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Mattis: No Pentagon Policy Changes Since Trump-Putin Helsinki Summit

The defense secretary also said that his department’s policies on Iran remain the same despite tougher Trump administration rhetoric.

  • Paulina Glass and Marcus Weisgerber
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Pentagon Creates ‘Do Not Buy’ List of Russian, Chinese Software

Increasingly alarmed at foreign hacking, DOD and intelligence officials are racing to educate the military and defense contractors.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Patrick Tucker
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US dead come home; Russia targets US senator; China continues economic spying; Bidding opens for giant war cloud contract; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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NK still making bomb fuel; F-15X details; Big personnel reform, at last; Stop losing the infowar; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
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NDAA, on time?; Shabaab strikes joint US-Somali base; No Space Force this year; How US, Russia can cooperate; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
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NK dismantling missile-test facility; FY19 authorization bill; China’s AI-powered robot subs; No-bid maintenance contract for new AF1s ; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

This Stealthy Drone May Be The Future of Russian Fighter Jets

Russian industry sources called this heavy armed stealth drone a prototype for their sixth-generation aircraft.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Iran, Trump exchange words; What the new great-power era demands; Alexander Hamilton on cyber policy; Russian robots in space?

  • Bradley Peniston
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What happened in Helsinki?; China targeted IoT before summit; Putin coming to DC; McFaul proposal puts Pompeo on the spot; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
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Russia: let’s start mil-to-mil, as agreed. Pentagon: huh?; Boeing pitches new F-15; Voting-machine maker lied; DARPA’s bugbot Olympics

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
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After Secret Trump Meeting, Russia Offers to Resume Military Relations

Did Trump offer to normalize relations? It would be complicated — and Congress gets a vote.

  • Kevin Baron and Patrick Tucker
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Trump tries damage control; Russia ‘ready to move on new agreements’; Researchers pledge no lethal AI work; China’s quantum advances; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
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Russian charged with spying in DC; 164 die in Pakistan attack; New rules for hacker-proofing weapons; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump meets Putin; Why US spies are worried; Nuclear-reactor diplomacy; What CEOs, military brass are talking about this week; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

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.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Trump Won’t Pull US Troops From Afghanistan, Says Afghan President

At NATO Summit, President Ashraf Ghani said Trump gave his full support to coalition leaders and believes he convinced the U.S. president to stay.

  • Kevin Baron
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Trumpian turmoil in the UK; What’s at stake in Putin meeting; Army picks Austin for Futures Command; ‘Continuous monitoring’ of cleared feds; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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Trump likes NATO; Ukraine sees 1,200 ceasefire violations a week; DPRK skips repatriation talks; How China, Russia, US AI centers differ; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Russian Special Forces Just Practiced Invading an Island Near Finland

It’s the latest in a series of military exercises that regional observers call provocative and intimidating.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Mattis wants ‘civilian surge’ in Afghanistan; POTUS at NATO; New space-plane tests go well; For sale: stolen Reaper manual; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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