Concept art showing the General Atomics–Aeronautical Systems Liberty Lifter

Liberty Lifter Set For Take-off

DARPA announced in February that it has selected teams from General Atomics and Aurora Flight Sciences to develop concept designs for the agency’s Liberty Lifter Seaplane wing-in-ground effect full-scale demonstrator.

Brian O'Rourke
March 2023
spy balloon

Spy Balloons

China may be learning more from the United States than analysts have assumed.

Brian O'Rourke
March 2023
Russian frigate Admiral Makarov

USVs at Work in the Black Sea

A Ukrainian attack on the Russian Navy using uncrewed surface vehicles raises questions about the future of naval warfare.

H I Sutton
December 2022
robot

REPTX Tests Small-Scale Robots for Big Jobs

The Navy and industry have been working to develop a whole other category of robotic, autonomous, and semiautonomous technologies designed to keep human warfighters and their platforms in the fight.

Brian O’Rourke
November 2022
Marines

Wargaming at MCU

A small step for Marines, a giant leap for the Marine Corps.

Brian O’Rourke
November 2022