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Anduril’s CCA prototype known as the YQF-44A Fury. (Credit: Anduril)

Air Force kicks off ground testing for CCA drones while preparing for first flight

The Air Force also announced that the CCA drones will be based at Beale Air Force Base in California.

May 1, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers recorded remarks at the Pentagon, Washington D.C., March 20, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)

Hegseth orders sweeping changes to Army structure

An April 30 memo directs the secretary of the Army to make changes to how the service is organized and purchases equipment, with a focus on prioritizing…

May 1, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

The national flags of the United States of America and the United Kingdom. (Source: Getty Images)

Brits join US Operation Rough Rider to bomb Houthi drone hub in Yemen

These strikes mark the first to be authorized by U.K. leaders during President Donald Trump’s second presidency.

Apr 30, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Raider Training Center conducts underwater egress training during the Marine Raider Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 19, 2025. MRC, formally known as the Individual Training Course, is a 9-month long course designed to produce Marine Raiders who can operate across the spectrum of special operations in small teams. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Evan Jones)

Marine Raiders pursuing new tech for ‘rough and nasty’ fights in the Pacific

Maj. Gen. Peter Huntley, commander of Marine Forces Special Operations Command, talked to reporters about the future of the Raider force at Modern Day Marine.

Apr 30, 2025 By Jon Harper

Concertina wire is attached along the fence at the southern US border with Mexico, in Douglas, Arizona, on April 3, 2025. (Photo by David Swanson / AFP) (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)

DOD to deploy counter-drone capabilities at US-Mexico border as cartels surveil troops

The efforts will support the military's campaign to carry out the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and security mandates there.

Apr 29, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

A M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle with 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division engages a target during a Combined Arms Live Fire exercise at Jack Mountain on Fort Cavazos, Texas, Jan. 22, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nick LaRocco)

Armored formation kicks off second round of transforming-in-contact with Pegasus Charge

1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division will be participating in the second round of the Army's transforming-in-contact initiative.

Apr 29, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

A U.S. Marine Corps MQ-9 Reaper drone assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One takes off for unmanned aerial system tactics training as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25 at Laguna Army Airfield, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Trent A. Henry)

Marine Corps to receive new smart sensor system for MQ-9 Reaper drones

A bundled release of Sky Tower II electronic warfare payloads and a smart sensor system is slated for the last quarter of 2025, a Marine Corps official…

Apr 29, 2025 By Jon Harper

Reconciliation bill includes billions for new drone capabilities

Sizable investments would go toward one-way attack drones.

Apr 28, 2025 By Jon Harper

A U.S. Air Force Jump-20 unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing flies over a sunset at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., June 20, 2023. The Jump-20 UAV was used to exercise the single operator, multi-system control model in a simulated deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Alexcia Givens)

DOD wants communications tech to enable commandos’ drone swarms

Officials are interested in items with high technological and manufacturing readiness levels to meet quick timelines.

Apr 17, 2025 By Jon Harper

GMF hosts roundtable featuring six visiting Ukrainian members of parliament in Washington on April 3, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the German Marshall Fund)

Ukrainian parliamentary delegation visits US lawmakers amid Trump’s ongoing peace talks

The officials detailed some of the messages they aimed to articulate to their U.S. counterparts during this visit.

Apr 4, 2025 By Brandi Vincent