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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command conducts a walkthrough with Kenyan Gen. Charles Kahariri, Chief of Defence Forces, Kenya Defence Forces at the African Chiefs of Defense Conference 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya May 27, 2025. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Libby Weiler, AFRICOM Public Affairs)

U.S. military posture in Africa shifts while terrorist threats intensify

Sharing information and intelligence is a key need, according to the commander of Africom.
Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Feinberg, businessman and CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, served as the head of President Trumps Intelligence Advisory Board in Trump’s first term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Stephen Feinberg, Trump’s pick for deputy defense secretary, vows to ‘review the value’ of Replicator

Questions have swirled about the new administration’s vision for the initiative and whether there are plans to transform or terminate it.
A street sign pointing the way to an entrance of RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, home of the US Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing, is seen near the village of Lakenheath, east of England, on June 15, 2020. – The UK Coastguard launched a search and rescue operation Monday to find the pilot of a US fighter jet that crashed during a training mission in the North Sea. The US Air Force said the F-15C Eagle went down after taking off from the RAF Lakenheath base near the town of Mildenhall in eastern England. The base is home to the 48th Fighter Wing, which has operated from there since 1960 and has more than 4,500 active-duty military members. (Photo by CHRIS RADBURN / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS RADBURN/AFP via Getty Images)

US, UK jointly tracking mysterious drone incursions near England military bases

So far, there’s been no associated operational or safety impacts to troops on the ground there, officials confirmed.
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stetson Manuel, an infantryman and Robotics and Autonomous Systems platoon sergeant from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 316th Cavalry Brigade, carries the Ghost-X Unmanned Aircraft System after its flight during experimentation at Project Convergence – Capstone 4, March 11, 2024 at Fort Irwin, Calif. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charlie Duke)

Army moves to rapidly field Anduril’s Ghost-X drones via Replicator

The uncrewed systems are said to align with lessons learned from conflict environments like Ukraine and the Pacific.
A representative from an unmanned aerial system manufacturer demonstrates capabilities for the Ascent Spirit UAS during a West Coast Blue UAS Industry Day at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 20, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Arroyo Jr.)

What’s unique about DIU’s new prize challenge to extend the Pentagon’s drone supply

Some U.S. service members will help decide what technologies are ultimately cleared for wider use, according to the official overseeing the Blue UAS Refresh Challenge.
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