Pentagon CTO Selects Six Defense Technology Experts to Drive Research and Deployment Across Six Critical Tech Areas

Pentagon CTO Selects Six Defense Technology Experts to Drive Research and Deployment Across Six Critical Tech Areas

The Pentagon has announced the officials who will lead research into its six top “Critical Technology Areas” (CTAs), two months after Defense Department Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael streamlined the list from 14 to just six priorities. The newly appointed...
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Japan’s Missile Specialist Breaks New Ground in Unmasking PL-15: Inside Global Scramble to Unravel China’s BVR Missile

Indo-Pacific: Japanese electronic warfare and radar specialists have reportedly been granted rare access by India to examine the debris of China’s PL-15 beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile. The missile fragments were recovered on Indian territory following a recent aerial conflict between...
U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

U.S. Marines Bolster Readiness for Indo-Pacific Crisis Response with Two-Week Okinawa Training

Over the span of two intense weeks, more than 2,400 U.S. Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) concluded a Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (MEUEX) designed to sharpen their edge ahead of an upcoming deployment across the...
China Tests 'Unjammable' Fiber-Optic Drones

China Tests ‘Unjammable’ Fiber-Optic Drones: A New Frontier in Electronic Warfare

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has begun field-testing a new class of fiber-optic guided drones, signaling a significant leap in its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) capabilities. These drones, tethered to their operators via thin fiber-optic cables, represent a decisive...