Laura Heckmann is a reporter for National Defense Magazine, with a focus on national defense and military technology. She has also contributed to the Rapid City Journal Media Group. Laura's articles cover a range of topics including emerging technologies, military strategies, and national security.
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Army Shooting to Experiment with Robots in Platoons by ‘Early 2025’
By: Laura Heckmann
ORLANDO — Generative artificial intelligence: eerie or exciting? Experts suggest the increasingly intelligent large language models are not something to be feared, but rather tools to make human lives easier, revolutionizing how we learn and train. We just need to learn how to use them effectively.
National Defense provides authoritative, non-partisan coverage of business and technology trends in defense and homeland security. A highly regarded news source for defense professionals in government and industry, National Defense offers insight and analysis on defense programs, policy, business, science and technology. Special reports by expert journalists focus on defense budgets, military tactics, doctrine and strategy.
ARLINGTON, Virginia — The Navy is facing a reality in which its size, shape and capabilities “will not fundamentally change for years to come,” and in a focus to work with what it has, the leader of Fleet Forces Command announced the development of a Global Maritime Response Plan.
By: Laura Heckmann
ARLINGTON, Virginia — In what is frequently being referred to as a “decisive decade,” the Navy is prioritizing innovation and strategic thinking among its sailors, which in part envisions a future where sailors and unmanned systems work side by side. The Navy’s secretary said it’s already happening.
Navy Exploring AI for Contested Logistics, Mission Planning
NATO Head Warns U.S. Security at Risk if Russia Defeats Ukraine
By: Laura Heckmann
OKLAHOMA CITY — Transportation Command’s Joint Transportation Management System — a visionary concept conceived nearly a decade ago to unify hundreds of fragmented transportation and financial systems across the Defense Department — will move to a request for proposal later this year, Army Lt. Gen. John Sullivan, Transcom deputy commander, said at the National Defense Industrial Association’s National Logistics Forum recently.
China’s military buildup and increasingly hostile behavior in the Indo-Pacific region is no longer just a concern of the United States, Japan and Australia — European nations that also rely on free and open trade routes are looking at what ships and technologies they can deploy in the region.
By: Laura Heckmann
HONOLULU— The security of the Indo-Pacific relies not only on partnerships and allies but a collective effort to rapidly deliver the capabilities required to achieve it, a top Pentagon official said.
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