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28 August

Battelle Develops Color-Changing Spray to Spot Biological Threats

US firm Battelle aims to revolutionize biological threat detection in military environments with its new technological breakthrough.

25 August

Americas

Giulia Bernacchi

iGov Advances in US Marine Corps Electromagnetic Warfare Program

iGov has advanced to the second phase of the US Marine Corps’ Electromagnetic Warfare Ground Instrumented Range prototyping program.

24 August

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Valkyrie CCA Drone Demos Seamless Marine Control Handoff Beyond Line of Sight

A US Marine assumed command of a Valkyrie collaborative combat aircraft that flew beyond line of sight during an electronic warfare test, controlling the drone as it operated alongside crewed fighter jets.

17 August

Land

Rojoef Manuel

US Marines to Receive Tempest Anti-Drone Buggies From Vertex

The US Department of Defense has awarded Vertex Modernization and Sustainment a $19-million contract to supply Tempest counter-unmanned aerial system buggies for the US Marine Corps.

17 August

War

U.S. airmen prepare an MQ-9 Reaper with an extended range modification for a sortie on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2015. The Reaper is an armed, multimission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft used primarily for intelligence collection and against dynamic execution targets. The modification allows for 20 to 40 percent additional flight time. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

Rojoef Manuel

US Has Lost 25% of Reaper Drone Fleet in Iran War: Report

The US military has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper tactical unmanned aerial systems during its 2026 campaign against Iran, representing roughly 25 percent of its pre-war fleet.

14 August

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The ROMULUS-25 unmanned surface vessel. Photo: HII

Rojoef Manuel

HII’s Autonomous Interceptor Boat Prototypes for US Marines Pass Final DIU Trials

HII has finalized critical testing of its Watcher unmanned surface vessel testbeds under a Defense Innovation Unit initiative aimed at fielding next-generation small interceptor drone boats for the US Marine Corps.

14 August

Americas

Ethan M. Encarnacion

US Marines Train to Counter Drones With Standard-Issue Weapons

The US Marine Corps has begun service-level training to teach troops how to counter drone threats using standard-issue weapons they already carry.

13 August

Cyber

U.S. Marine Corps 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines utilize a computer while conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise on the flight line at North Auxiliary Airfield, North, South Carolina, Jan. 25, 2022. The Marine units established an expeditionary advance base in support of a pre-deployment training capstone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bailee A. Darbasie)

Rojoef Manuel

Agile Defense to Bolster US Marines Cyber Infrastructure Under $93M in Deals

Virginia-based company Agile Defense has received contracts worth $93.3 million to sustain and modernize network operations for the US Marine Corps.

11 August

Americas

U.S. Marines with 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, wait to use the new Multi-Platform Driving Simulator at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 26, 2026.

Samantha Alexa

US Marines to Launch ‘AI Hackathon’ Seeking Smarter Ways to Train for War

The US Marine Corps is bringing together military, government, industry, and academic experts for a four-day AI hackathon aimed at developing new ways to train and educate its personnel.

11 August

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