[ad_1] The U.S. military speaks frequently about the lessons they’re learning from the war in Ukraine.  The Air Force has sought to evaluate the Ukrainian military’s methods for detecting drones, while the Army has revamped training, fielded new drones, and re-evaluated its artillery stockpiles based on observations of the nearly three-year-old hot war there. The ...

[ad_1] The Air Force’s top tech integration office has been busy deploying cloud-based command and communications tools for air defense. Now, the goal is to take them to operational systems while expanding use of tactical kits, said Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management, or C3BM. “I told ...

[ad_1] This story was originally published by States Newsroom. Republicans on the House Administration Committee at a Wednesday hearing argued that legislation to bar people from voting who are not citizens—something already illegal—is what’s needed to prepare for the November elections. But Democratic secretaries of state in battleground states told committee members they are more ...

[ad_1] An emerging picture indicates that better communications tech between agencies may have prevented the Trump shooting—and that getting the Secret Service, law enforcement, and the Department of Homeland Security on the same page communications-wise could be instrumental in preventing future assassination attempts.  A congressional report from late last month notes that the Secret Service ...

[ad_1] FORT CARSON, Colo.—For an infantry crew, nothing can replace the experience of riding in a big truck and firing guns at targets hundreds of yards away. Shell cases clinking as they collect on the roof, the smell of diesel and gunpowder, the thump of recoil, the sound of the team’s voices in a headset—the ...

[ad_1] The arrest in France of the controversial Russian-born founder of Telegram—and potential actions against the social media and messaging platform itself—could reduce the public’s ability to fully understand the war in Ukraine. The site is a key source of analysis and opinion of Russian military bloggers.  “On the Russian side, Telegram is used by all levels ...

[ad_1] How far will Ukrainian forces continue into Russia, and what are they trying to accomplish? The White House said this week that U.S. officials don’t yet know what Ukraine’s “intentions” are, but White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters that “early reports” suggest “some Russian units [are] being reapplied to the Kursk area.”  While ...

[ad_1] Manufacturers of counter-drone gear got a rare chance this week to show off their wares and get feedback from U.S. soldiers who’ve had to fight off enemy drones overseas. They gathered from July 31 to Aug. 8 in Fort Drum, New York, bringing everything from small arms to directed-energy weapons to “Operation Hard Kill,” ...