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Five things Space Command says it needs to win tomorrow’s wars
Gen. Whiting adds to previous calls for new tech in his final speech to the SMD Symposium.
The lasers are coming, but don’t forget training
Army space and missile defense leaders call for more emerging tech—and training—as new systems are developed.
AI agents conspired to hack into networks and steal data during an experiment: study
When researchers imposed difficult missions, AI tools forged identities, escaped sandboxes—and tried to cover it all up.
Rough waters help firm demo ‘expeditionary manufacturing’ aboard warship
Firestorm Labs says it 3D-printed thousands of parts as waves buffeted USS Essex.
Pentagon counterdrone task force has a new AI-powered marketplace
The platform was developed to make the foreign military sales process more efficient.
How the UK is helping Ukraine hit Russian targets
Allied donations to Ukraine have gone from missiles to designs, as Ukrainian manufacturing outpaces its donors.
An Australian CCA flew in a Pacific exercise. Boeing exec says it’s an important ‘first step’
One Boeing CCA didn’t win the first U.S. competition, but another just joined a major exercise.
Lockheed Martin unveils baby Patriot missile to address urgent gap
Ukraine is begging for more anti-ballistic missile interceptors, and other allies want them too.
Can new drones, 3D printers defeat distance’s tyranny? RIMPAC aims to find out
“This is Uber for manufacturing delivered at the speed of Amazon, for the highest quality of parts,” Marine Lt. Col. Michael Radigan told reporters.
Lightweight cells powered by nuclear waste could drive tomorrow's drones
DARPA program aims to create a 30-year battery minimally viable prototype by early 2027.
Anduril and Amazon’s mobile data center venture aims to bring edge computing to the frontlines
Amazon Web Services named the defense firm as the preferred national security provider.
Marine Corps inks first contract for autonomous ground vehicle production
A nearly $20 million contract aims to integrate autonomous ground vehicles in the service’s ground based air defense missions.
Agentic-AI tools aim to give US commanders new target options ‘within seconds’
But concerns persist about the power and governance of software agents.
Could the Army’s light squad vehicle power battlefield drones?
A mobile brigade in the 101st Airborne Division put drones to the test in a recent training rotation—and used the Infantry Squad Vehicle to keep unmanned systems running.
Army aims to sync two divisions using next-gen C2 by year’s end
The effort will be led by Anduril, which ran NGC2 prototyping at 4th ID.
Navy preps science-and-tech strategy built for speed and focus
Two service leaders in technology development spoke at the Defense One Tech Summit.
Q&A with SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Frank Donovan
"I don't really care about platforms. I care about autonomous warfare," says the former leader of the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group.
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Army’s data-merging cell needs a few years to untangle the mess
The pilot program runs through September, after which the Army will need to officially fund and staff it to keep it going.
US investors warm to Ukrainian defense startups—but export laws slow cooperation
One firm says month-long wait for approval puts it at a competitive disadvantage.
Pentagon seeks smarter, self-organizing drones as autonomous-warfare budget is poised to skyrocket
Uncrewed weapons actually require a lot of people. New DARPA projects aim to overcome that.
