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DARPA hires Twitter whistleblower as CIO
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko will return to the agency after a decade spent working for several leading tech firms.
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Wartime need for drones would outstrip US production. There’s a way to fix that
The U.S. military needs to “mainstream” new operating concepts and get going with big orders, experts say.
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Meet the Pentagon's first-ever cyber policy chief
The Senate has confirmed Michael Sulmeyer to fill a position it helped create.
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Germany vows continued Pacific presence to ‘protect the international order’
Two German warships at RIMPAC highlight Europe's growing presence in the region.
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The US is helping the Philippines modernize its military
The move comes at a time of rising tensions in the South China Sea.
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Senators take another crack at solving over-classification
The bipartisan Classification Reform for Transparency Act would establish a task force to narrow the criteria for classifying documents and make it harder for agencies to exempt records from automatic declassification.
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US Forces Japan to be upgraded to warfighting command
The shift will move operational control of Japan-based forces east from Hawaii and, officials say, deepen cooperation with the Japanese military.
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Austin heads to Asia with $500M for the Philippines
DOD officials said the SecDef's multi-country swing will be the administration's most important visit for "U.S. defense ties in the Indo-Pacific."
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Unpacking Harris' record on defense civilians and workforce
The vice president has fought discriminatory pay practices, helped guide how the government uses AI, and championed public-sector unions.
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Every squad will get anti-drone gear, Marine Corps says
With “zero decision space” to deal with incoming UAVs, troops need tools to take them down.
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Can Biden’s arsenal-of-democracy foreign policy outlast him?
The president's focus on alliance building will be hard to replicate.
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Should NATO help the NGOs that train Ukrainian soldiers?
The leader of one such organization says he’s getting good results at less cost, time, and political risk.
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A long-sought European defense ‘awakening’ has arrived, EUCOM commander says
“This is a different Europe from what we complained about for years,” Gen. Cavoli says.
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Pentagon’s new cyber rules are ‘stifling’ foreign suppliers, advisors say
The soon-to-be-mandatory cybersecurity certification—and a 2018 OSD reorganization—are slowing vital work, the Defense Innovation Board says.
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'Fire every single mid-level bureaucrat': Vance on federal employees
Trump's new VP pick has taken aim at Defense Department civilians.
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NATO summit a mixed success, even with decidedly less drama
After dissension in the 2023 edition, last week’s meeting offered “no big surprises,” one diplomat said.
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The Pentagon's generative-AI task force is trying to answer a lot of questions
How should new tools be used? Where should the actual computing take place? How much will this all cost? And that's just the start.
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In picking Vance, Trump takes another step away from Ukraine
Donald Trump’s first running mate tried to steer him toward defending European democracy. His new one won’t.
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New ICBM effort won’t slow down despite pledges to ‘restructure’ as costs balloon
Air Force says problems lie less with the Sentinel missile and more with its supporting infrastructure.
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