U.S. military officials say a new high-energy laser weapon system has coincided with a roughly 75% drop in drone activity probing the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley, less than two weeks afte
The U.S. military used a laser this week to shoot down three drones near the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pentagon said. According to U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), the unmanned aircraft were destroye
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401), plans to hold a live-fire directed energy “shoot-off” in December as part of a pilot program testing counter-dron
A top Pentagon technology official, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies Mike Dodd, is urging industry to develop “smaller, lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons for air
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleged that China is running a highly coordinated, “travel agency-style” smuggling network to move Chinese nationals into the United States. In an inter
The Defense Department is seeking nearly $30 billion in fiscal 2027 to modernize its AI computing infrastructure and expand its use of next-generation supercomputers. The proposed $29.5 billion invest
U.S. Northern Command commander Gen. Gregory Guillot said troops patrolling the southern border still lack adequate counter-drone technology, even as the region has become a major testbed for counter-