Author: Braxton Taylor

The Defense Department’s sequel to the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract it awarded in 2022 will target more than the four major hyperscale cloud service providers — Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle — that won the first contract back in 2022.Speaking Thursday at the ATO and Cloud Security Summit, Defense Department Chief Information Officer Katie Arrington said JWCC Next will “open the door” to smaller cloud service providers and non-traditional companies “that generally wouldn’t be involved in the [DOD] and our world and trying to bring them in and figure out ways we can incorporate them.”“We…

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii—In a few years, visitors to this Army installation northwest of Honolulu will likely see something that today is still in the realm of fiction, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Tuesday. “I think what you will see in a couple of years when you drive back on this base is you’ll see an infantry squad vehicle going out into training with some autonomously led robots beside it, and some drones that are capable of swarming flying above it. And I think you’ll start to see this mixture of human and machine in a way that used to be kind…

The Army has officially begun the process of unloading its not-so-light light tank, the M-10 Booker, following a May announcement that added a list of programs to the chopping block.Officials are sitting down with General Dynamics to work out the particulars of canceling the remaining 93 vehicles they ordered in 2022, the first round of what was to be 504 Bookers across the service’s infantry units.“As we exit these contracts, we go into a negotiation with the company that’s making them, where you work termination fees and things like that, and apparently those discussions are ongoing,” Army spokesman Steve Warren…

Military service demands a level of fitness that allows its members to be resilient, adaptable and prepared to meet a wide variety of physical challenges. Tactical fitness training needs a foundation of strength, endurance and functional movement. Incorporating fundamental exercises, such as squats, lunges, carries, crawls and load-bearing movements, is among the best ways to prepare the body for the rigors of military training.These activities complement a leg day routine, helping to build core stability, improve cardiovascular ability and enhance muscular strength and endurance for tactical athletes. This workout provides a favorite leg day exercise routine, arranged in a way…

In an era when immigration policy is often reduced to threats and responses, we would do well to remember the story of Nguyet Anh Duong, a retired U.S. civil servant and one of the quiet heroes behind a vital piece of modern American military capability.Duong, a Vietnamese immigrant who fled to the United States after the fall of Saigon in 1975, went on to become a leading weapons scientist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Md. There, she played a pivotal role in developing “bunker buster” bombs that eventually led to the weapons used in the recent…

Yesterday a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling struck down California’s restrictive law that required background checks for every ammunition purchase in its Rhode v. Bonta decision—a case backed by the National Rifle Association and the California Rifle and Pistol Association. It is a significant victory for Second Amendment rights, but it remains unclear whether the regulation, enacted in 2016, remains in place at this time. “The Ninth Circuit applied the text-and-history test set forth in the NRA’s landmark Supreme Court victory, NYSRPA v. Bruen,” NRA-ILA summarized. “First, the Ninth Circuit determined that the background check requirement…

The Element’s KC Smith archery hunts for whitetails in the rugged badlands of south Texas. KC loads up in his jon boat to get across a reservoir in hopes to find solitude and more bucks. The goal is to tag a south Texas whitetail then forage some wild Mexican oregano to make a hearty soup. Will KC gather each item on his grocery list? Presented by OnX Maps Read the full article here

The U.S. must double its sub production, CNO nominee says. “We need a transformational improvement and the ability to deliver twice the capacity that we’re currently delivering” in order to meet the needs of the U.S. Navy and the country’s commitments to the UK and Australia under the AUKUS pact, Adm. Daryl Caudle, the U.S. Fleet Forces Command leader who is nominated to be the chief of naval operations, told senators Thursday during his confirmation hearing. “We need to transformationally improve the output of the two yards that are producing our Virginia-class submarines. There needs to be some creativity, some ingenuity,…

The Gnome held his ramshorn bow at full draw for minutes, ages it felt like. The horned beast browsed carelessly through the brush in front of him and refused to turn in any direction, totally occupied by the lush green grass on the opposing side of the meadow.His arm gave a feeble shake. Annoyed with himself, he straightened his back and stood up a little taller, and in a second, the Gnome knew he’d made a stupid mistake. A small branch cracked above him, and the unicorn shot its head up, nostrils flaring with grass still hanging out the sides…

Most hunters will eventually have to make this decision: Should you fire a bullet through brush at a game animal?Considering how much energy a bullet is carrying, it doesn’t seem like a few twigs and leaves should impact its trajectory. But don’t be so sure. In a recent episode of MeatEater Experiments, Janis Putelis and Clay Newcomb determined that even a small amount of interference can significantly alter a bullet’s flight.The TestHunters and gun writers have opined on this topic for decades, but most didn’t have access to a slow-motion camera. Janis and Clay did. So, while their test departed…