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STORY ANGLES - Focuses on military technology advancements: Highlights cutting-edge systems like AI-powered drones, autonomous vehicles, and robotics for defense applications.
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- 59
- Latest indexed publication
- Oct 16, 2026
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- Top 100K sites
- Earliest indexed
- Aug 13, 2025
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US Special Operations adopts new half-mask and goggles (opens the original)
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U.S. Special Operations forces will adopt a new face and breathing protection system after the Pentagon and Avon Protection announced a contract on Oct. 9. The MITR half-mask and goggle system is designed to protect wearers from dangerous chemicals and toxic substances in the atmosphere, including lead powder from gunfire, ballistics and poisonous substances like fentanyl. Casey Galligan, Avon’s senior director for the U.S. Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, told Defense News that …
US Army creates robotics technician job to focus on drone warfare (opens the original)
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The U.S. Army kickstarted a military occupational specialty focusing on robotics and unmanned systems with an induction ceremony this month at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. During the ceremony, 10 warrant officers were formally introduced as 390A robotics technicians. They will now serve as subject-matter experts on all aspects of using robotic and autonomous systems, including programming, building and repairing them, plus integrating them into combat. The 390…
Lockheed’s New PAC-3 Edge interceptor aims for agility (opens the original)
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The latest iteration of Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 family of missile interceptors is designed to bring extreme agility to bear against a diverse array of missile threats, Defense News learned. The defense giant unveiled the PAC-3 Edge this Friday and debuted it at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., today. “This missile is capable of being launched from the traditional M903 launcher. It’s capable of being launched from the containerized launchers that are being so…
Pentagon, Raytheon sign $6.3B deal to replenish US missile interceptor supply (opens the original)
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The Pentagon inked a five-year contract with Raytheon for the steady production of ballistic missile interceptors that use force to destroy targets, rather than explosives. The $6.3 billion contract, which provides two additional option years, will see Raytheon provide the Defense Department with a continuous supply of Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors manufactured primarily in Tucson, Arizona and Huntsville, Alabama. “SM-3 Block IB has proven its relevance in combat and this contract hel…
US Army Corps of Engineers failed to explain drop in environmental mitigation work: Watchdog (opens the original)
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not seek to mitigate environmental damage for more than 50 projects over the past five years and did not provide detailed explanations to Congress, a government watchdog found. Measures to prevent environmental damage were proposed in only 22 of 74 civil works projects the Corps submitted to Congress for approval from 2020 to 2025, according to a report published Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office. The Corps deemed that no such measures were ne…
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