Todd South
Editor-at-large
Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
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Project Flytrap shows there’s no ‘silver bullet’ for countering drones
Project Flytrap saw U.S. military personnel, partner nation military and industry representatives come together to help counter the threats posed by UAS.
Army enacts changes on sex assault response, investigations and more after Fort Hood scandal
The Army has acknowledged that the problems at Fort Hood are not unique to that installation, and many of the changes coming out of the People First Task Force will be implemented across the service.
Army scouts could be cruising the battlefield in an electric recon vehicle
The vehicle would seat six scouts and run silently.
The Army wants an anti-tank missile that shoots twice as far as its current weapon
The Army wants an anti-tank missile to replace the TOW, which was fielded in 1970.
First male Marine Corps recruits graduate from previously all-female boot camp battalion
The depot is now training its 15th coed company.
New Army tech ‘sees’ through battlefield blind spots
Sensors, drones, artificial intelligence and machine learning will transform combat vision.
Your squad’s newest weapons: armed drones, shoulder-fired missiles and air-bursting munitions
To prepare for near-peer conflict, where squad-level soldiers would face increased firepower and have to handle a greater variety of threats, the Army is working to improve the weapons they need to prevail.
Big changes coming to Army Stryker brigades
From more artillery to electronic warfare and engineers, the formation will change.
Quantum breakthroughs help Army, Air Force advance supercomputing
While in the early stages, advances in quantum computing could help future sensing, communications and cryptography.
All-volunteer force can’t meet Pentagon’s future needs, advocates warn
A recent commission and U.S. Supreme Court petition are looking at changes.
