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More Reality Checks Could Help Keep DOD Programs on Time and Budget, GAO Says
The Pentagon has long espoused “knowledge-based acquisition,” but doesn’t insist on it.
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DARPA's '3rd Wave' AI Aims to Compute Uncertainty Along with Accuracy
"Machine learning algorithms do not currently fit well into the modern statistical processing paradigm."
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B-21’s First Flight Slips to 2023, But That’s Still Ahead of Schedule, Northrop CEO Says
The classified bomber was initially expected to fly last December.
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‘Cultural Artifacts’ Are Keeping DOD From Going Big on AI
Policy, budgets, and budget execution are getting in the way, the outgoing head of the joint AI center says.
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A Navy 'Cattle Drive' Has Saved $150M in IT Costs
The service's two-year-old effort to consolidate computer systems is to be duplicated across the Pentagon.
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Russian Officials Talk About Unplugging the Country from the Internet. But Is That Possible?
For all its efforts, the Kremlin may still lack the capability to close off news from beyond the borders.
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‘Collaborative, Portable Autonomy’ Is the Future of AI for Special Operations
Creating autonomous teams in contested environments will be a challenge of technology—and policy.
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Special Operators Want AI to Help Discern Public Opinion
New sentiment-analysis tools would improve psyops, SOCOM commander says.
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Pentagon Wants to Take the Time to Get Major Cloud Awards 'Right,' CIO Says
That's a lesson from past failures to apply to the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract, John Sherman said.
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US Army Is Battle-Testing Cloud Computing
Various commands are trying out the service's cArmy infrastructure for common operating pictures, training, and more.
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The Backlash to DHS's Anti-Disinformation Board Shows How US Law Is Falling Behind the Problem
Legal ambiguity may have crippled DHS’s new board from the start.
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As Satellite Images Reshape Conflict, Worries Mount About Keeping Them Safe
Radio data collected from space is the next frontier.
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NGA Will Take Over Pentagon’s Flagship AI Program
Agency also sending new special spy drones to Eastern Europe.
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What Does Musk's Purchase of Twitter Mean for Disinformation?
His free-speech values could undermine the site's efforts to stem foreign influence operations.
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AI Is Already Learning from Russia’s War in Ukraine, DOD Says
Today’s battlefield data is helping smart machines model the wars of the future.
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Kyiv Asked for a New Kamikaze Drone to Fight Russia. The Air Force Delivered Phoenix Ghost
At least 121 of the new drones are headed to Ukraine as part of the latest $800 million security package.
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Satellite-Imaging Firm to Double Its High-Resolution Constellation
Planet’s new sats will allow more photos of global hot spots per day.
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The Military's 5G Gear Could Be Obsolete When It's Fielded
"Time to market" is the Navy's chief digital innovation officer's biggest 5G concern, after security.
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Defense Department Sets Out to Build Miniature Nuclear Reactor, Again
Changing politics and military goals suggest that this time, mobile nuclear power could go mainstream.
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