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Pentagon Wants to Test A Space-Based Weapon in 2023
Defense officials have asked for $304 million to fund research into space-based lasers, particle beams, and other new forms of missile defense next year.
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CYBERCOM Seeks Troops Who Can Wield Artificial Intelligence
AI won’t solve the military’s shortage of cyber professionals but can act as a force multiplier to ease the strain.
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Top Navy Admiral Warns of Cyber Attacks Against Brass
CNO says that’s why the service stopped publishing promotion lists in October.
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Inside DARPA's Ambitious 'AI Next' Program
The defense research agency seeks artificial intelligence tools capable of human-like communication and logical reasoning that far surpass today’s tech.
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Pentagon’s Cyber Mission Force Needs Better Training Plan
A government watchdog found flaws in the Defense Department’s transition from building its Cyber Mission Force to maintaining it.
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The West Isn’t Ready for the Coming Wave of Chinese Misinformation: Report
Beijing’s social-media operations are larger and more effective than many realize.
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NSA-Cyber Command Chief Recommends No Split Until 2020: Sources
That’s another delay for a separation planned several Defense Secretaries ago.
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Lasers, AI, Hypersonics Top DARPA’s Small-Biz Wishlist
The defense research agency also announced plans for an accelerator to help move new tech from idea to product.
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Russia’s New ‘AI Supercomputer’ Runs on Western Technology
The 1-petaflop Zhores is built on California circuitry, and it’s hardly alone.
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US Military Changing ‘Killing Machine’ Robo-tank Program After Controversy
The Army is moving quickly to adopt new technologies. That comes with public relations pitfalls.
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The Security Clearance Process Is About to Get Its Biggest Overhaul in 50 Years
Intelligence and human capital officials are about to make the rounds to show off Trusted Workforce 2.0, a framework to completely change how the government makes security clearance determinations.
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Russia’s Pistol-Packing Robot Is Scrambling for Parts
The program’s foreign suppliers stopped shipping components after gunfire videos went viral.
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Top Nuke General: Russia Is Exploiting Gaps In Key Arms-Control Treaty
The leader of U.S. Strategic Command sees New START as vital, flawed, and in danger.
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Microsoft Stands By Its $480 Million Pentagon Contract
The company reaffirmed its commitment to provide the Army with augmented reality headsets despite resistance from employees.
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Are America's Companies Ready to Fight Russia & China? New Study Aims to Find Out
Reagan Institute panel sets out to identify the ‘National Security Innovation Base’ from workforce skills to technologies, labs, companies and academia.
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Pentagon Wants Satellites That Can Dodge Incoming Fire
As China and Russia move to weaponize space, the U.S. military is working to give its constellations a “fighting chance.”
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Trump Calls For More Biometric Scans, Data Sharing To Stop Terrorism
International travelers can expect to see more facial recognition and other biometric technologies per the latest national security strategy document.
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Supply-Chain Attacks Rose 78% Last Year, Cyber Researchers Found
But general phishing attempts dropped for the fourth year in a row.
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Russian Attacks Hit US-European Think Tank Emails, Says Microsoft
The same group that hit the DNC recently targeted prominent think tanks, including one election-monitoring organization
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