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.
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
![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.)")
