DARPA Hybrid Small UAS Fuel Cell Quadruples Time On Mission
Small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) provide valuable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for units at the infantry company level...
DOD Groups Speed Equipment to Warfighters
Two Defense Department groups are laboring to rush equipment and systems to overseas-deployed U.S. warfighters. Thomas P. Dee, director of...
Routine Interactions Build US-India Defense Relations
The U.S.-India defense relationship is a natural partnership created by shared interests and values and driven by increasingly routine day-to-day...
China Report Notes Military Modernization
China’s military is modernizing, but the Chinese government needs to be more forthcoming on why it needs these new capabilities,...
‘Doomsday Mechanism’ Would Devastate Budget, Panetta Says
Citing the myriad threats facing the United States, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said today that one of the biggest...
Pentagon Officials Work With OMB on Budget Guidance
Defense Department officials are working with the Office of Management and Budget on guidance issued yesterday that all agencies’ fiscal...
Marines Train on Robotic Truck for Future Convoys
Next week, in a test area just east of Pittsburgh, six Marines will learn to control a robotic truck that...
Robots Could Save Soldiers’ Lives, Army General Says
Robots and unmanned systems potentially could improve enemy surveillance, reduce a soldier’s workload and save lives on the battlefield, an...
Sharing Intelligence Helps Contractors Strengthen Cyber Defenses
A new pilot program in which the Defense Department shares classified threat intelligence with defense contractors or their commercial Internet...
CID combats corruption in Afghanistan
As billions of dollars flow into the Afghan economy to assist its people, some remain skeptical that this effort will...
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