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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lilly Sharma, a small unmanned aircraft system operator, with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, operates a Skydio X2D during a small unmanned aerial systems training (sUAS) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 6, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert Blanks)

As the Pentagon goes full-tilt on small UAS, some services are trying to build a new generation of drone-savvy troops from the rip

While the military boosts already-established UAS roles and inter-service job transfers, multiple services have begun to put drones into the hands or on the minds of its…

5 days ago By Drew F. Lawrence

Artist’s rendering of Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS system. (Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

Navy brass sees future battleship as catalyst to scale next-gen laser weaponry

The U.S. military’s urgent need to counter cheap adversarial drones in multiple regions has heightened calls for directed energy weapons.

Feb 18, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Lt. Elliot Reed, right, assigned to Air Department aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), signals to a Carrier Air Wing 8 F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 87, as it launches from the flight deck, July 14, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tajh Payne)

How real-world ops are informing Naval Information Forces’ modernization pursuits

NAVIFOR plays a key part in the Navy’s ongoing integration of information warfare capabilities into its Maritime Operations Centers.

Feb 17, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

West 2026 attendees mingle through the Navy Information Warfare (IW) Pavilion, Feb 10. (U.S. Navy photo by Robert Fluegel/Released)

Navy hustling to modernize hundreds of legacy IT systems via Cattle Drive

The effort is designed to “round up” outdated and vulnerable IT assets — and then reinvest funds into higher-priority platforms and pursuits.

Feb 12, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 22, 2022) The large unmanned surface vessel Nomad, front, medium displacement unmanned vessel Sea Hunter, right, and large unmanned surface vessel Ranger transit the Pacific Ocean to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler R. Fraser)

Navy exploring options to solve its ‘unmanned dilemma’

The service’s new warfighting directions rely heavily on the integration of surface, undersea, and aerial drone swarms across the fleet.

Feb 11, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle met with World War II veterans, 100-year old Paul Robins and 99-year old Eddie Desmond, aboard the Battleship USS New Jersey Museum and Memorial in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Joe J. Cardona Gonzalez).

Navy CNO is ‘all ahead flank’ on AI

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle shared new details at WEST about the service's near-term priorities associated with AI adoption.

Feb 10, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

In this photo illustration, the OpenAI “ChatGPT” AI-generated answer to the question “What can AI offer to humanity?” is seen on a laptop screen on February 03, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Pentagon adding ChatGPT to its enterprise generative AI platform

ChatGPT has been wildly popular in the commercial sector since it was widely released in late 2022 by OpenAI. Now the tech will be added to the…

Feb 9, 2026 By Jon Harper

A pair of Ray-Ban Meta 2nd generation smart glasses is seen on display during the Meta Connect Developer Conference at Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California on September 27, 2023. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Air Force bans Meta AI glasses over OPSEC concerns, while other services’ policies vary

The decision comes as the Air Force contends with potential vulnerabilities created by advancements in commercial electronic devices.

Feb 6, 2026 By Mikayla Easley Drew F. Lawrence

Sailors, attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2, deploy an MK18 Mod 1 Swordfish unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) during UNITAS LXV, September 5, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hunter S. Harwell)

Navy eyes extended subsea network to link up its arsenal of manned and unmanned assets for DMO

The sea service recently kicked off its new Networked Expeditionary Routing and Exchange for Undersea Systems (NEREUS) project.

Feb 5, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Jan. 24, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Cesar Zavala)

F-35C pilot downs Iranian drone to defend USS Abraham Lincoln, Centcom says

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…

Feb 3, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence