Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division recently airdrop tested the Family Weapons Sights-Individual, a combination night vision, thermal and targeting acquisition system for small arms. (Chris O’Leary/Army)

The Army is one step closer to fielding a next-generation weapon sight

The system is expected to be fielded to infantry and special operations forces in fiscal year 2019.

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A guardsman aims a counter-drone device in a training exercise. (Screenshot from video originally recorded by Leanna Litsch, Department of Defense)

Watch Oklahoma National Guard train with counter-drone equipment in Afghanistan

As drones have moved from hypothetical to real threat, training with available counter-drone tools has moved from forward-thinking training to a regular part of being forward deployed.

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While it's unlikely that GPS will be spoofed, paper maps are a good back-up. (Katherine Zins/Army)

Could a cheap GPS spoofing experiment lead to ambushed convoys?

As security researchers demonstrate a novel navigation tool hack, it's worth considering how many of the steps to make that hack work can enable other, less complicated attacks on the same target.

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DISA's new PES-HI program will modernize information networks and communications infrastructure in Hawaii. ( Lance Cpl. Zackary Walker/Marine Corps)

DISA announces 3 new contracts to modernize communication

The program, Pacific Enterprise Services – Hawaii (PES-HI), is made up of three contracts to modernize information networks and communications infrastructure in Hawaii for the Department of Defense.

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