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US Army’s new all-domain sensing team to wrangle sensor architecture

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army’s new team designed to allow the service to see deeply into a battlespace will initially work toward creating an architecture of sensors as well as processing and disseminating the enormous amount of data collected from those sensors, according to Army Futures Command leader Gen. James Rainey. The All-Domain Sensing Cross-Functional Team will grow out of the…
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The robots are coming: US Army experiments with human-machine warfare

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Looking like a toy helicopter, a small black drone rose up over a cluster of adobe buildings in a quiet desert village, emitting a faint buzz. The drone, an Anduril Industries’ Ghost-X, paused and then rose higher, disappearing into the clouds. Another followed. Seemingly small and unthreatening, the drones were serving as the eyes of an infantry company concealed by the…
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Boeing CEO to depart as part of broader leadership shakeup

The top executive at embattled plane-maker Boeing will step down this year amid a broader shakeup of the company’s top leadership, capping a tumultuous five plus years that has shaken faith in one of America’s most storied manufacturers. Boeing is the fifth-largest…
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Outsourcing Navy shipbuilding weakens the United States

The Pentagon’s first-ever industrial base strategy is rightly looking to address critical areas of America’s supply chain resilience, workforce readiness, flexible acquisition and economic deterrence.But rather than looking to invest in American shipbuilding and repair capacity, our military leaders are actively exploring outsourcing the U.S. maritime-industrial base, weakening our nation and…
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First round of Replicator to heavily feature Army systems, Bush says

The U.S. Army is poised to be the largest player in the first round of Replicator projects, according to the service’s top acquisition official. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, told an audience at the Ronald Reagan Institute’s National Security Innovation Base Summit in Washington that the Pentagon selected a system the service proposed for…
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