🧠 Anduril Debuts “Eagle Eye” Modular, AI-Powered Soldier Headset

📬 In Today’s Defense Brief

🚁 Sikorsky’s New S-70 “UHawk” Is a Black Hawk—Without the Pilot Read More

🌀 Boeing Unveils Concept for Army Unmanned Tiltrotor “Drone Wingman” Read More

🚀 Lockheed Live-Fires Vertical-Launch JAGM for Naval Counter-Drone Role Read More

🧠 Anduril Debuts “Eagle Eye” Modular, AI-Powered Soldier Headset Read More

🎯 Army Wants AI to Help Man Artillery & Air-Defense Units Read More

🎱 Plus 13 other news stories you may like

📰 Full Breakdown

🚁 Sikorsky’s New S-70 “UHawk” Is a Black Hawk - Without the Pilot Read More

• Sikorsky unveiled the S-70 UHawk, converting a UH-60L into a Group 5 unmanned aircraft using the MATRIX autonomy suite. AUSA attendees were told a prototype—funded internally—exists now, with flight testing planned next year and no current Army program of record.

• Engineers redesigned the front end with clamshell doors and a ramp, freeing the entire cockpit/cabin for cargo or mission kits. The UHawk can carry three JMIC containers, lift 7,000 lbs internally with a 9,000-lb external hook, and even haul a HIMARS pod.

• Concept of employment pairs launched-effects with ground robots: UHawk arrives first, dispenses effects from a rear “quiver,” offloads a UGV, then departs—supporting contested logistics and air-assault missions. Control spans “adjustable autonomy” via a tablet by minimally trained operators.

🌀 Boeing Unveils Concept for Army Unmanned Tiltrotor “Drone Wingman” Read More

• Boeing’s CxR tiltrotor concept targets Group-5 performance (5,000–7,000 lbs, 1,000–2,000-lb payload) to team with Apaches and Chinooks for RSTA, attack, and logistics missions. The design centralizes a single turbine powering both rotors through simplified shafts/gearboxes.

• The effort draws on Air Force CCA work and Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat experience, aligning with the Army’s post-FARA pivot to unmanned teaming. Early analysis suggests a “family of systems” approach with modular fuselages for mission flexibility.

• Boeing pitched the concept at AUSA as the Army accelerates unmanned adoption; the company seeks Army feedback to refine requirements and affordability en route to an operational path.

🚀 Lockheed Live-Fires Vertical-Launch JAGM for Naval Counter-Drone Role Read More

• Lockheed test-fired a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile from a new quad-pack launcher (JQL) designed for vertical launch—initially at 45° against a stationary target—with a UAV intercept shot slated next. The vertical approach targets ship and vehicle integration without bulky rotating turrets.

• Executives see a niche against mid-sized drones: while JAGM isn’t cheap per shot, it’s far less expensive than high-end interceptors and retains dual-seeker versatility against ground vehicles and small craft.

• The launcher uses a “gas management system” and heat-resistant materials to protect decks during vertical ejection. Lockheed plans software tweaks for counter-UAS performance while preserving JAGM’s full multi-mission capability.

🧠 Anduril Debuts “Eagle Eye” Modular, AI-Powered Soldier Headset Read More

• Anduril introduced Eagle Eye, a modular head-mounted system with variants ranging from lightweight AR glasses to a fully sealed ballistic helmet, pitched into the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command effort while Anduril also holds the architecture contract for the software backbone.

• The design targets ~90% commonality: mission-specific sensors (e.g., hyperspectral for EOD) “clip on,” and compute/battery placement shifts load off the face to improve comfort and endurance for large-scale fielding.

• CEO Palmer Luckey framed Eagle Eye as an open ecosystem where multiple vendors can build compatible headsets over time—aiming for hundreds of thousands of units and a standardized data/power interface to finally make AR useful at scale for ground troops.

🎯 Army Wants AI to Help Man Artillery & Air-Defense Units Read More

• PEO Missiles & Space leaders described a vision where AI fuses massed-threat data to map enemy activity and cue fires/air-defense units, reducing cognitive load and manpower in engagement operations centers, though today’s tech still falls short on spatial reasoning and real-time SA.

• Near-term concepts keep “human on/in the loop” while AI accelerates targeting and battle management, especially for complex airspace with swarming drones and missiles.

• The Army is pressing industry to close gaps quickly so forces can outpace adversaries—treating AI-enabled fire control as essential to future long-range fires and air/missile defense effectiveness.

🌏 Other Important News

✈️ Air

• Boeing & Leonardo team on U.S. Army Flight School Next competition Read More

• Boeing sketches a separate “helo wingman” tiltrotor concept for teaming with Army rotorcraft Read More

• Startup aims to reinvent battlefield medicine for the drone era Read More

• Army lays out M-SHORAD Increment 4 path for advanced counter-UAS air defense Read More

• AeroVironment launches new Switchblade variants and unveils a VTOL drone design Read More

• PDW adds multi-mission payloads for its C100 drones Read More

• Epirus teams high-power-microwave “Leonidas” with a drone-robot platform for swarm defeat Read More

• “Vampire” all-domain platform concept aims at flexible, modular missions Read More

🧠 C2, Networks & AI

• Army eyes larger all-source intelligence support to bolster EW operations Read More

• Army acquisition chief Driscoll pushes “Silicon Valley” model for faster modernization (DefenseScoop) Read More

• Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the Army’s future (Breaking Defense) Read More

🏭 Industry & Programs

• Army scrutinizes supply-chain risks to deliver MV-75 aircraft by 2027 Read More

• Sigma Defense acquires Aries Defense to boost tactical-edge capabilities Read More

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