Military medics train to keep casualties alive until evacuation. In the next war, that could take days, or even weeks.
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The US Army is exploring robotic F-250 pickups. The company behind them sees future mine hunters and breachers.
The Army is preparing to test autonomous Ford F-250 pickup trucks in a training exercise to see if they can perform dangerous battlefield jobs.
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The US Navy is pouring $76.6 billion into new submarines and the workers it needs to build them
Shipbuilders will construct 14 new Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines. The US Navy's investment also includes money for yards and workers.
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A Japanese destroyer fired its new Tomahawk missiles for the first time
The live-fire marks the culmination of years of modifications, training, and cooperation between the US and Japan.
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A Ukrainian defense firm says electronic warfare demand is surging as Russia launches strike drones every minute
Officials with the firm said they have seen increasing demand from the Ukrainian military and government over the past year,
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Early evidence shows North Korea's ballistic missiles are back in the war, Zelenskyy says
Pyongyang supplied the Kremlin with its KN-23 and KN-24 ballistic missiles in the past, though their use had stopped for some months.
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The US Army put new battlefield tech to the test. Now it's deciding what isn't making the cut.
The new command and control system has been developed with close industry partners and saw major testing at Fort Irwin, California.
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Ukraine's drone operators can now fight from hundreds of miles away. Support troops still have to risk getting near the front.
New technology means Ukraine's drone pilots can fly farther from harm, but troops are still needed closer to the danger.
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NATO says a Russian missile crashed in Poland. Ukrainian jets tried to destroy threats right up the border, Warsaw says.
The missile flew for roughly six minutes in Polish airspace before crashing 60 miles deep into the country, the military said.
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Ukraine's long-range drones have a new war target: Russia's version of the Amazon warehouse
Nearly a dozen drone strikes in recent days have wiped out merchants' inventory stock and forced hundreds of companies to ask for loan restructurings.
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The US Army's networked battlefield is taking shape. Spotty connections show the work ahead.
The prototype data-forward system has rapidly matured in key areas. But it's still integrating new tech, and connectivity isn't always reliable.
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Ukrainian soldier says the drone-filled 'zero line' is so dangerous that troops sometimes have to wait a week just to move 300 meters
At Ukraine's zero line, even tiny movements can be "a question of life and death," so soldiers need to wait long stretches for the right conditions.
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Ukrainian troops' Amazon for battle drones sends gear to the front lines in 8 days, Kyiv says
The Brave1 Market has cut delivery times for in-stock items from about two weeks to eight days, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.
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The US Navy needs to find thousands of temporary beds. Houseboats are on the table.
The Navy is seeking out thousands of temporary beds as recruiting growth and major barracks renovations strain its housing capacity.
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In a novel experiment, the Pentagon is going to pay civilian ambulances for lifesaving blood
The Pentagon will test paying ambulances for blood transfusions, a move experts hope expands lifesaving prehospital care.
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Ukraine’s ground robots aren’t just saving lives — they’re changing the way its army endures the fight
Ukrainian commanders said one of the benefits of the robots is their ability to increase Kyiv's "operational endurance."
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British soldiers are racing virtual drones through video game mountains and tracks before taking to the skies for real
The UK and the US start training their soldiers for drone warfare on simulators, because live flight is destructive and so likely to destroy drones.
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Russia replaced its once-grand Navy Day parade with a shipless event and a giant poster of a submarine
As the threat of Ukrainian drone strikes looms, Russia scaled down its Navy Day event to receive Putin with several dozen sailors instead.
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Constant surveillance is pushing NATO to ‘scatter the force’ to survive, top commander says
Large troop gatherings or fixed command posts are vulnerable in modern conflict, as has been the case in Ukraine.
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Western defense companies are looking to Ukrainian firms for lessons on how to build in wartime conditions
Western defense firms are building gear with Ukrainian ones to combine their own expertise with what Ukraine is learning from being in the fight.
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Someone cosplaying online as Ukraine's new top general has already fooled thousands
The account on X, @Drapatyi_M, has posted 22 times in the last five days, mimicking the run-of-the-mill updates one would expect from an official.
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The first US sea drone strike in Iran set the stage for a new way of NATO warfighting. 'It's coming,' top commander says.
NATO militaries are integrating sea drones into their naval operations, but the US became the first ally to use one in combat.
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China built full-size models of US warships and aircraft to hone its missiles
Satellite images reveal how China is building replicas to hone its weapons. Their targets: F-35 stealth fighters, US warships, and Taiwan's capital.
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Ukrainian troops are pinning their hopes on a new top general after losing their star defense minister
As Ukraine reels from the ousting of Fedorov, troops say they believe 43-year-old Mykhailo Drapatyi will bring the modern solutions Kyiv needs to win.
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The US scored its first Iranian Shahed kill with a counter-drone system proven in Ukraine
Ukraine has used the American-made Merops system to intercept more than 1,000 Shaheds launched by Russia.
