[ad_1] Commercial space communications, cyber effects, and influence operations will play a deciding role in either winning or preventing future conflicts, Lt. Gen. John Braga, commanding general of United States Army Special Operations Command, said Tuesday. The United States must continue to develop each of those capabilities, but should also develop joint concepts for deploying ...

[ad_1] New manufacturing techniques are moving the Army toward its goal of producing 85,000 155mm artillery shells per month, starting in fiscal 2025, the assistant Army secretary for acquisition said Monday. The push is meant to help Ukraine keep up the pace of its counteroffensive and to replenish depleted U.S. stockpiles and even help other ...

[ad_1] Following a stream of Russian drone attacks that plunged Kyiv into darkness last year, the Defense Department unveiled a plan in early April: send anti-drone gun and missile trucks to Ukraine.  The 19 unidentified trucks were “important capabilities,” a senior U.S. defense official said at the time, listing them alongside more well-known systems like ...

[ad_1] Pinterest Inc. reported second-quarter revenue that exceeded analysts’ estimates. It signaled that the company’s efforts in expanding its business to support ecommerce have paid off. The company runs a social media site for being inspired by images. Pinterest sales Pinterest said sales rose 6% to $708 million in the period ended June 30. That ...

[ad_1] DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force is telling defense companies it wants different, faster ways to buy and sustain drones that will accompany fighter pilots into combat.  “I think most people looking in from the outside, they have an expectation that it’s business as usual…it’s not,” Brig. Gen. Dale White, program executive officer for fighters and ...

[ad_1] Newswise — Electronic devices typically use the charge of electrons, but spin — their other degree of freedom — is starting to be exploited. Spin defects make crystalline materials highly useful for quantum-based devices such as ultrasensitive quantum sensors, quantum memory devices, or systems for simulating the physics of quantum effects. Varying the spin ...

[ad_1] The Navy hopes new multi-billion dollar, multi-year contracts for nine Arleigh Burke-class destroyers will help two shipyards stabilize their workforces and stay in shape for future orders. “This contract will provide both of our major large surface combatant providers a stable industrial workload and industrial base…for their workforce and for their investments,” Frederick Stefany, acting assistant ...

[ad_1] DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force is working on one engine design to power the service’s highly secret new fighter jet—no matter which company builds the plane.  The future engine, called Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion, or NGAP, will be able to work in all Next Generation Air Dominance planes being developed, said John Sneden, director of ...