U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday announced its latest efforts to establish the first-ever multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force. Called Task Force Falcon Strike, the unit will reportedly employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea and operated by U.S. military support staff and regional partners. The timing of the launch comes nine months after CENTCOM established Task Force Scorpion Strike, the U.S. military’s first dedicated one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East. “Task Force Falcon Strike will expand on Scorpion Strike’s success given the tremendous innovation happening among our regional…

The federal government’s ban on carrying firearms in U.S. post offices may soon be over, now that the Dept. of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel has issued an advisory opinion stating the ban does not comply with federal law.  Last month the DOJ also voluntarily withdrew its appeal of a district court decision that held the ban unconstitutional, keeping in place an injunction barring enforcement of the carry ban for those plaintiffs who want to carry “inside an ordinary United States Post Office or the surrounding Post Office property.” The plaintiffs in that case include…

The Army is opening some of its most advanced test ranges to private companies, giving these organizations the opportunity to battle-test their most advanced technology before going into the prototype phase. The ranges that are being opened are mostly in the United States, with one being in Morocco. Companies can use the ranges for the research, development, and processing of emerging technology for the betterment of troops. No weapons contract with the U.S. government is required for access. The Army has stated that the effort is to bolster drone technology, counter-drone technology, long- and short-range missile systems, and a variety…

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Suppressors are century-old technology, more or less. Sure, those today are generally better than Hiram Maxim’s first successful silencer, but the idea behind them has been around for a long time now.  While suppressors are more easily available today than at any other point since 1934, the export of them is a different matter entirely. It seems the Trump administration has moved the regulation of these devices from the State Department over to the Commerce Department. You still need approval to export them, but it’s not quite the same ordeal.And Everytown’s so-called publication, The Smoking…

A World War II veteran has received a special military honor some 80 years after his service. Army Capt. Louis Vernon Landry, a former physician from Bossier, La., served in World War II and on Aug. 12 posthumously received a Bronze Star Medal. He served in the conflict in the Southwest Pacific and England, treating wounded soldiers under fire. He earned a combat medical badge for his service, which made him eligible for the Bronze Star Medal. But it was not presented to him before his death, leading his family to seek recognition for Capt. Landry. Now, 80 years later,…