Soldier News & Articles

Contract Awarded for Intercom with Hearing Protection Function

The Bundeswehr has ordered up to 191,000 of Rheinmetall’s SmG, which features modern active capsule ear protection that attenuates harmful impulse noise and amplifies quiet sounds

May 03, 2024
Electronic Warfare Trials for Mesh Radio-Equipped Drones

In order to complete electronic warfare (EW) field testing in Ukraine, Red Cat subsidiary Teal Drones integrated Doodle Labs’ Helix Mesh Rider® radios into Teal 2 sUAS

May 02, 2024
Prototype Combat Aircraft Testing & Development Collaboration

GA-ASI has worked with the U.S. Air Force to develop the XQ-67A prototype aircraft, and is now delivering a production representative design based on the XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station

May 01, 2024
USAF Opts for Autonomous Technology Supplier in Combat Aircraft Program 

Anduril will provide production-representative Collaborative Combat Aircrafts (CCAs) as part of the United States Air Force CCA program, aiming to transform U.S. and allied defense capabilities

May 01, 2024
Tactical IT Hardware for Estonian Armored Vehicle Initiative

An Estonian defense project focused on innovating armored vehicles will receive rugged IT-solutions and tactical hardware from MilDef, as part of a new collaboration

Apr 30, 2024
Extending Cloud Capabilities for Warfighters at the Tactical Edge

RGS’ Rancher Multi Cluster Manager (MCM) and Harvester hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) technologies will be hosted by Curtiss-Wright’s PacStar 400-Series tactical communications solutions, as part of a collaboration to support both container and virtual machine workloads at the tactical edge

Apr 29, 2024
Milestone Caiman Ballistic Helmets Ordered by NATO Countries

The latest orders for the Batlskin Caiman head system take the total number of helmet systems ordered by NATO countries to over 125,000, with tens of thousands more expected

Apr 25, 2024
STOL UAS Integrated with Minigun for Live-Fire Test

Combined with Dillon’s DAP-6 Gun Pod System, GA-ASI’s Mojave short takeoff and landing UAS expended 10,000 rounds of ammunition to destroy static targets at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona

Apr 25, 2024
Next-Gen Tactical Networking System for Universally Connected Warfighters

The Dismounted Operator's Combat Kit (DOCK) StreamCaster from Silvus Technologies and Kägwerks features an operator centric design, powerfully advanced networking performance, soldier worn AI, and is able to achieve spectrum dominance

Apr 18, 2024
Navy Warship Set for Laser Weaponry

The DragonFire laser fires high-intensity beams which meet targets at the speed of light, and is set be installed on a Royal Navy warship in 2027

Apr 17, 2024
New Long-Range Patrol Ship Equipped with Integrated Propulsion & Maneuvering System

Austal USA are set to use Kongsberg Maritime’s Promas propulsion system to outfit the newest ship in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Heritage Class program with optimized hydrodynamic properties

Apr 16, 2024
Advancing Defense Capability Through Strategic Collaboration Defense Advancement works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive defense capabilities forward.