Eight additional countries signed statements of intent to join the Army’s drone marketplace, expanding international access to preapproved drone and counter-drone systems. […]

Army acquisition leaders say new contracting authorities and streamlined requirements are helping the service accelerate procurement, including awarding some agreements in just seven days. […]

Army leaders are targeting proprietary data barriers and vendor-dependent integration as part of a broader push to accelerate modernization and give soldiers greater flexibility to combine capabilities. […]

The redesigned Futures and Autonomous Systems Command will coordinate Army robotics development and testing as the service integrates autonomous capabilities across combat formations. […]

The Army plans to put U.S. manufacturers through a supply-chain stress test early next year as the service pushes to accelerate weapons production and technology delivery. […]

The five-year award moves the Army’s command-and-control data layer from division-scale experimentation toward corps-level fielding in the Pacific. […]

The pilot platform would connect commercial vendors with Army-managed DevSecOps pipelines, using AI to analyze code and prepare evidence for security authorization. […]

The Army has the drones needed to equip every squad and is now turning its focus to training soldiers to operate them, including in contested electromagnetic environments. […]

The system is designed to give soldiers authoritative access to Army doctrine, manuals, and operational data, but its rollout depends on data standardization and reliable personal-device access. […]

Army officials say the experimental unit was designed from the start as a temporary effort to test uncrewed systems and spread battlefield lessons across the service. […]

Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation to President Trump on Monday, according to administration officials, marking the latest change in the military leadership under the Trump administration. […]

A new policy makes the Software Acquisition Pathway mandatory for Army software development efforts and directs program managers to prioritize commercial solutions over custom development. […]

The Army plans to award up to a combined $2.2 billion in milestone-based contracts as it targets at least one operational microreactor by Sept. 30, 2028. […]

The Army requested $3.3 billion for NGC2 for FY 2026 but lacks a full life-cycle cost estimate and detailed fielding schedule through 2032. […]

The Army plans to add more U.S.-made drone and counter-drone products to its digital marketplaces and expand access to 20 more allied countries by the end of the summer. […]

The new Test Range Army portal gives defense companies a single entry point to request access to U.S. and international military ranges. […]

Army HRC will be the first Defense Department organization to deploy Salesforce’s newly IL5-authorized agentic AI platform for personnel support. […]

Staff Sgt. Star now serves about 12,000 authorized users and could support up to 28,000 as early as November as the Army adds capabilities. […]

The new branch creates a permanent career path for Army space professionals, consolidates officer and enlisted roles, and supports Army and joint force operations. […]

The Army said Anduril Industries will lead the common data layer baseline for its NGC2 initiative, building on lessons learned from operational testing with the 4th and 25th Infantry Divisions. […]

The second cohort of private-sector technology leaders joined Detachment 201 on June 10 to advise on innovation and emerging technologies. […]

Senior defense leaders said future battlefield advantage will depend on managing data at speed and rapidly transitioning emerging technologies into operational use. […]

Cyber leaders say a new innovation center could speed adoption of AI and other emerging technologies while strengthening public-private partnerships. […]

The U.S. Army is rapidly fielding newly “jailbroken” defense systems to U.S. Central Command as part of Operation Jailbreak, a 30-day effort to unify legacy and modern military platforms. […]

Three allied nations gain access to the Army’s drone task force counter-UAS procurement platform as the service pushes to strengthen coalition interoperability and industrial capacity. […]

A recent multinational exercise in Lithuania evaluated more than 20 systems designed to combat unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, to evaluate how emerging counter-UAS capabilities will perform in realistic environments. […]

Lawmakers from both parties raised concerns this week over a lack of detail in the Trump administration’s budget request for the Defense Department (DOD). They warned that lack of information could slow Congress’ already challenging effort to pass a federal budget. […]

After several rounds of updates, the U.S. Army released the final solicitation for its Marketplace for Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) contract on Wednesday, setting the stage for vendors to bid on a 10-year, $50 billion multiple award contract. […]

The U.S. Army has conditionally selected two private companies to enter into exclusive negotiations to build and operate commercial hyperscaled data centers on Army installations in Texas and Utah. […]