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New AI-powered strike drone shows how quickly battlefield autonomy is evolving
First-person drone piloting is yesterday’s news. Drones are becoming smarter as the electronic environment around them makes operator communication more difficult.
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Russian casualties have topped 600,000 in Ukraine war, US says
September was the deadliest month yet for Russia, as its forces drove toward Ukraine’s Pokrovsk.
Business
Lockheed taps deputy F-35 chief to take over program
The change, effective Dec. 1, comes after a rocky year.
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Industry ‘hamstrung’ by Space Force-intel community’s turf war
Commercial firms say NGA-centric acquisition can’t move fast enough to help combatant commands or foster innovation.
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Trump’s refusal, so far, to accept transition assistance creates ‘real risk,’ observers say
GOP campaign misses deadlines to help ensure continuity of government if the former president is re-elected.
Defense Systems
How to build a multi-sensor anti-drone dashboard in just two weeks
A CENTCOM experiment shows it’s possible.
Threats
Foreign adversaries will aim to discredit US election results, intel officials warn
Cuba and others are trying to influence specific congressional races, they said.
Science & Tech
Is ‘Big AI’ beating 'small AI'—and what does it mean for the military?
Efforts to build giant, power-hungry models may be squeezing out the kind of computing-at-the-edge projects the military actually needs.
Ideas
Navy places two new submarine contract modifications
The service is still trying to get up to two Virginia-class attack boats per year.
Ideas
The Middle East is in a new era of mass displacement
The situation in Gaza is structurally different from previous displacement crises in the region.
Threats
Inside the Marine Corps’ first-ever littoral regiment
"We’re going to be pretty disaggregated, seizing key maritime terrain, providing the sensing capability, and things like that,” one staff sergeant says.
Threats
A destroyer’s first deployment took an unexpected turn
Diverted from the western Pacific, USS Daniel Inouye’s Red Sea duty included the rescue of Iranian mariners.
Ideas
Iran’s Oct. 1 strike on Israel had several meanings.
It was retaliatory–but it was also meant to save face and restore deterrence.
Threats
'You can’t hide': Spy agency will have 100 new sats on orbit by year's end
Persistent imagery is key for future intel-gathering, NRO director says.
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