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13 March

US Air Force Revives E-7A Wedgetail Work With $2.4B Boeing Contracts

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing $2.43 billion in contracts to continue development work on the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft, signaling renewed momentum for the program.

13 March

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New Canadian Tech Aims to Solve Arctic Navigation Constraints

Operating in the Arctic has long challenged defense and autonomous systems, where extreme weather, limited infrastructure, and GPS disruptions can quickly complicate missions.

13 March

Joe Saballa

PrSM Increment 2 Takes First Flight With Expanded Strike Envelope

The US Army has taken a major step in expanding the reach of its long-range fires arsenal, completing the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile Increment 2.

13 March

Inder Singh Bisht

Elbit to Develop Helmet-Mounted US Soldier Mission Command System

The US Army has awarded Elbit America a $120.5-million contract to develop a helmet-mounted mission command system.

13 March

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Autonomy and Electronic Warfare Converge in ‘Breakthrough’ Trial

What happens when drones are given the ability to think for themselves in the electromagnetic battlefield? L3Harris and Shield AI have just offered a glimpse in a new autonomous electronic warfare trial.

13 March

Christine Casimiro

US Navy, DIU Select Anduril for XL Autonomous Submarine Program

The US Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit have chosen Anduril for their extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle program.

12 March

USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), the sixth and final Expeditionary Sea Base vessel

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Christens Final Expeditionary Sea Base Vessel

The US Navy has christened the sixth and final vessel under its Expeditionary Sea Base program in San Diego, California.

12 March

Master Sgt. Bradley Blair, senior enlisted leader, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, Office of the Dean, completes an exercise in a T-6A Texan II virtual reality flight simulator while wearing a cap that measures brain activity after applying a cervical transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, or ctVNS, device to his neck during a test at the Human Universal Measurement and Assessment Network Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 19, 2023. Researchers with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Human Effectiveness Directorate developed a military-grade ctVNS device to enhance cognitive performance in Airmen and Guardians, specifically to accelerate training, mitigate fatigue and enable decision superiority. USAFSAM and the Human Effectiveness Directorate are two mission units that comprise AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

Rojoef Manuel

US Tests Suspected Weapon Tied to Havana Syndrome in Secret Lab Experiments

The US has obtained and tested a suspected directed-energy weapon that investigators believe could help explain the controversial illness known as Havana Syndrome.

12 March

Satellite view over the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: MizarVision

Rojoef Manuel

Chinese AI Startup Watching US Military Assets in Middle East From Space

The company released high-resolution images showing American bases, fighter jets, warships, and missile defense systems across the conflict-ridden region.

12 March