American technology company AeroVironment announced it has demonstrated its Puma-Switchblade combination of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in an … (read more)
WASHINGTON — The Army’s two key missile defense systems — Patriot and the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense system — successfully talked in a test conducted by … (read more)
As Fifth Domain recently explored in its two-part series, the U.S. Army is increasingly examining the use of battlefield cyber techniques.
The Army is not alone; cyber has emerged as a war-fighting … (read more)
Advanced battlefield cyber capabilities were once only reserved for the most highly trained and secretive forces, but now these tools and concepts are emerging from the shadows where they … (read more)
Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies has announced that, under DARPA’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, it is developing technology to direct and control swarms of small, autonomous air and ground vehicles. The technology … (read more)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Air and missile defense is one of the U.S. Army’s six modernization priorities, per the mandate of the forthcoming Army Futures Command.
The Patriot missile will figure into that modernization, of course, so its creator is working to update both the hardware and software that goes along with it. That includes … (read more)
The Department of Defense is continuing to ingrate cyber planning and effects into traditional military operations as Cyber Command nears elevation to a unified combatant command.
One critical step in this process has been the creation of cyber planning cells locally at the combatant command headquarters. DoD leaders now say they hope to have … (read more)
The next thing in space-based weapons could be decades old, according to Michael Griffin, the first defense undersecretary for research and engineering.
“Directed energy is more than just big lasers,” Griffin said. “That’s important. High-powered microwave approaches can … (read more)
WASHINGTON — The Army will demonstrate Long-Range Precision Fires technology from a precision strike missile to hypersonics and ramjet capabilities within the next couple of years, according to the … (read more)
WASHINGTON — The Army is planning to tie its two most critical air and missile defense systems together within two years, which is key to establishing a more effective, layered approach to AMD, according to the one-star general in charge of modernizing the … (read more)
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