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Acting Navy Secretary: We Need More than 355 Ships, and That’s Not Even Counting Robot Vessels

The Navy needs more human-crewed ships…and more unmanned vessels, than previously thought.

Missteps at CDC Set Back US Ability to Detect Coronavirus’ Spread

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designed a flawed test for COVID-19, then took weeks to release a fix that allowed state and local labs to use it.

Europe fears Syrian war will spread; US-Taliban deal Saturday?; WH tries to control COVID-19 message; Somalia’s tough new enemy; And a bit more.

European officials fear a large war could break out of northwestern Syria after Turkey lost nearly three dozen soldiers Thursday in an airstrike by Russian-backed Syrian regime forces in Idlib …

A New Nuclear Warhead? STRATCOM Chief Can’t Answer Yes or No

The W93 has been the focus of questions since it appeared in the 2021 budget proposal.

America Must Shape the World’s AI Norms — or Dictators Will

Four former U.S. defense secretaries issue a warning about China and a wake-up call to Americans on artificial intelligence.

Pentagon Taps Leader to Implement New AI Ethics

It’s Alka Patel, a lawyer who has been working for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

Enacting Trump’s Revenge Campaign at the NSC

The cuts to the National Security Council have less to do with making government better than with making it purer.

President Sanders & defense; EU delays Raytheon-UTC ruling; More Marine One helicopters; and more.

Ask the CEO of a defense company about the prospect of defense spending slowing or flattening and the answer is typically this: The number of threats is growing and there’s bipartisan support for …

1st US ‘community’ transmission of Covid-19; Budget hearings; Afghan gov’t, Taliban to meet; DOD & 5G; And a bit more.

The first U.S.“community” transmission of Covid-19 was found in California. A resident of Solano County is the first known American sickened by the SARS-CoV-19 coronavirus without an obvious …