The Army has awarded two contracts for a second phase in robotic mule prototypes -- one to American Rheinmetall Vehicles and another to HDT Expeditionary Systems, the service announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Dominic Minadeo is an Inside Defense Army reporter. Before Inside Defense, he covered a slew of topics across Vermont as an intern for VTDigger. He also reported and edited for the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont, where he graduated.
The Army has awarded two contracts for a second phase in robotic mule prototypes -- one to American Rheinmetall Vehicles and another to HDT Expeditionary Systems, the service announced Tuesday.
The Army is seeking emerging technologies that can help it with "reconnaissance, target development and precision targeting operations" across different domains, according to a request for information released Monday.
Senators have tacked on a new task for the Pentagon in their fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill: Study the cost of acquiring portable, droppable munitions that can kill any sort of drone.
North Korea's munitions shipments to Russia are alarming, Army Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, President Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. commander in South Korea, said in his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday. But even more alarming is that it's not clear what North Korea is getting in return, Brunson said.