The one-way attack drones "remain ready for employment,” a U.S. Central Command spokesperson told DefenseScoop.

CSOs are intended to cut bureaucratic red tape and help the government onboard new tech faster, including from nontraditional vendors.

The announcement comes amid significant military and public attention toward defending against drones.

The Pentagon anticipates buying 150,000 drones in the final phase of the initiative.

The command is interested in industry's offerings for small cruise missiles following a successful demonstration of Leidos' Black Arrow weapon from an AC-130J.

Leidos, GoHypersonic, Special Aerospace Services (Aurex), the Purdue Applied Research Institute, Halo Engines and Kratos have each received other transaction agreements from the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office.

Joint Task Force - Southern Border trained CBP personnel on the equipment who used it during the incursion.

The Marines will use General Atomics’ YFQ-42A aircraft to evaluate how the service’s future loyal wingman drones will integrate with and fly alongside crewed fighter jets.

The jet, an F-35C Lightning II, launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln, which was transiting the Arabian Sea roughly 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast, U.S. Central…

The Extended Range Attack Munition program aims to deliver an inexpensive air-launched cruise missile that can be quickly manufactured in large numbers.