Weapons Archives

An XQ-58A Valkyrie flies next to an F-35. (Marine Corps photo)

Valkyrie drone links with F-35s as Marines pursue ‘autonomous collaborative killer’ capability

The event occurred during the Emerald Flag joint exercise at Eglin Air Force Base.

Oct 17, 2024 By Jon Harper

Soldier seen with Beast dismounted system for survey and direction finding of signals. (Photo credit: CACI)

Army seeks more flexible funding on electronic warfare capabilities, programs

In order to be more responsive to emerging and dynamic battlefield threats, the Army is asking Congress for flexible funding on electronic warfare, along with drones and…

Oct 17, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Soldiers from the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) start up their Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) after it’s dropped off via UH-60 Blackhawk at the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 16, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

General Dynamics integrates EW capability into Infantry Squad Vehicle

The ISV integration is a continuation of prototyping efforts to help the Army think through future requirements.

Oct 16, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Robotic Combat Vehicle prototype during soldier experimentation at the National Training Center, NTC, Fort Irwin, CA from July to September 2023. (Photo by Savannah Baldwin)

Army envisions potential recompete for robotic combat vehicle program

The service has been testing RCV prototypes that were recently delivered by four vendors.

Oct 16, 2024 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brayden Westcott, a Midland, Texas native and a low altitude air defense gunner assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, sets up a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a ground-based air defense exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25 at Tacts Airfield near Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 10, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)

Marines putting L-MADIS counter-drone system through tactics course for the first time

The Light Marine Air-Defense Integrated System will be going through a Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, allowing the Corps to develop standardized procedures.

Oct 11, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Marines to get new Bolt kamikaze drones from Anduril

The "autonomous" platform, equipped with an AI software package called Lattice, will support the Marine Corps' OPF-L program.

Oct 10, 2024 By Jon Harper

A Ukrainian drone operator who gave the name Artem pilots an attack drone as Ukrainian soldiers of the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade test fly a Ukrainian-made Vampire drone, with six rotors, night vision and thermal imaging capabilities, and capable of carrying four 82mm artillery shells, near the southern frontline on February 21, 2024 in Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Pentagon shopping for ‘low-cost, one-way’ drones with extended ranges

"Recent conflicts have highlighted the asymmetric impact low-cost, one-way unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have on the modern battlefield," DIU says in its solicitation.

Oct 3, 2024 By Billy Mitchell

Army awards big contract for Coyote interceptors amid growing demand for counter-drone weapons

Army leaders want more tools to protect soldiers from adversaries’ unmanned aerial systems, which have become a growing threat on modern battlefields

Sep 27, 2024 By Jon Harper

MDA taps Northrop Grumman to move forward in Glide Phase Interceptor program

The Glide Phase Interceptor is being designed to destroy enemy hypersonic missile threats.

Sep 25, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Marines to get new drone-killing microwave weapon designed for expeditionary ops

The Leonidas Expeditionary system is being developed for the Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) initiative.

Sep 23, 2024 By Jon Harper