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7 January

Airman 1st Class Thomas Schoening, a Cyber Transport Systems airman, poses for a photograph in the server room at the 153d Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard Base, Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 1, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Alderman)

US Air Force Taps GDIT for Base Network Revamp in Pacific

General Dynamics Information Technology has signed a $131-million contract to support communication network upgrades across US Air Force installations.

7 January

Asia Pacific

Joe Saballa

New Details Surface on China’s Truck-Mounted Hurricane 3000 Microwave Weapon

China is slowly lifting the curtain on the Hurricane 3000, a truck-mounted high-power microwave weapon designed to counter drones at ranges that allegedly exceed comparable US systems.

7 January

Air

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

MQ-9B Drone Picks Up a New ‘Brain’ for Data-Heavy Missions

The Knox-5 processor is built on an open SOSA-aligned architecture, supports air, land, and maritime missions, and runs cloud-native applications in contested environments.

7 January

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

US Army Gives First Look at the M1E3 Abrams Next-Gen Tank Demonstrator

M1E3 next-gen Abrams is the US Army’s latest tank prototype, with advanced software, enhanced mobility for complex terrain, upgraded lethality, an autoloader, and next-generation sensors.

6 January

Americas

A U.S. Marine Corps rifleman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), prepares a Neros Archer first-person view drone during attack drone training on Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Nov. 22, 2025. 22nd MEU(SOC) Marines are being trained and certified by the 2d Marine Division and the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team on first-person view drone systems to enhance combat readiness. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Rojoef Manuel

Lantronix Targets Faster, Smarter Drone Development With New AI Platform

Lantronix has introduced a new “Drone Reference Platform” designed to make building defense and commercial unmanned aerial systems smarter and easier.

6 January

Europe

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Exoskeletons for Logistics? French Army Puts Load-Bearing Suits to the Test

Exoskeletons could move from experiments to everyday military roles, as the French Army has begun testing the tech within its logistics units.

6 January

Air

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Keep Engines On: US Air Force Debuts R-20 Hot-Pit Refueling Tech

R-20 refueling is a next-gen hot-pit system that allows helicopters to stay powered during fueling, pumps up to 450 gallons per minute per hose, and draws from bulk bladders holding over 200,000 gallons.

6 January

Americas

Technician wearing full cleanroom protective gear operates advanced quantum fabrication equipment inside a yellow-lit semiconductor cleanroom, interacting with a control panel on a precision processing system

Ethan M. Encarnacion

University of Iowa Begins Push for Next-Gen Quantum Systems for Defense

Researchers at Iowa are pushing deeper into materials research, aiming to lay the groundwork for future quantum technologies.

5 January

Americas

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Claude Lambert, chief of future operations division for the Joint Task Force-Space Defense and U.S. Air Force Maj. Katie “Starbuck” Baier, chief of intelligence for weapons and tactics for the JTF-SD, look at a computer screen at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 19, 2022. Through the partnering of the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and National Reconnaissance Office in the National Space Defense Center, JTF-SD brings to bear the full force of the U.S. Government and synchronizes space superiority planning and operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Rojoef Manuel

CACI to Reinforce US Space Force Base Networks Under $12.5B Framework

CACI International has won a five-year task order worth up to $212 million to support enterprise-level network infrastructure upgrades for US Space Force installations.

5 January

Asia Pacific