An Electronic Advanced Ground Launcher System (EAGLS) counter-UAS fires an Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) Hydra 70 rocket during an Exercise Sky Shield live-fire event in Kuwait, Dec. 4, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Joseph Kumzak)
Earlier this week, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said it had committed more than $600 million in unmanned aerial system defenses for Operation Epic Fury and stateside…
On the first day of the Cyber Workforce Summit this week, multiple officials charged with various elements of the U.S. military’s digital domain focused on how to…
Smoke rises after airstrikes in Tehran, Iran on March 13, 2026. Successive explosions were heard across the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday, amid continuing regional tensions following US and Israeli strikes on Iran (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, makes an announcement aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 7, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sonny Escalante)
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones seen positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) operating area, Nov. 23, 2025. The LUCAS platforms are part of a one-way attack drone squadron CENTCOM recently deployed to the Middle East to strengthen regional security and deterrence. (Courtesy Photo)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine walks through NATO Headquarters in Brussel, Belgium, January 21, 2026 during the Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session. (DOW photo by Benjamin Applebaum)
Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a fireside chat at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo credit: Billington CyberSecurity)
“I think there's always the risk of unintended escalation, and that's what's so important about using advanced tech tools to understand the environment that we're operating in…