Robert Rasch Archives

Phantom system in transportation configuration within ruggedized enclosure. (Northrop Grumman photo)

US government gets new miniaturized laser weapon

Northrop Grumman has delivered a 10-kilowatt system named Phantom that the company says is about the size of a mini fridge.

Aug 24, 2023 By Jon Harper

A U.S. Army Origin robotic weapons system uses a tethered UAS to help Soldiers perform reconnaissance of an area during Project Convergence 22 experimentation Oct. 26, 2022, on Fort Irwin, California. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jaaron Tolley)

Army finalizing plan for pursuing ‘human-machine integrated formations’

The Army is about to lay out a plan for a new Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office-led initiative focused on quickly getting deployable prototypes of autonomous…

Aug 9, 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