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US Air Force Wants More Commercial Companies Working AI Projects
Defense leaders issue a new call to industry after a study finds just two of 100 top AI firms have Pentagon contracts.
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Russia’s Foreign-Software Approval Service Helps Military Hackers: Report
The agency that ostensibly reviews foreign-made wares for vulnerabilities sends the lion’s share straight to its hacker squads.
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Army Developing Simulated Missile Launchers to Improve Combat Training
The goal is to train pilots and other crew members on how to respond to shoulder-fired missiles and rocket launchers.
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U.S. Needs a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, Lawmakers and Experts Say
The government is well-positioned to flag specific research areas that would have the biggest impact on national interests.
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US Plans ‘Continuous Evaluation’ of New and Existing Security Clearances
Every federal employee authorized to handle classified information will be cross-checked for signs of risk using court proceedings, financial data, and more.
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China Likely Knew about Spectre and Meltdown Bugs Before the US
Fixing hardware and software vulnerabilities requires global information sharing—and that includes U.S. cyber adversaries.
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China, Russia, and the US Are All Building Centers for Military AI
But their burgeoning approaches to state-sponsored research are divergent as the countries themselves.
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The Pentagon Wants to Automate Some Classification Decisions
The proposed software would help defense officials make classification decisions and automatically enforce them.
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Hacker Caught Selling Maintenance Manuals for Military Drones
A poorly configured router allowed the theft of drone manuals, a list of maintainers, material on the Abrams tank, and more.
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The Rocket for America’s Next Space Plane Just Fired 10 Times in 10 Days
By 2021, the Phantom Express is slated to carry new satellites to orbit on a daily basis.
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Russia Building Up Military Sites on Poland’s Border Before Trump-Putin Meeting
Satellite photos show new structures and other bunker improvements in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad made in the run-up to the NATO summit.
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General: Project Maven Is Just the Beginning of the Military’s Use of AI
Air Combat Command chief invites tech firms to help build next-gen tools for the Pentagon. Also says dissent "is part of being an American."
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Pentagon Shifts Its Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Programs to a New Leader
The new CIO will take over responsibility for JEDI, DOES, and other cloud efforts from the chief management officer.
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Pentagon Intelligence Chief: Russia And China Will Have Weapons in Space ‘In the Near Future’
The Defense Intelligence Agency’s director says the U.S. lead in space is diminishing and tomorrow’s skies will be filled with enemy robot satellites.
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US Special Operations Forces Making Paper That Talks
Future psychological operations will airdrop the sheets to persuade targets to buck up or defect.
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‘Underground’ May Be the U.S. Military’s Next Warfighting Domain
Tunnels and subterranean infrastructure demand high-level attention, training, and technology, the military’s intelligence chief says.
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Navy: US Can’t Build Trump’s Planned Fleet — Unless AI Can Slash Costs
The nation's defense strategy depends on using advanced tech to build and repair warships more cheaply, says acquisition chief James "Hondo" Geurts.
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Florida Airport Will Be the First to Scan Every International Traveler's Face
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is doing it to meet a Congressional mandate to speed up security lines.
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Google’s Withdrawal from Pentagon AI Project Risks US Lives, Says Work
Former deputy defense secretary says the tech giant should consider how its work might help save U.S. troops — and how it is currently helping China.
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