CEO Thomas Akers told Breaking Defense that the company’s recent acquisition by Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg offers “an immediate step change” for the startup firm, whose portfolio now spans from a reusable drone interceptor to a low-cost cruise missile.

Germany has set a target of 2029 to field a CCA, which would make it the first European country to reach such a milestone, but that timeline now looks to be in doubt.

An open systems architecture allows the Army and its industry partners to plug new and different software and hardware capabilities into the platform.

A company official said the first aircraft to be built on the new line is expected to roll out “soon” and undergo flight testing afterward.

Airis Rikveilis, the state secretary at Latvia’s Ministry of Defense, told Breaking Defense the military and border guards are working jointly to stem the tide of illegal entries, including via tunnels.

A request for information will be coming out in the near future, and the service is looking to make some “early selections” in the March to April timeframe for the CAML-light, Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, PAE for Fires, said.

“What we’re building is a soldier that can adapt a piece of robotic kit to the mission, to the enemy, to the terrain,” said Maj. Gen. Jason Slider, commander of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

[Sponsored] RF sensing at greater distance gives operators more decision space to act.

Liz Miranda, Army Materiel Command’s executive deputy to the commanding general, said a White House order’s requirements for companies to map their supply chain down to the raw material level “is no easy task.”

Democrats say a victory in November would put military assistance to Kyiv back on the congressional agenda.

Autonomy was top of mind at AUSA 2026, including in a keynote address by the secretary of defense.

Col. Kevin “Stoney” Stonerook, deputy commander of US Northern Command’s Joint Task Force-Gold (JTF-Gold), said the unit’s roles and responsibilities are still being ironed out.

AUSA’s Annual Meeting and Expo in Washington winds down with an appearance by the defense secretary.

Senior officials also revealed that the Defense Autonomous Working Group has been absorbed into a new Task Force Autonomous Warfare, which sits inside the Special Operations Command.

Maj. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak, the operational commander for the Polish Armed Forces, said 80 percent of his service’s attention is focused on the air defense, with the ground and air components of Poland’s integrated air defenses still three to four years away.