Riley Ceder is a Navy reporter at Military Times, where he covers issues directly affecting service members and their families, as well as breaking news.
The head of U.S. Army Cyber Command said this week that the service would be building an exact replica of the 11th Cyber Battalion in the next few months.
The service announced contract awards worth $93.6 million across nine companies building applications for its Next Generation Command and Control software.
The Army's Operation Jailbreak initiative asked defense companies to hack into each other's autonomous systems and machines, enabling them to communicate.
American Rheinmetall announced the delivery of its Lynx XM30 prototype to the Army in September. A month later, soldiers are getting their hands on it.
Forterra introduced its new OASIS-OneLink platform that allows operators and service members to control autonomous systems using a single user interface.