The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation arm, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have made 11 awards out of an initial field of 218 entrants in the High Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) competition, which began last year. ...

The Pentagon Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans a number of reviews related to the former Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and the current Operation Enduring Sentinel in Afghanistan and to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, in general. U.S. military forces withdrew ...

Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla, the commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps and the Biden administration’s nominee to head U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), wants to use artificial intelligene (AI) to improve targeting in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. Before Kurilla’s nomination ...

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla, the Biden administration’s nominee to become the new head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said on Feb. 8 that the military will use fifth-generation fighters, such as the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and F-22, to strike ground targets in areas without a ...

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) last month awarded Anduril Industries a nearly $1 billion contract, the company’s largest ever, to act as a systems integrator for the command’s counter-unmanned aircraft systems (CUxS) capability needs worldwide. Under the $967.6 million contract, ...

As the competitors in U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) Armed Overwatch program await a contract award by next June, the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act holds up the disbursement of fiscal 2022 procurement funding until SOCOM submits an acquistion roadmap. In addition ...