U.S. Air Force airmen, U.S. Space Force guardians, and industry partners participate in the Department of the Air Force’s Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming experiment led by the Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab, the U.S. Space Force, and the 805th Combat Training Squadron, in Las Vegas, Nev., May 13, 2026. This user-producer co-creation environment allows operators to provide immediate feedback to developers, significantly accelerating the software development cycle for the joint force. (The image has been cropped to focus on the subjects.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Deb Henley)
The Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming wargame demonstrated that AI tools can significantly improve the Air Force's command-and-control operations.
An F/A-18 launches an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER)during test event Jan. 12 at Point Mugu Sea Range in California. (U.S. Navy photo)
U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force evaluate equipment readiness on the Medium-Range Intercept Capability system on Mason Range, Guam, June 24, 2026 in support of VALIANT SHIELD 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance. Cpl Benjamin Catindig)
The service requested $233.6 million for the MRIC program in fiscal 2027, according to budget documents, and plans to fully equip three batteries within the next three…
A “command post node” run by the 4th Infantry Division during exercise Ivy Mass at the the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 12, 2026. (DefenseScoop photo by Drew F. Lawrence).
During the Global War on Terror, the Army established large, static and complicated command posts. Army officials wrote in a doctrine note earlier this year that should…
Defense security leaders discuss the growing convergence of cyber and kinetic assets at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group’s Billy Mitchell, U.S. Space Force’s Charlene Laughlin, U.S. Army’s Brandon Pugh, DOW’s Katherine Sutton and GDIT’s John Sahlin. (Scoop News Group photo)
Defense leaders discuss changing role of data management at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group SVP Billy Mitchell, DOW Assistant Secretary Joseph Jewell, Army Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey, and GDIT President Amy Gilliland. (Photo by Scoop News Group)
A U.S. Army soldier lauches an AS3 Surveyor interceptor drone, part of the U.S. counter-drone system known as ‘MEROPS,’ during a live-fire demonstration at the Deba training grounds in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on November 18, 2025.
The exercise is part of Eastern Sentry enhanced vigilance efforts launched in response to recent drone incursions along NATO’s eastern flank. (Photo by Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle is readied for lift off from the company’s Launch Complex-1 (LC-1) in Mahia, New Zealand, as part of the U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) VICTUS HAZE mission, June 19, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Rocket Lab)
U.S. Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, and 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, observe Marines conducting a live fire platoon attacks at Range 410A as part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-26, MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, June 11, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lainey Brummett)
Soldiers assigned 4th Infantry Division maneuver to the objective during a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise as part of Ivy Mass at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 17, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Stewart)
A Hunter Wolf unmanned ground vehicle assigned to the 101st Airborne Division holds an overwatch position with a mounted remote operated .50-caliber machine gun during a combat simulation exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 13, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Anthony Hewitt)
Soldiers assigned to 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command – Pacific) conduct a battery salute during a redesignation ceremony on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on June 18, 2026. (Army photo)
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Carben, the commanding officer of Marine Unmanned Maintenance Squadron (MUMS) 14, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, gives his remarks during the MUMS-14 activation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 16, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Keani Guthmueller)
