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NGA wants to put its idle PCs to work
GDIT is networking the agency’s St. Louis workstations to crunch geospatial data even when analysts aren’t around.
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Air Force’s AI ambitions mean simplifying its tangle of networks
Over the next year, battle-networks chief aims to reduce systems to a “rational number.”
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F-47’s first flight expected in 2028
That’s a year earlier than Air Force officials have previously said Boeing's sixth-gen combat aircraft might take wing.
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Names, networks, and politics
What does the White House’s ‘Department of War’ push mean for the names of the Pentagon’s networks? Officials aren’t quite sure.
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Pentagon preps for end-of-year, zero trust blitz
Defense organizations are readying detailed plans needed to keep hackers at bay by 2027.
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Fight AI-powered cyber attacks with AI tools, intelligence leaders say
But the Pentagon can also make more use of “good old-fashioned automation,” NGA chief says.
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Anduril and Palantir-backed startup Rivet go head-to-head in soldier virtual display competition
The Army awarded more than $350M for the Soldier Borne Mission Command program this month.
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Marines press ahead with JLTV purchase after Army quits program
Higher prices are expected once the larger service cancels its contract to buy the Humvee replacement.
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Pentagon stands up new task force to coordinate anti-drone efforts
The Army will be in charge of the outfit, which will replace the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office.
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How many drones does it take to replace a destroyer?
Fresh off a summer of testing robotic boats, the Navy's Task Force 66 wants to turn lessons into metrics.
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General Atomics’ collaborative combat aircraft notches first flight
Competitor Anduril says their version will fly “soon.”
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Second B-21 will fly by year’s end, USAF says
Also: official won't confirm US nukes are back in UK but says B61 is “deployed throughout the continent.”
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Navy ‘looking forward’ to F/A-XX builder decision, air boss says
A naval sixth-gen fighter wasn’t going to happen this year, but Congress offers a lifeline.
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The Army wants AI to aid in vehicle repairs
Alex Miller, the service’s chief tech officer, talks plans to use large language models and smart glasses for vehicle maintenance.
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The Army is equipping its Black Hawks to launch drones
But how long will the venerable rotorcraft keep its central role as the service transforms?
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USAF seeks ‘exact replica’ of Shahed drone to help develop defenses
Some U.S. companies are already showing off their versions.
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Pentagon reductions set back critical AI-data platform
After users flocked to Advana, DOD’s AI office laid out a plan to keep it growing. Then came DOGE.
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DARPA wants to hook tomorrow's quantum gear into today's networks
The field's "black sheep" is crucial to realizing promises of better sensors and safer data, program director says.
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DOD’s IT agency zooms in on secret cloud for strategic partners
The Defense Information Systems Agency is focused on delivering classified, cloud-based mission partner environments in the Indo-Pacific region.
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