Company executives told Breaking Defense the dual-use design targets a logistics gap between rear-operational hubs and forward units.

“This was all relatively recent, and we worked back and forth on what those recommendations would be, and the order came down,” Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve said.

Britain’s BAE Systems, as well as the British arms of US-based Anduril, Portugal’s Tekever and French manufacturer Thales, have been chosen for the concept demonstrator effort, dubbed Project NYX.

CPE Mission Autonomy will focus first on combat engineering, fires, and logistics, the office’s leader said.

The initiative, led by the UK and France, would only begin once a ceasefire has been declared but could involve 40 nations.

The FY27 budget request sets aside $994 million in total for small c-UAS, with all of that sum coming from discretionary funding.

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Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 8 embarked on the Ford returned to their home naval air stations on Monday.

“Today, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis are all cut off from Iran’s weapons supply and support,” Adm. Brad Cooper, told SASC members.

“It’s a lot of money. Some of us watch that money very carefully,” said Rep. Clay Higgins.

Gen. Michael Guetlein, who previously said the project would cost $185 billion, insisted DoD would be able to deploy an “operational system” to defend the entire US homeland by 2028.

SOCOM’s budget has been flat since FY2019, but demand for SOF capabilities has risen 300 percent in the past five years, argue former acting SecDef Chris Miller and Phil Anderson of SOF Action.

USVs are emerging as modular force elements when sending a large combatant ship is too costly or disproportionate.

In videos viewed by Breaking Defense, the Simba UGV is seen completing night missions even after losing a wheel and being struck by an FPV.