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Putin’s Chef Is Opening a Start-Up Accelerator for Russia’s War
But with IT workers fleeing the country, it’s hard to predict how successful the endeavor will be.
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Not Even State Media Believes Kremlin Claims that a Russia-Only Internet Is Ready to Go
But a series of August tests shows that Moscow is still working to enable the country to unplug from the World Wide Web.
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It’s Official: Space Force Sets Sights on Smaller Satellites
The newest service’s acquisition chief also calls for more fixed-price contracts and fewer classified programs.
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The Military’s Network Warfare Experiment Scaled Up This Year
The U.S. Army-led experiment attempted to create a lot more targets, challenges, and complexities to test out futuristic concepts.
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Sergeant Makes One Counter-Drone Trainer to Rule Them All
Having too many different counter-drone systems is making training unnecessarily difficult. An Army National Guardsman from CENTCOM has developed a solution.
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Why the Pentagon’s Crush on Elon Musk Is Dangerous to Democracy
Once considered a cross between Thomas Edison and Moses, Musk is revealing himself to be an ill-informed, would-be tyrant.
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Hybrid-Electric Troop Transports Are Moving Toward the Battlefield
The quieter, cooler, less maintenance-intensive vehicles will make up at least part of the Army’s future fleet.
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The Army’s Big Convention Was Full of Armed Robots
For now, Western militaries remain reluctant to buy ground weapons that choose their own targets. But that may change.
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U.S.-Led Drone Fleet Starting To Come Together in Middle East
Bahrain, Kuwait pledge to chip in unmanned surface vessels for maritime surveillance and incident response, 5th Fleet says.
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The Ukraine War Is Teaching the US How to Move Intelligence Faster
Part of it is better planning, part is new AI-assisted tools.
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Small Radios On Armored Vehicles Will Be a Big Step Toward the Army's Networked Future
The challenges include trying to install them and making sure they don’t run out of range.
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A Russian Tactical Nuke Wouldn’t Confer Much Battlefield Advantage, Experts Say
But the environmental and health effects would be enormous and long-lasting.
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What Surprised One Drone Maker About Russia’s War on Ukraine
Swarmly updates its unarmed, jam-resistant drones as new information comes in from Ukraine's battlefield.
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How Will the Military Use 5G? A New Drone Experiment Offers Clues
High-speed networking promises to help bring AI to bear on floods of battlefield sensor data.
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Autonomous Systems Took Center Stage At AFA
The idea of teaming uncrewed systems with manned aircraft was a focal point in panels at annual conference, and on the showroom floor.
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The U.S. Military Is Buying Electric Jet-ski Robots
Tests will see whether battery-powered personal watercraft can help with search-and-rescue
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USAF Puts HARMs on MiG-29s, Cruise Missiles on C-130s, Cargo in B-52s
If the U.S. can’t give Western jets to Kyiv, it’s got a plan B.
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US Working on AI to Predict Ukraine’s Ammo and Weapons Needs
But a Pentagon watchdog is already unhappy with the way materiel is being tracked.
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CNO: Navy Is Equipping Ships with a Software Arsenal, Taking Lead on New Destroyer Design
A Q&A with Adm. Mike Gilday, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations.
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