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Modern war demands more of special operations medics. AI is helping the Army cram in more of what they need most in training.
Army instructors are using AI to refine special operations medic training for future wars shaped by drones and prolonged casualty care.
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Ukraine has gone from accepting just about any old weapon to showing Western militaries how modern war is fought
Ukraine started Russia's full-scale invasion accepting any help it could get, and now it's helping allies prepare for new ways of war.
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Shadow fleet escorts are straining Russia’s warships and worsening already 'serious' problems, NATO official says
The warships are doing escorts for sanctioned shadow fleet vessels, a dozen of which have been boarded by allied navies over the past year.
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I visited an Air Force museum on an active base. Here are the most fascinating things I saw.
The Air Mobility Command Museum is located on Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and features an old Air Force Two as well as cargo planes.
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Ukrainian infiltration missions get a lot harder when winter strips away their cover, special operator says
Vegetation and leaves during the summer months provides elite soldiers with cover from ever-watching drones.
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NATO is looking to create the same battlefield feedback loop Ukraine has
In Ukraine, data from the front is relayed to the defense industry, which can quickly field new tech before Russia adapts and it becomes obsolete.
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A Ukrainian arms maker says it's got a new high-speed interceptor built to hunt Russia's jet-powered Shaheds
Kyiv has said this year that it needs cheap drones to counter Russia's jet-powered drones, the slowest of which already can cruise at 200 mph.
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After its first naval drone strike, the US is now teaming up with the maker of Ukraine's battle-tested Maguras to build out its fleet
A new US-Ukrainian partnership aims to bring combat-proven autonomous maritime technology into American production.
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Top US general says Ukraine's F-16s recently shot down their first Russian fighter jet, showing how far its air defense has come
Gen. Dan Caine said Ukraine scored its "first air-to-air kill where a Ukrainian F-16 shot down a Russian fighter," a mark of its progress.
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Top NATO general says he believes alliance forces are ready for a drone-infested battlefield like the one in Ukraine
Gen. Alexis Grynkewich told Business Insider that Ukraine's participation in NATO exercises has helped the alliance sharpen its skills.
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Ukrainian troops are walking more and spreading out to avoid drones, special operator says
Soldiers carry pump-action shotguns as a last-resort defense against the Russian drones that have saturated the battlefield.
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Ukraine's new top general is a 43-year-old maverick whose bold moves began 12 years ago with a 'flying' armored vehicle
Civilian protests have forced Kyiv to appoint one of the war's most popular commanders, Mykhailo Drapatyi, as commander in chief.
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Ukraine's arms makers say they need to figure out how to constantly update their weapons — without slowing output
Weapons makers must keep updating their gear before it's obsolete, but they have to do it without sacrificing the mass production modern wars demand.
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Inside Ukraine's war robot revolution
Inside Ukraine's robotics revolution, drones, ground robots, and autonomous weapons are rapidly reshaping the war with Russia.
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On the ground inside Ukraine's secret uncrewed weapons revolution
We were given rare access to Ukraine's military units already deploying the technology of the future to turn the tide against Russia.
Ukraine's elite special operators are doing more infiltration missions as the front-line kill zone grows
Infiltration missions consist of small groups of soldiers who sneak past enemy lines to carry out raids or assault operations.
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A new Patriot missile costs less than half the price of a regular interceptor, Lockheed Martin says
Described as a "low-cost interceptor," the PAC-3 ACE is meant to be produced and deployed far more quickly than the regular PAC-3 missile.
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Russia thought its supply roads 100 miles from the front were safe. Ukrainian operators can 'free hunt' with new drones.
Ukraine's mid-range drones are disrupting Russian logistics deep behind the front, where targets are plentiful and defenses thin.
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Ukraine's weapons makers fear a costly slowdown after their tech champion was pushed out of the defense ministry
Defense industry sources worry about what Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal could mean for battlefield innovation at a pivotal moment in the war.
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3 US troops were killed in the Middle East amid Iranian attacks, the Pentagon says
Two US service members were killed in Jordan on Friday and a third in Iraq on Saturday as American and partner forces came under Iranian fire.
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The war in Ukraine is exposing the dangers of prolonged tourniquet use. US special operations medics are adapting.
The war in Ukraine is changing how US special operations medics train, with more focus on removing tourniquets to help prevent limb loss.
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Ukrainian special operators are changing how they assault enemy trenches. Someone always has to 'watch the sky.'
The continuous rise of drones on the battlefield has forced soldiers to adopt new training and tactics. They need to keep an eye on the sky.
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US Marines launched a drone from a moving helicopter to scout a ship for a special operations boarding team
US Marines launched FPV drones from a moving helicopter and used them to scout a ship for a special operations boarding party.
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Satellite images show how Russia is winning the race for the Arctic as the US plays catch-up
Russia has expanded its Arctic presence, building bases and icebreakers as the US struggles to rebuild amid geopolitical competition.
