The Pentagon is racing to deploy artificial intelligence across military operations before adversaries gain an irreversible edge, driven by lessons from Ukraine where cheap drones powered by AI are ...

The US Army is planning to deploy the Pentagon’s first hypersonic weapon by the end of the year, even though the Defense Department’s own test office said the weapon hasn’t yet proven it would be ...

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll pledged at the AUSA Conference to adopt a Silicon Valley-like approach to weapons and tech ...

The Army’s new acquisition chief said Wednesday he’ll look to embrace a “portfolio management approach” for the service’s ...

For example, bird-sized micro drones can be deployed in swarms for maximum efficiency while unleashing payloads of compact, high-impact explosives—but the swarm keeper would need to be perhaps five ...

What if artillery rounds, mini-drone swarms of explosives, rockets and even air-fired missiles are all approaching forward-positioned Army troops at the same time? Imagine that these incoming weapons ...

If an army truly marches on its stomach, then the U.S. Army has, in modernization terms, developed a ravenous appetite for fast food—and lots of it. The service is ramping up production of Lockheed ...

Calder McHugh is deputy editor of POLITICO Nightly.

The Army announced plans Monday to spend $750 million per year on a new initiative to bring Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurial speed to weapons development, particularly drone and anti-drone ...

General Atomics is exploring laser armament options for drones across its portfolio, including its new Gambit family of ...

Decades after the Army abandoned the Pentomic concept, a defense expert argues such a concept may provide a solution to the ...

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