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18 August

Land

Soldiers with the 123rd Engineer Battalion of the Illinois National Guard operate at a tactical training area Aug. 4, 2020, on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The battalion’s Soldiers were among approximately 4,000 service members training at Fort McCoy during the first week of August 2020. Transient troop training like this resumed at Fort McCoy in July 2020 after being stopped for several months because of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Over months of planning, however, Fort McCoy training officials were able to reopen the training with COVID-19 safety measures built in. Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Invests in Texas Firm’s Secure Wireless System to Keep Troops Moving

Texas-based Forward Edge-AI has landed a US Army contract to create a secure wireless system for predictive logistics.

18 August

Technology

U.S. Space Force Capt. Coleen O'Hara, weapons and tactics flight commander of the 6th Space Warning Squadron (6 SWS), poses in the Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) facility at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts, May 9, 2024. 6 SWS, located at Cape Cod Space Force Station in Sagamore, Massachusetts, is a geographically separated unit of Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. "Team 6" includes U.S. Space Force Guardians, U.S. Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen and civilian employees. Their mission is "To surveil air and space to detect missile launches and high-interest satellites while operating, maintaining, and protecting New England’s first Space Force installation.” (U.S. Space Force photo by Dave Grim)

Rojoef Manuel

Anthropic Puts Tighter Leash on Claude AI to Stop Hackers, Weapons Builders

Anthropic, the California firm behind Claude AI, has updated its usage rules to prevent the chatbot from being used to create or acquire weapons.

15 August

Americas

Christine Casimiro

USAF Wants to Move From Tabletop Maps to AI-Driven War Drills

The US Air Force is seeking industry input on an AI-powered software-as-a-service wargaming platform for training service members.

15 August

Technology

SAN DIEGO (March 5, 2020) – Sailors stand a simulated watch on the bridge of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Integrated Tactical Trainer (ITT)-2B at the Littoral Training Facility on Naval Base San Diego, March 5, 2020.

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Unveils Push to ‘Weaponize’ Data and AI

The US Navy is rolling out a new strategy to “weaponize” data and AI, turning raw sensor feeds into tactics, tech tweaks, and software updates fast enough to keep pace with modern conflict.

14 August

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Next-Gen Battlefield Tech Breaks Cover During US Military Trials at Fort Huachuca

The US military tested a range of next-gen systems, providing a rare look at technologies aimed at reshaping communication, surveillance, and troop safety on the battlefield.

14 August

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Piasecki’s KARGO II Brings 1,500-Lb Lift to Autonomous VTOL Logistics

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation has launched the KARGO II vertical take-off and landing logistics drone, an upgraded version of the KARGO UAV medium-lift unmanned aerial vehicle.

14 August

Cyber

Rojoef Manuel

Motorola to Expand Mission Network Offering With $4B Silvius Acquisition

Motorola Solutions has finalized its $4.4-billion acquisition of Silvus Technologies Holdings, a mission-critical mobile ad-hoc network developer based in California.

14 August

Technology

Rojoef Manuel

Reinforcement Learning Tech Takes Off in South Korea’s New AI Flight Simulator

The Republic of Korea Air Force has accepted an AI-powered tactical development and flight simulation system — the first in the country to leverage reinforcement learning (RL) technology.

13 August

Americas

A medical team performs three-dimensional minimally invasive surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Photo by John Chew

Rojoef Manuel

Texas Firm’s Retractor Device Tops Pentagon-Funded Study for Battlefield Surgery

A study backed by the US Department of Defense has identified the Titan CSR from Texas-based Advanced Surgical Retractor Systems as the top-performing surgical retraction tool for forward-deployed military medical teams.

13 August

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New Wearable for US Troops Packs 25 Mini-Detectors for Vitals, Hazard Tracking

US Special Operations Forces will soon get a new chest-worn sensor capable of tracking vital signs and detecting dangerous gases or chemicals, all at the same time.

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