4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1243+ words) War on the Rocks When the world's at stake, National security. For insiders. By insiders. Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. The Strange Transformation of the Front…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (493+ words) Third Army officers say ground robots cut paperwork. They let junior officers decide how to carry out a commander’s intent. Moreover, they gave a battle captain a shared real-time picture from which to coordinate units directly, rather than waiting for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (791+ words) My greatest challenge while flight testing collaborative combat aircraft was not troubleshooting errors at high speed in the cockpit. It was when, in a single keystroke, my job shifted from pilot to something like a dog handler — a supervisor of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (185+ words) The Marine Corps just released its plan to fight against adversaries on land, and Ryan had the two architects of the plan, Ground Combat Element 2040, on the show to talk about it. They discuss drones, resilience, long-range fires, logistics, and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (358+ words) In 2015, I believed the fringe position that by 2035 autonomous systems for defense would become ubiquitous. First, there would be swarms of robots on the battlefield. Second, every military asset would be powered and piloted by physical AI. The saying “hardware…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (208+ words) In a Pacific war, the U.S. military cannot assume uncontested access to its depots and supply lines for munitions, spare parts, food, water, and energy. Jonathan is joined by David Tuttle (Rune Technologies), Paul Lwin (HavocAI), and Tom Garvey (CACI) to…...