered E-6B Mercury.

Helicopters

MQ-72C Cargo Helicopter Drone Capabilities Demonstrated For U.S. Army

The Marines have been the primary interested party in the MQ-72C, but the Army already flies the UH-72 Lakota and needs similar capabilities.

Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

New Montana “Super Range” Complex Could Add Critical Weapons Testing Capacity

Trump announced a new facility aimed at testing autonomous weapons, space, and electronic ​warfare technology, supersonics and ⁠hypersonics.

North Korea

North Korea’s ‘Hunchback’ Submarine Makes First At-Sea Appearance For Missile Tests

North Korea claims to have launched two cruise missiles from its bizarre modified Romeo class missile boat.

Lasers

Army Wants High-Energy Laser Weapons It Can Put On “Any Vehicle In The Motorpool”

The Army sees modular laser systems not tied to specific vehicles as key to truly operationalizing and distributing counter-drone laser capabilities.

U.S. Army

The Days Of Army Air Defense Systems Firing Just One Type Of Interceptor Are Ending

The Army is pursuing an increasingly diverse array of new anti-air interceptors for use with existing launchers and new architectures.

Drones

Army Explains How Merops Interceptor Drone Became Program Of Record In Just 142 Days

The low-cost interceptor, rushed to NATO partners after drone incursions, is now an example of how the Army hopes to rapidly field emerging capabilities.

Airborne Sensors

High Altitude Balloons Are A “Game-Changing” Capability: Army Space Command Boss

The Army recently disclosed it rushed high-altitude balloons to support operations in the Middle East.

F-35C

F-35C Makes First Arrested Landing Aboard A Ford Class Carrier

The landing on the future USS John F. Kennedy marks a key step in integrating the F-35C with the Ford class after years of delays and technical challenges.

Airbus Details Progress With Lakota Connector Uncrewed Cargo Helicopter

Branded Content: This aircraft is planned to enable continuous logistics support, while reducing sustainment requirements and risk to personnel.

U.S. Army

Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 VTOL Drone Is Now Quad-Packed In A Container For Rapid Deployment

The Fast Pack gets a quartet of autonomous fixed-wing aircraft into action as quickly as possible from remote locales with no infrastructure.

H-60

Sikorsky Aiming For Black Hawk ‘Nose Jobs’ To Be Available Within The Next Year

A larger swappable nose creates opportunities to rapidly inject new capabilities and flexibility into old and new H-60 helicopters.

General Atomics’ Mojave Drone Completes Austere Testing in Korea

Branded Content: Joint trials with its partner Hanwha Aerospace included spectacular low-level flying profiles and short-field operations.

Machine Guns

Sig Sauer’s M250 Machine Gun Gets Shorter And Lighter After Army Feedback

Changes that led to the M250A1 mirror the evolution of the Army's new M7 rifle from Sig into the M8 carbine after criticism.

M2/3 Bradley

Bradley’s Old TOW Launchers Get New Teeth With Spike Missile Adapter

The system allows old TOW missile launchers to fire the massively more capable Spike LR2 without major modifications.

Drones

Specter Jet-Powered Drone Aims At Low Cost, Multi-Mission, Single Use

The turbojet-powered drone is designed for one-way attack missions, but AEVEX says it could also carry cameras, jamming gear, and other payloads.