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An upgraded Ground Based Interceptor with a Capability Enhanced-II Block 1 Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) is launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, during Flight Test Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System-12, or FTG-12, on December 11, 2023. (Photo by Ryan Keith)

Missile Defense Agency looking to upgrade algorithms to improve object classification

MDA released a new RFI to inform the next iteration of its Advanced Object Classification initiative.
A Carrier Air Wing 8 MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9, delivers cargo to the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a vertical replenishment in the Norwegian Sea, Sept. 6, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tajh Payne)

Navy eyes AI to track adversarial drone swarms, vessels from maritime helicopters

Responses to a new request for information about the technology are due to the sea service by the end of October.
Gen. James E. Rainey, U.S. Army Futures Command, commanding general, delivers a presentation on “The Close Combat Imperative” during the first day of the annual Maneuver Warfighter Conference, Sept. 9, 2025, in Marshall Auditorium at Fort Benning, Georgia. The annual Maneuver Warfighter Conference gathers U.S. Army senior leaders and subject-matter experts from across the globe to discuss the way forward for maneuver forces. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Marble)

One thing Gen. Rainey says he left unaccomplished as he retires

Rainey will retire next week as Army Futures Command merges with Training and Doctrine Command on Oct. 1. 
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U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing conduct infil operations into the Caribbean Sea from a Mississippi Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk off the coast of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 28, 2025 as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

AFSOC embraces training opportunities in Caribbean amid rising tensions

AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. Michael Conley briefed reporters on his near-term priorities.
A rendering of what someone using the new Project Overmatch capability known as Maven would look like. A unified tactical display that provides insight on vessels across the world, the Maven program overlays real-time ship readiness and sustainment data right at the user’s fingertips by utilizing artificial intelligence. It was created by Project Overmatch and Palantir in collaboration. (Image found on DVIDS as stock photo courtesy of Palantir)

Marine Corps names leadership for Project Dynamis amid push for new AI capabilities

Col. Arlon Smith was tapped to direct the project.
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