The Department of Defense has launched a website to provide publicly available information regarding the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which reports unidentified anomalous phenomena sightings and potential threats.

DOD said Thursday the AARO website will give the public access to declassified photos and videos on resolved UAP cases and will feature reporting trends, a frequently asked questions section and links to official reports and other resources.

The website will soon include a secure reporting tool to enable current and former U.S. government employees, service members or contractors to contact AARO directly to report UAP sightings.

AARO was established in July 2022 to report and resolve anomalous, unidentified space, airborne, submerged and transmedium objects that may threaten military operations and national security.

The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon, an RTX business, have finished the initial flight test of the AIM-120C-8 missile.

Fired from an F-15C Eagle, this international edition of the AMRAAM missile successfully eliminated the aerial target and achieved each of the assessment’s primary objectives, RTX announced from Tucson, Arizona on Friday.

Paul Ferraro, president of air power at Raytheon highlighted AMRAAM’s combat-proven capabilities and noted its use by over 40 international partners for both air-to-air and surface to air missions.

AIM-120C-8 was developed under the Form, Fit, Function refresh. With this method, engineers used model-based systems engineering programs and additional digital technologies to improve multiple circuit cards and modern processors in the missile’s guidance segment and to re-host preceding software from the AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 AMRAAMS.

“With the advancements from F3R, which updates both the missile’s hardware and allows for future Agile software upgrades, we are maximizing the capabilities of this munition for allies around the world,” Ferraro said.

The team also recently completed the flight testing of the AIM-120D-3, which concluded only 11 months after its first flight test with a demonstration of the weapon’s capabilities in a contested environment.

In June, Raytheon received a $1.15 billion AMRAAM contract from the Air Force to manufacture AIM-120-D3 and C-8 missiles for the service branch and U.S. Navy as well as 18 other nations, including Ukraine.

According to Defense Logistics Agency Vice Director Brad Bunn, pre-positioning supplies and building a strong supply chain are critical to the success of logistics operations in contested environments.

During a panel discussion at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference in Washington, D.C., Bunn emphasized the pressing need to increase supply chain resilience and called for heavy collaboration with industry throughout the process, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Bunn highlighted DLA efforts to embrace artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing methods and research and development to strengthen and scale logistics capabilities. The agency, he said, is running a “moderate research and development program” to address supply chain gaps and security threats.

“Most of that started with working with industry partners and R&D organizations to help buy down some risk of obsolescence for legacy weapons systems where we saw commercial capabilities wane and where we had to bring to bear some resources to buy down that risk in things like microelectronics,” Bunn said.

The agency has also prioritized addressing cyberattacks, which present a growing threat to logistics operations, as part of its supply chain security strategy. The significance of cybersecurity risks was demonstrated by the Colonial Pipeline attack, which pushed the DLA to consider how it could transport fuel to the east coast using other methods.

Described by Bunn as a DLA “superpower,” the Defense Working Capital Fund is another aspect of the DLA’s strategy. This revolving fund, he said, is used to cover the agency’s operating costs beyond the annual budgeting process using sales.

Bunn noted the strong partnerships it has formed within the defense industrial base as a key component of the agency’s success.

“It’s really about building those relationships with industry, putting those contracts in place and supplying our customers – the military service warfighters – with those common items of supply and some not-so-common items,” he said, adding that partnerships with the U.S. Transportation Command and international agreements have also helped the agency progress its mission.

Want to learn more about how the DOD is gearing up to tackle the challenges of the contested logistics era? Join leaders from both government and industry at the Potomac Officers Club’s Preparing for the Contested Logics Era Forum on September 14, where speakers and expert panelists will come together to consider how the United States can stay on top in contested logistics. To learn more and register to attend the event, click here.