At the recent presidential inauguration, public safety was top of mind as thousands of military personnel were posted throughout the U.S. Capitol and the surrounding neighborhoods. Behind the scenes, a new software program developed by Draper called WebTAK gave military units a way to communicate and respond to potential threats in real-time.

The U.S. Army is hosting a virtual workshop to expedite the development and integration of situational awareness tools Sept. 29 – Oct. 2.

The Army is readying the establishment of a new data operations center poised to be the clearinghouse for moving information across the world.

In the days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States assembled a coalition to provide urgently needed support to Ukraine. Our planners soon found themselves working around a table with multinational partners looking over each other’s shoulders to synchronize military assistance in the form of equipment and supplies. It quickly became evident that an unclassified but secure communications platform was essential to share information across an impromptu gro...

Quick decisions, demanding terrain and close cooperation – soldiers of the 3rd Podkarpackie Territorial Defense Brigade, together with the Volunteer Search and Rescue Group from Zawadka Brzostecka, the Krynica Group of the Mountain Volunteer Rescue Service and members of the Volunteer Fire Department from Brzostek, Kołaczyce and Jasło, perfected search and rescue operations in conditions as close to real life as possible.

Tim Boulet, assigned to the Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), develops a route plan using the Android Tactical Assault Kit during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 8, 2026. Boulet uses ATAK to plan movement and coordinate operations.

The Department of Homeland Security deployed a technology solution that would fundamentally change how first responders communicate and coordinate: the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK; U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate [DHS S&T], 2019).

The U.S. Air Force has issued a Sources Sought notice for TEAL Drones’ Black Widow small unmanned aerial system, signaling potential procurement of the specialized tactical drone capable of feeding live targeting data directly to airborne F-35 fighters. The notice, published April 20, 2026, by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center under Air Force Materiel Command, carries a response deadline of April 27, 2026.

NATO EDGE 2024 — In an effort to move toward data centricity, NATO is in the process of creating a classified cloud system in which member nations can share secret information, NATO’s chief information officer told Breaking Defense.

Amy Gallagher spoke to a raft of experts involved in aerial firefighting research and active service, finding out more about the latest assets and resources that Colorado is pioneering and using to extinguish fires from the air