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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct military operations in urban terrain during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-01 at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryele Bertoch)

Second transforming-in-contact unit putting new tactics to the test in the Pacific for the Army

The 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division is conducting training operations simultaneously with Pacific partner nations.

Oct 14, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

An MQ-9 Reaper contracted from General Atomics, is parked at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 15, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman)

Marine Corps wants to mount high-performance computer on Reaper drones

The service is reaching out to industry in search of potential solutions.

Sep 25, 2024 By Jon Harper

A BQM-177 aerial target conducts test flight from China Lake, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy testing autonomous flight capabilities with aerial targets

NAVAIR has launched a new effort to integrate an AI-enabled pilot with the BQM-177A.

Aug 30, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Report: Air Force CCA program still faces cost, bureaucratic hurdles despite positive movement

A new report from CSIS says the Air Force's existing acquisition culture could turn the drone program into one that is too expensive and exquisite to produce…

Aug 6, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Special operators conduct training in austere conditions at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, on May 9, 2023, in support of exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Adams)

DOD’s new Arctic strategy calls for better tech to ‘monitor and respond’

The first line of effort encompasses a variety of technologies that the U.S. military says it must prioritize to innovate and expand its presence in the High…

Jul 22, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Marine Corps looking to make MQ-9 drones stealthy with special pods

"It can mimic things that are sent to it that it detects, turn it around and send it back. So it becomes a hole, it becomes a…

Jul 2, 2024 By Jon Harper

Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) along with The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) participate in a Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle (JTARV) exercise on Fort A.P. Hill, Va., September 22, 2017. (U.S. Army photos by Pfc. Gabriel Silva)

White House bashes idea of creating Army Drone Corps

"A Drone Corps would create an unwarranted degree of specialization and limit flexibility to employ evolving capabilities," the Biden administration said in a statement.

Jun 11, 2024 By Jon Harper

Col. Richard Wright prepares takes aim at an unmanned aerial system remotely controlled by as Command Sgt. Maj. Wilfredo Suarez, August 20, 2018, at Combined Task Force Defender. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Marion Jo Nederhoed, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade)

Senior Army leader throws cold water on lawmakers’ Drone Corps proposal

Members of the House Armed Services Committee have introduced draft legislation that would mandate the creation of a Drone Corps.

May 17, 2024 By Jon Harper

Photo of San Rafael Falls, Ecuador’s biggest waterfall, taken prior to a an upstream riverbed collapse that eventually destroyed the falls. (Getty Images)

Erosion catastrophe in Ecuador sparks ‘rare’ NGA drone mission

DefenseScoop was briefed on the agency’s recent Project Condor effort.

May 10, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Marines pursuing AI for sensor autonomy on multi-mission tactical drones

The service has an airborne network extension operational concept.

May 3, 2024 By Jon Harper