Becoming a Sailor, Part 1: Arrival Night

Army opens military test ranges to private companies to speed innovation

Companies will be able to request access to test drones and other tech in a military environment in a bid to hasten development.
See which design won DARPA’s challenge to make a drone that can carry four times its own weight

Looking for innovation in the small-drone field, DARPA offered up millions in prize money through its Lift Challenge. See which design won.
Cost rises to $275 billion for projected Trump-class battleship program, CBO says

Revised estimates predict the proposed 35,000-ton nuclear battle ships will cost from $18 to $23.4 billion each.
Could you make it through Denmark’s bootcamp for civilian conscripts?

Head inside a NATO ally’s program for turning draftees into troops in an intense training regimen intended to create citizen soldiers.