The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is urging Congress to retain provisions in the final version of the next defense policy bill to establish a new committee with Pentagon and Intelligence Community officials to guide AI development priorities, as well as bolstering ...

The Army will no longer consider submitting its own design bid for the restarted Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) prototype competition, the service said Thursday. The decision was based on feedback from industry and dialogue among Army senior leaders, according to an update to the draft ...

The White House has sent Congress a list of provisions it does not want in the final version of the fiscal year 2021 defense policy, including the renaming of bases named after Confederate leaders and restrictions on divesting from select legacy weapon systems. In a letter sent Monday to the ...

The Army has approved its first Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) program requirement, finalizing the capability development document for the Mounted Assured PNT System (MAPS) development effort. The milestone is a key step to establishing a program of record for MAPS, which is currently ...

Army experimental test pilots flew Bell’s [TXT] V-280 Valor offering for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) in August, the service said Tuesday. The V-280 Valor is one of two offerings for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program to find a Black Hawk replacement, with ...

Germany’s Ministry of Defense said Monday it selected C.G. Haenel for its $296 million program to replace its G36 rifles, beating out incumbent manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), which has supplied the weapon since the mid-1990s. Heckler & Koch was considered the favorite to win the ...