Thursday, June 19, 2025
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The Army's effort to rebuild its air and missile defense enterprise is faltering due to reliance on outdated development practices and underuse of digital engineering tools, according to a new audit by congressional investigators.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fielded a variety of questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee today, with several lawmakers criticizing the Pentagon's budgetary posture.
Onlookers at the Army's 250th birthday parade in Washington over the weekend would have seen a Robotic Combat Vehicle rolling down Constitution Avenue despite the service cancelling the program in May as part of its Army Transformation Initiative.
For the past month, lawmakers on the congressional defense committees have peppered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George with questions about what reasoning went into the Army Transformation Initiative. During a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing today, Driscoll committed to providing a more detailed explanation to the subcommittee within 10 days.
Autonomously piloted drones will need to be able to survive without several capabilities often taken for granted in war, such as GPS and communications, according to Ryan Tseng, co-founder and president of ShieldAI.
The Defense Department's Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office announced yesterday that it will award OpenAI $200 million to develop AI-enabled systems designed to perform complex tasks while maintaining human oversight and control.
The Army will undergo a production decision review this month for the first increment of its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program, according to the Government Accountability Office's Weapon System Annual Assessment report, released last week.
The Hanwha Group is a step closer to increasing its stake in Austal USA from 9.9% to 19.9% after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approved the South Korean company to expand its ownership share to up to 100%, the company announced last week.
The Hanwha Group is a step closer to increasing its stake in Austal USA from 9.9% to 19.9% after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approved the South Korean company to expand its ownership share to up to 100%, the company announced last week.
Autonomously piloted drones will need to be able to survive without several capabilities often taken for granted in war, such as GPS and communications, according to Ryan Tseng, co-founder and president of ShieldAI.
For the past month, lawmakers on the congressional defense committees have peppered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George with questions about what reasoning went into the Army Transformation Initiative. During a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing today, Driscoll committed to providing a more detailed explanation to the subcommittee within 10 days.
Autonomously piloted drones will need to be able to survive without several capabilities often taken for granted in war, such as GPS and communications, according to Ryan Tseng, co-founder and president of ShieldAI.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fielded a variety of questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee today, with several lawmakers criticizing the Pentagon's budgetary posture.
