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Air Force-Backed Startup Reveals Hypersonic Aircraft Prototype
The company fired the drone’s afterburning engine during a ceremony in Atlanta.
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Joint Chiefs’ Information Officer: US is Behind On Information Warfare. AI Can Help
Concerns mount about how quickly the Pentagon can respond to global influence campaigns.
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North Korean Uranium Mining Picked Up From 2017 to 2020
Satellite photos show accelerated mining efforts but the meaning of the activity is still unclear.
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Quantum Sensor Breakthrough Paves Way For GPS-Free Navigation
The main problem wasn’t weird subatomic physics. It was finding a simpler way to maintain a vacuum.
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New White House Cyber Director Wants to Fight Like Cobra Kai
Chris Inglis says the government needs to hit would-be attackers where it hurts.
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Pentagon AI Chief Responds to USAF Software Leader Who Quit in Frustration
Lt. Gen. Groen concedes culture must change, but says faster development is already on the way.
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One of Four Boosters Fails in Rapid-Fire Hypersonic Tests
Three launches got off successfully from Virginia; investigations have begun into the Alaska failure.
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The Military is Preparing for a ‘Space Superhighway,’ Complete with Pit Stops
Those hubs would do more than refuel spaceships; they are seen as key to staying ahead of China.
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Russian Corruption Makes It Harder to Crack Down on Ransomware
Hackers who learned skills in government service are branching out “for their own personal enrichment,” Pentagon cyber leader says.
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Army Delays IVAS Display Headset by a Year
Officials cited problems with the unusually wide field of view.
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China’s Hypersonic Test Raises Questions About US Missile Defense, Deterrence
Basic questions about how to defeat or deter orbital weapons remain undecided.
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DDS Security Clearance Tool Evolves into ‘SITH’ Insider Threat Program
The Defense Digital Service’s automated investigations tool turns to the dark side of insider threat hunting and gets rebranded to match.
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Army Gets Strategic About Going Digital
Policy reforms and technology boosts are in the pipeline, military leaders confirmed.
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US Army to Stage Largest Robot Tank Experiment Ever
Its lessons will inform the Army’s next-gen-unmanned-vehicles plan to ask tech firms to deliver the brains and established firms to deliver the wheels.
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The Inventor of the Taser and the Body Cam Wants to Put Them on Drones
His pitch: non-lethal, robotically deployed Tasers can change the face of war.
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AUSA Conference Wire: Connect Everything
New: a weapons-testing lab just for networking. Coming up: a wargame featuring a battalion of unmanned vehicles.
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The Biggest Lesson from the Army’s Connect-Everything Experiment
New labs to test interconnections are the key to joint all-domain command and control.
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