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Pentagon hands Palantir up to $244M in no-bid work
A memo orders agencies to find uses for the company's software, but is mute on the required justifications for sole-source work.
Pentagon to solicit entrants for next giant cloud-service contract vehicle
DISA aims to expand its $9 billion cloud vehicle beyond the big four hyperscalers.
Officials hedge SpaceX aircraft-tracking satellite bet with three smaller company contracts
Rocket Labs, STR, and one mystery company are the latest space-based AMTI awardees.
Space Development Agency resumes key satellite launches after delays, watchdog criticisms
Meanwhile, Congress may dissolve SDA into the Space Force.
Marines eye cloudless networks to keep AI tools running when the cloud goes down
The software company Ditto says it can solve a key problem by networking “whatever transports the customer brings.”
'Shifting gears away from being just a policy shop': Q&A with the Pentagon CIO
Kirsten Davies said her office is adding focus on cybersecurity and the warfighter.
Mystery GPS outages traced to Russian satellite
Occasional 10-second bursts of radio energy have knocked out antennae from Romania to Greenland.
Software patches from Army hackathon going straight to troops in CENTCOM
Project Jailbreak is helping to get contractors open up their systems to each other.
Data brokers are helping enemies target US troops. The Pentagon must step up, lawmakers say
Commercial location data has been used to "target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater,” CENTCOM says.
The Navy used drones to sink a retired warship
Lessons from the SINKEX are shaping the service’s plans to buy and fight.
AI-powered cyber effects are 'moving so fast, it’s scary': a former Pentagon CIO
Industry is pitching 'autonomous remediation' of network vulnerabilities.
Pentagon leaders love agentic AI. But it’s giving cyber criminals nation-state-like powers
As new tools change cybersecurity, just moving faster won’t be enough.
Air Force wants AI in its air-ops command-and-control system
Kessel Run is managing the nascent effort to improve the Air Operations Center Weapon System used by COCOMs.
Army turns to ‘hackathons’ to better connect dozens of weapons, systems
Nine leading vendors are to attend the first brainstorming session at Fort Carson, Colorado.
Navy EA-18Gs over Iran, Venezuela show rise in aerial electronic attack
Here's what's next for the Navy jamming plane.
Autonomous weapons will be 'key part' of US warfare: Joint Chiefs chairman
Gen. Dan Caine said the Pentagon is looking at autonomous tech for drones and command-and-control, but lawmakers have questions.
CIA deception campaign helped rescue downed airman in Iran, director says
The president suggested the agency had a covert way to track the F-15 crewman's movements.
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Anduril secures $87M contract for a common counter-unmanned C2 program
The agreement is part of a larger $20B license for the federal government to buy any Anduril product.
AI-enabled watch towers set to proliferate along the border
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