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Anduril, General Atomics move into next phase of Air Force CCA drone program

The Air Force plans to make a production decision for CCA Increment 1 by fiscal 2026.

By Mikayla Easley

US President Joe Biden (5- R) and Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz (C), tour Israel’s Iron Beam laser defence system at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on July 13, 2022, with caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid (4- R), Israeli expert on technology and innovation Daniel Gold (4- L), Israeli army Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi (5- L) and US Defence Attache in Israel, Brigadier General Shawn A. Harris (3-R). (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

US to give Israel $1.2B for Iron Beam laser weapon

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By Jon Harper

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Shift5 unveils tech for GPS spoofing detection and mapping

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By Mark Pomerleau

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Navy to unveil new ‘structured piloting’ framework for IT modernization

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Army rethinks its approach to AI-enabled risks via Project Linchpin

By Brandi Vincent
Navy announces new top cyber adviser

By Mark Pomerleau
Air Force issues call for cyber, electromagnetic, sensing capabilities to support ABMS

By Jon Harper
SDA eyes commercial capabilities, services for future ground segment operations

By Mikayla Easley

Google’s Scott Frohman Talks AI Innovation at Google Cloud Next

Navy’s Acting CTO, Justin Fanelli and Active CDO, Duncan McCaskill

How the Navy is reducing workforce friction to improve mission outcomes

How DARPA is looking to AI to fend off cyber vulnerabilities through a challenge program

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Space Force moves to scale, enhance terrestrial data transport prototype

The Space Force is using the network to provide "data-transport-as-a-service" for other programs and users.

By Mikayla Easley

Oracle — The Oracle logo on an office building in Irvine, California. (REUTERS / Mike Blake)

Oracle cloud regions approved to handle secret-level data for Pentagon

By Billy Mitchell

U.S. Marines assigned to Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, review network configurations in the current operations tent at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

No nominee to fill top Marine Corps information post after former pick assigned to different job

By Mark Pomerleau

Jinyoung Englund speaks at AIScoop’s AITalks on April 19, 2024. (Photo by Scoop News Group).

Chief strategy officer spotlights CDAO’s near-term aims during period of transition

By Brandi Vincent

DOD launching fully operational vulnerability disclosure program for defense industrial base

By Mikayla Easley

Army software directive aims to improve speed, agility against modern threats

By Mark Pomerleau

Navy ramping up Neptune cloud efforts

By Jon Harper

Army cancels planned award for electronic warfare management tool

By Mark Pomerleau

Losing $200M annually on unliquidated obligations, DIA looks to automate

By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon takes AI dogfighting to next level in real-world flight tests against human F-16 pilot

By Jon Harper

Insights

MPEs gain momentum for sharing information with allied partners

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Defense leaders on accelerating mission with AI and security

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Joseph Larson, III, deputy chief digital and AI officer for the DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office speaks on a panel at Google NEXT.

Task Force Lima spurs movement in the DOD to understand generative AI

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Bolstering web application security

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Videos

Bryan Thomas of Google on how to revolutionize the defense sector with multimodal capabilities

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Elizabeth Moon of Google on advancing defense capabilities with AI-powered insights

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Google’s Tony Orlando on AI’s role in military operations

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Google’s Kevin Mulligan on how secure data sharing and cloud enhance global security

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Podcasts

DOD cyber leaders discuss post-quantum encryption

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Supporting DOD mission success with robust and secure cloud

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The latest on the Pentagon’s major cloud acquisition, the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability

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Bryan Thomas, Managing Director, Department of Defense, Google Public Sector

How differentiating cloud provider’s capabilities will be a boon to defense agencies

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The U.S. Naval Observatory celebrates the 150th birthday of one of its most important telescopes

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How a defense tech startup is protecting the nation’s IP from falling into the wrong hands

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Staff Sgt. Gregory Fretz, cyber operations specialist with 178th Cyber Protection, Mississippi Army National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

Information operations will be ‘foundational’ to future DOD efforts, Cybercom chief says

Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service visited Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala., Apr. 3, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)

Cybercom establishes AI task force

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal year 2025 budget requests for the Department of the Air Force and Space Force, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 9, 2024. Kendall was joined by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations during the hearing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

Air Force using ‘Quick Start’ authorities for resilient GPS, moving target indication programs

Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur briefs reporters on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

What Estonia’s defense chief learned on his latest trip to the US

Illustration of a the DRACO spacecraft being developed by Lockheed Martin for DARPA that will demonstrate thermal nuclear engine technology. (Credit: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin pitching nuclear propulsion portfolio for defense space mobility, logistics

Students move pieces around the board during a war-game based on Pacific conflict while attending Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, December 21, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Billy Blankenship)

Air Force sees opportunities for AI to improve wargaming

U.S. Marines assigned to Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, review network configurations in the current operations tent at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

Marine Corps deploys cyber personnel to Pacific for enduring defense mission

Airman 1st Class Gerald Mack, cyber operator with 175th Cyber Operations, Maryland Air National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

DOD renewing focus on foundational cyber intelligence

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Cybercom takes on its newest mission set: partnerships

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

DOD evaluating its main network defense arm for the future

MANAMA (March 7, 2023) – U.S. Marine Sgt. Steven Ramos assigned to Task Force 51/5’s Deployable Joint Command and Control (DJC2) sets up a Starlink system on the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller. (Photo by Spc. Bryan Clay)

Starlink terminals give Navy ‘game-changing’ flexibility

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Rocket Lab, True Anomaly win contracts for US military’s Victus Haze project

Northrop Grumman will supply 36 satellites for SDA’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport Layer. (Northrop Grumman image)

SDA exploring new waveforms for future tranches of data transport satellites

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