AFCENT moving to compete in ‘the numbers game’ with low-cost drones
"There comes a degree that the thing that causes concern is the numbers game — as drones, specifically, are cheap to make in large numbers — that…
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Task Force 99
Central Command gets new chief technology officer
Joy Angela Shanaberger said she wants to scale up Centcom's innovation efforts.
Air Force preparing to buy new long-endurance drones for Task Force 99 in Middle East
The unit performs intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities and experiments with cutting-edge technologies.
US military tests new smartphone app that could help shoot down drones
CARPE Dronvm was put through its paces at McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Poinsett Range in South Carolina this week.
Task Force 99 drone was ‘very effective’ in secretive spy missions, senior DOD official says
An unmanned aerial system from U.S. Air Forces Central's newly formed Task Force 99 was deployed to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions against a U.S. adversary…
How US Central Command’s task forces are shaping the future of operational AI
The Navy’s Task Force 59, the Air Force’s Task Force 99 and the Army’s Task Force 39 are exploring cutting-edge technologies that could give the U.S. military…
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US Central Command’s new Task Force 99 begins drone operations in Middle East
The organization was stood up in October as Centcom looks for new ways to deploy robotic platforms for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other missions.