Laser and microwave weapons are considered critical elements of layered defense, or having different countermeasures ready to thwart different threats.
Congress is rocketing to pass a massive $2.3 trillion spending package by Dec. 21 at 11:59 p.m. that includes pandemic relief and federal spending, with $696 billion for the Pentagon.
The Army has picked its mobile howitzer candidates for its upcoming shoot-off in the Arizona desert. Those participating companies are beginning to emerge.
“I see [armored vehicles] in the future, because you’ve got to protect the soldiers when you move around on a very lethal battlefield,” the Army chief of staff said.
The Army says it's on track to make a decision by the end of the year on whether it will buy at least one battery of an interim short-range air defense capability rapidly developed to fill an urgent gap in Europe.