US Army mortar crews need fast firing solutions. Now, there's an app for that.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Troops wearing camouflage crouch as they fire a mortar into a clear blue sky.
Troops are liking the new app, finding it modern and easy to use.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Matthew Kane, 115 Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

The US Army is tearing down old tech walls so its weapons can talk to each other

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Two US soldiers stand amongst trees looking at a drone controller.
A hackathon event is pushing the US Army and defense partners to better integrate systems.

US Army photo by Sgt. Nicodemus Taylor

The US Army built an exoskeleton for injured troops to stand and walk for themselves from combat

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A soldier wears an exoskeleton around his left leg while holding a gun in the forest.
The exoskeleton stabilizes the injury and helps bear the wearer's weight so they can stand and walk on their own.

Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE) Military Performance Lab

10 famous women who served in the military

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Princess Elizabeth rides out from Buckingham Palace, London to the Horse Guards' Parade, wearing a new military hat bearing the insignia of the Grenadier Guards.
Queen Elizbabeth II served as a military truck driver during World War II.

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A Pentagon test group is eyeing these ballistic ball and patrol caps for troops

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A shot of the R-12 ballistic ball cap at SOF Week 2026
Military units will soon begin testing a new ballistic cap developed by a trauma surgeon.

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The US military is using the southern border as a 'sandbox' to test out counter-drone tech amid cartel flights

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A soldier uses a Dronebuster counter-drone tool during a patrol along the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, June 14, 2025.
A soldier uses a Dronebuster counter-drone tool during a patrol along the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, June 14, 2025.

Pvt. Adrianna Douglas/US Army

The submariner-turned-top Army tech boss said the hardest thing about modernizing isn't the new tools — it's the people

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Leonel Garciga, the US Army's former chief information officer, sits in a blue suit.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Wade Costin/Defense Intelligence Agency

The US Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic missile could soon be deployed. Here's what it does.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
An Air Force F-16 flies over a Dark Eagle Long Range Hypersonic Weapon vehicle launcher during a training exercise at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base., Aug. 2, 2024.
An Air Force F-16 flies over a Dark Eagle Long Range Hypersonic Weapon vehicle launcher during a training exercise at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base in 2024.

1st Lt. David Kim/US Army

How the US Army is readying for a cyberspace fight against enemy AI hackers

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
A soldier lies down holding a rifle pointing it out towards a field.
A tabletop scenario followed enemy AI agents attacking US Army security in a hypothetical Indo-Pacific conflict.

US Army photo by Sgt. Elijah Magaña

US soldier charged in Polymarket trades was blocked from rival platform Kalshi

Tech Insider : Business
A Kalshi advertisement on a bus shelter
Kalshi says its vetting process blocked Gannon Van Dyke from opening an account.

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