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US to buy ground-launched, GPS-guided small diameter bombs for Ukraine

The GLSDB weapon system, which was developed by Saab and Boeing, is part of a new $2.2 billion security assistance package.

Feb 3, 2023 By Jon Harper

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (U.S. Navy photo by Luke Lamborn)

Army assuming ‘a lot of risk’ as it moves to field hypersonic weapons by end of fiscal year

The officer overseeing the Army's hypersonics initiative expressed confidence in the program, but he noted that officials are taking on “a lot of risk” to meet the…

Oct 10, 2022 By Jon Harper

Staff Sgt. Jacob Rascon, right, and Sgt. David Hendrixson, both assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), analyze prototyped cyber field equipment during Cyber Quest 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. TaMaya Eberhart, 55th Combat Camera)

Army experiments with passive sensors for long-range targeting

At the annual Cyber Quest experiment, the Army tested how accurately passive electronic sensors could sense on the battlefield.

Mar 28, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau