MARSOC wants to automate armory recordkeeping
Marine Forces Special Operations Command is partnering with SOFWERX, the public-private technology hub for companies wanting to work with military special operations, to modernize armory recordkeeping. SOFWERX, in collaboration the Marine Forces Special Operations Command, or MARSOC, is hosting an event in mid-September to develop...
Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defense systems
Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defense capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents. The previously unreported findings...
DARPA challenge pushes limits of heavy-lift drone technology
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency next week will kick off its inaugural Lift Challenge, a weeklong competition that aims to “revolutionize heavy vertical-lift aviation” by finding a drone capable of lifting and transporting a payload four times its own weight. The agency will award...
Iran war depleted US Patriot missile stockpiles, creating readiness challenges, experts say
The United States has depleted roughly two-thirds of its pre-war Patriot missile interceptor inventory during the conflict with Iran, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies — a drawdown the think tank says could create readiness challenges if another...
The arms race for cheaper anti-ballistic weapons is underway
KYIV, Ukraine — The race for a new anti-ballistic system has begun. After decades of relying on the U.S.-made Patriot interceptor system and its hit-to-kill PAC-3 munition as the most proven air defense against ballistic missiles, three new tracks are now leveraging international cooperation and...
See what it’s like to be on a ship getting hit by US missiles
The Navy offered a unique perspective in its latest SINKEX event. Two former U.S. warships, the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu and the cruiser USS Mobile Bay, were sent below the seas off the coast of Hawaii during a live sinking exercise, or SINKEX, event...
Jack Wolf Collusion Brings Two Talented Collaborators on Board
Jack Wolf Knives is back on that fixed blade grind with a new batch of the Collusion from JakebCreates – this time with a domestic manufacturing twist. It’s been interesting to watch Jack Wolf evolve over the years. Way back in 2022, we spoke to...
Review: New wargame captures uncertainty of the American Revolution
Shrouded in myth and pride, the conception of the Revolutionary War is of redcoats marching stiffly through fields and woods while being picked off by wily colonists hiding behind trees, all to the tune of Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans” (“we fired our...
Soldiers give feedback, drive MV-75 Cheyenne cockpit changes
The U.S. Army is putting pilots in the cockpit of its new assault aircraft well before it enters the force for operational use, simulating flight to gather aviator’s feedback about the MV-75 Cheyenne’s display system and its cognitive workload impact. The exercise brought Army aviators...
F-47 program producing test aircraft, on schedule for 2028 flight
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 program has begun its engineering and manufacturing development phase and will fly in the coming years, a service official said. The program, described as “extreme teaming” with industry partners, entered the phase with “unprecedented maturity,” Gen. Dale White, director of...
