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Russia Says It Will Field a Robot Tank that Outperforms Humans

A colonel who runs a research directorate says the Nehreta did well in recent exercises at proving grounds outside Moscow.

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Three-Star General Wants AI in Every New Weapon System

The department's Project Maven uses machine learning to go through drone video feeds but that's just the beginning, Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan said.

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How Robots Will Help the US Navy Avoid Future Collisions

The Navy’s problems are very human in nature. The solution is less human.

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DHS Wants Tech to Scan Your Face as You Drive to Mexico

The department is opting for a faster procurement option for the technology.

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China Will Surpass US in AI Around 2025, Says Google's Eric Schmidt

Schmidt, who also chairs the Defense Innovation Advisory Board, says the Chinese are poised to erase a key American advantage — and the Trump administration is helping them.

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How NATO Is Preparing to Fight Tomorrow’s Cyber Wars

As members fight off cyber attacks from Russia, here’s a deep dive into spending goals, partnerships, and policy debates about going on the offensive.

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The Video Game That Could Shape the Future of War

The U.S. Army is developing a new way to test technologies and tactics—but first they have to get tens of thousands of soldiers to play it.

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Trump Administration Plans a New Cybersecurity Strategy

The strategy will be based on the main elements of the president’s May executive order.

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This Technology Could Help Solve IED Detection — And Airport Security Too

New radio-wave sensors are designed to suss out hidden explosives —whether in car bombs or carry-on laptops.

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How US Special Operators Helped Take Down Joseph Kony’s Army With Tailored Messages

For six years, an elite Army team team waged psychological warfare against a murderous warlord. Here’s how they won.

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Armed Ground Robots Could Join the Ukrainian Conflict Next Year

At AUSA, officials showed off a robot shaped by the hard lessons of hybrid war.

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How the US Army is Preparing to Fight Hybrid War in 2030

The future is little teams operating on land, in the air, and online, taking on enemies that haven’t declared themselves.

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US Army Chief Announces Major Reorganization For How Army Develops, Buys Weapons

Gen. Milley says Army 'must regain our overmatch and competitive advantage against emerging threats.'

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The FBI’s Cyber Strategy: Shame The Hackers

The agency is trying to take a more preventive, and not a reactive, security strategy.

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Pentagon: We’ll Keep Buying Software That Russian Spies have Looked Through

The U.S. military will still buy consumer-off-the-shelf products from several tech companies that allowed Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, an intelligence outfit, to intimately probe.

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North Korea Is Testing Not Just Bombs, But the Entire Global Nuclear Monitoring System

It is a miracle of statecraft and science that this collaborative international infrastructure has actually come into being.

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The White House's Cyber Tool Wish List

Acting Federal Chief Information Security Officer Grant Schneider pushed for tools that are easy to use but can share threat data in real time.

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Get Lasers Into the Field Faster, Lawmakers Tell the Pentagon

The Senate’s version of the annual defense bill provides $200 million for rapid prototyping of directed energy weapons.

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General Motors Wants to Disrupt the Military Truck Market

Building on its hydrogen fuel cell-powered pickup truck for the Army, the automaker will soon unveil a self-powered mobile chassis.

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DHS Forms Election Security Task Force

The new task force will draw resources from across the Department of Homeland Security, including intelligence analysis.