Every Soldier a Drone Fighter: Plan Would Make Counter-UAS Training an Army Requirement

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The head of the Pentagon’s counter-drone effort wants every soldier — from cooks to riflemen — trained to fight off swarms of enemy unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, capable of inflicting casualties on combat units. The Army-led Joint Counter Small UAS Office, or JCO, completed its strategy in early January to combat the growing threat …

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Navy Eyes New Virus Prevention Strategy: Thousands of Rapid COVID Tests

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The Navy is eyeing a plan to administer as many as 16,000 rapid COVID-19 tests per day to asymptomatic workers at 12 major bases in an effort to keep new outbreaks at bay. According to an active request for information posted on the federal government’s contracting website, Naval Air Systems Command wants to hear from …

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Coast Guard, Navy Deliver $211 Million Drug Haul Seized from Smugglers to Port in San Diego

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SAN DIEGO — An estimated $211 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy from smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean has been brought to San Diego. The 11,400 pounds (5,171 kilograms) of cocaine and 9,000 pounds (4,082 kilograms) of marijuana was offloaded from the USS Gabrielle Giffords …

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Navy May Look to Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program for Seahawk Replacement

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The Navy is on the hunt for a helicopter to replace its MH-60 Seahawk and MQ-8 Fire Scout — and it’s looking to join the Army‘s Future Vertical Lift program to find it. The service published a new request for information Jan. 28 calling on industry to provide information about helicopter solutions that could meet …

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