Three US soldiers are recovering after an Afghan soldier opened fire on them at a forward operating base on Sunday. The soldiers, who were stationed at Camp Antonik in the Washer district of Helmand Province when the Afghan soldier opened fire, were wounded and are receiving medical care, according to the Operation Resolute Support Twitter page. Coalition forces on base responded and killed the shooter, according to US Forces Afghanistan. The shooting was the first insider attack on US forces in Afghanistan this year. No group has yet claimed responsibility, according to Agence France-Presse.
The Pentagon’s head of research and engineering is prioritizing technologies that can penetrate and operate inside highly contested enemy territory. Top among them are artificial intelligence and autonomy. Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu said other priorities on the list include creating the technology and standards for…