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TikTok, COVID, and Chips: Senators and Intelligence Community Reinforce Diverse Threats Posed by China
During an annual hearing on the biggest threats to the United States, senators and top intelligence officials discussed China’s growing non-military influence.
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Foreign Governments Are Still Targeting Americans on Social Media, NSA Says
U.S. government efforts to stem these infowar efforts are meeting resistance.
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'Major Technical Challenges' Hinder Path to Responsible AI, NIST Official Says
Effective AI governance starts with developing metrics for trust—and that itself is fiendishly difficult.
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The Reaper UAV Is Getting Its Own Drone Swarm
Air Force special operators are rigging the venerable uncrewed aircraft with an ISR swarm that may take just one person to control.
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Come Test Your Gear Against Russian Forces, Ukrainians Urge US Defense Firms
That’s just one request by special operators at a SOF conference in Florida.
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How Elon Musk's Starlink is Still Helping Ukraine's Defenders
Portable sat-comm gear feeds drone video to artillery batteries—and more.
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DARPA To Launch High-Speed, No-Runway Aircraft Program
Will it be a helicopter? A seaplane? Or a whole new thing?
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Medevac Drone-Boat, Record-Setting UAV to Play in Sprawling Maritime Exercise
The U.S.-led IMX and Cutlass Express events will take place from the Mideast to East Africa.
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Leased Ship Will Shape USMC Amphib Requirements
The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab will wring out modified commercial ships to learn what is needed in future amphibious ships.
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Pentagon Didn't Check Risks Before Authorizing Cloud Services, IG Finds
The military branches “may be unaware of known vulnerabilities and cybersecurity risks associated with operating their systems or storing their data,” the Pentagon inspector general found.
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Got New Autonomous Tech? The Army Wants to See It
Officials are gathering candidates for a second autonomous-tech assessment: air-ground robots, voice-guided technology, and more.
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Russia’s New START Speech Is More Scare Tactics Than New Arms Race, Says Former Ambassador
Putin left himself a loophole and doesn’t have the funds anyway.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 117: Spies in the balloon?
We review the latest ups and downs in the U.S.-China relationship, which has been shaken by allegations of spying via aerostat.
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Biden Says Objects Shot Down Over Weekend Likely Not Chinese Spy Craft
White House wants to lead dialogue on “global norms” for unmanned flying objects.
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US Woos Other Nations for Military-AI Ethics Pact
State Department and Pentagon officials hope to illuminate a contrast between the United States and China on AI.
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Navy ‘Setting the Pace’ Among Services, Principal Cyber Advisor Says
Chris Cleary touts prototype tools and readies a new cyber plan.
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Can a New Information-Security Approach Save the Navy $1B a Year?
The CIO touts his Cyber Ready plan for continuous vulnerability monitoring.
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White House Launches Effort to Examine Policy Choices for Shooting Down UFOs
NORTHCOM has changed radar settings to get “better fidelity on seeing slower objects,” general says.
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A ‘Modern National Security Strategy’: Q&A with Rep. Ro Khanna
The ranking member of a HASC tech subcommittee has thoughts on China, chips, and how the Pentagon should integrate its approach to both.
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