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Pentagon preps for $48B tech-research contracts
Officials released more details on bidding for work that will support the preservation and distribution of defense research and analysis.
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Lockheed, Northrop share $1.5B contract for new comms satellites
Seventy-two satellites, which will begin launching in 2026, will be “the space backbone for the Joint All Domain Command and Control.”
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New Chinese research examines how to get drones to target without GPS
But camera data can’t tell a drone whether hitting a target is a bad idea.
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Plasma breakthrough could enable better hypersonic weapons, spacecraft
Hot electronics are a big problem for next-generation missiles. The fourth state of matter could be the solution.
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Air Force selects JetZero for blended-wing body prototype plane
The company says the airplane will have its first flight in 2027.
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Army looks to de-tangle its networks to combat China’s ‘digitally native’ military
By year’s end, troops should be able to jump on a network from just about any location, an Army cyber leader said.
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The next big space business: satellite pictures of other satellites
As space debris proliferates and new weapons appear, a new market is rising to document it all.
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New AI laser system to guard US capital region from unauthorized aircraft
‘The first line of defense is actually that they will beam a laser at the cockpit of the aircraft.’
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The Pentagon just launched a generative AI task force
A conversation with the leader of Task Force Lima reveals its objectives—and the main questions it's trying to answer.
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Long-overdue GPS ground stations delayed by pandemic, Chinese hardware
The Space Force now says OCX will start operating in 2024.
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Army aims to make 1 million artillery shells a year, starting in fiscal 2025
New manufacturing techniques helping U.S. ramp up production of critical munition need.
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AI-powered health monitors may boost readiness, Army's next top enlisted leader says
Weimer highlighted a program at his old command that uses health data to help candidates going through the rigorous Army physical tests.
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Air Force: One engine design will fit into both bidders’ next-gen fighters
Two companies are vying to build the service’s secretive NGAD jets.
Policy
Pentagon: US must fix two things if AUKUS is to transform partner militaries
Top policy official says shoring up industrial base, reforming export-control law are key.
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A new Marine training course aims to break old habits
The Operational Certification course was established after two surf-zone rollovers in the Amphibious Combat Vehicle.
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Can AI diagnose brain trauma? The military wants to know
A DOD-led public-private consortium is seeking prototype solutions.
Threats
‘More capable than anything we have’: lawmakers, witnesses, express alarm on UFO phenomenon
Witnesses recounted other-worldly events, but the head of the government office investigating those claims isn’t biting.
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AI is supposed to become smarter over time. ChatGPT can become dumber.
‘The real takeaway is that Large Language Models are unstable,’ one expert said.
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