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Bringing physical AI to the battlefield: Q&A with Dr. Philip Perconti, Leonardo DRS CTO
At the U.S. Army, where he retired as the service’s chief scientist and the head of research and technology, Dr. Philip Perconti helped leaders get focused on the most critical and emerging development priorities, including using artificial intelligence for mobility and maneuver and advanced sensing capabilities. Now in his fifth year as senior vice president…
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THE EDGE IS THE NEW HIGH GROUND Own the Edge ™
For centuries, military doctrine held a simple truth: seize the high ground and you command the battle. Elevation delivered observation, engagement advantage, and defensive strength. Today, that advantage has shifted. The high ground is no longer a hilltop. It is the forward edge of the battlespace, where sensing, decision, and effects converge. The force that…
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Defending the Heartland: The Multi‑Domain Protection Architecture of Tomorrow
The threats facing the United States have never been more complex, more layered, or more time critical. Ballistic missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles, cruise missiles, cyber intrusions, and one way attack drones now move across physical and digital domains with unprecedented fluidity. Increasingly, the most decisive actions begin in space, a domain that is no longer…
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When a Patient is Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among U.S. women and the second leading cause of death from cancer among women after lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. It’s also the most common cancer in the world (Breastcancer.org). “Breast cancer treatment is stressful for patients on many levels and our ongoing research…
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Leonardo DRS Primed to Deliver Agile Solution for Army CMFF Program
The U.S. Army’s next-generation combat computer platform, C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) Mounted Form Factor (CMFF), is being developed to reduce C5ISR/EW system size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C), and to ensure commonality across multiple platforms by enabling the sharing of hardware and software components. Leonardo DRS is entering the CMFF competition as…
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Webcast: Future Tools, Future Battlefields
This event took place on March 15, 2021 Threats are changing fast and adversaries are investing in advanced technologies to gain an edge. How can service leaders and industry officials help provide an advantage and what are the keys to ground force modernization in the coming years? During AUSA Global Force Next, Defense News hosted…
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Webcast: AUSA Roundtable Recap – Day 3
This event took place on October 15, 2020 AUSA leaders and reporters from Defense News and C4ISRNET discussed the news from the day’s meetings, offering analysis on the keynote speeches and providing perspective on what to expect moving forward. This was a quick analysis of Day 3 of the 2020 AUSA Annual Meeting. Gust Speakers:…
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Mounted Computing to Meet the Warfighters’ Needs
The Army’s ever-increasing reliance on networked capabilities requires a mounted computing capability that enables overmatch. The need for a computing platform that is flexible, reliable and secure is of the utmost importance when facing the multitude of scenarios in combat. Over the course of two decades, Leonardo DRS has fielded over 300,000 mounted platform computers…
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Defensive protection systems leading army modernization
The modern battlefield has become a complex theater of threats, from powerful anti-armor and anti-aircraft missiles to the dawn of small but lethal unmanned aircraft. The Army and Marine Corps know these threats are not just in the hands of organized armies, but have proliferated and will be a part of any potential future conflict…
