Business
Army picks startup Rivet to build AI-enabled soldier glasses
Anduril and Meta will also reportedly team up to make a prototype.
Business
The jets were late. Lockheed got on-time bonuses anyway
After nearly 20 years of F-35 production, the program continues to “overpromise and underdeliver,” GAO said.
Science & Tech
Oak Ridge is using diamonds to marry quantum, classical computers
Can the world's hardest mineral help move quantum/classical networks from conceptual pilots to a real capability?
Business
Space Force goes commercial for space domain awareness
Nearly 150 companies are vying for a spot in the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, a top official says.
Science & Tech
Defense One Radio, Ep. 192: Alpine Eagle's Jan-Hendrik Boelens
A Munich-based developer with a new air-to-air counter-drone system shares insights into Europe's growing defense industry and recent lessons from Russia's Ukraine invasion.
Business
Test your arms and gear in Ukraine, NATO’s military chief urges companies
“Find the right partners,” said Gen. Grynkewich, “and get up there and do some real-world testing.”
Defense Systems
Second B-21 will fly by year’s end, USAF says
Also: official won't confirm US nukes are back in UK but says B61 is “deployed throughout the continent.”
Threats
Refueling accidents tied to troubled KC-46 boom, investigations find
Permanent fixes for the Boeing tanker have yet to be fielded.
Defense Systems
Navy ‘looking forward’ to F/A-XX builder decision, air boss says
A naval sixth-gen fighter wasn’t going to happen this year, but Congress offers a lifeline.
Policy
New CNO vows new ‘engine of naval dominance’
It’s “the foundry”—the shore establishment—Adm. Daryl Caudle said at a Monday ceremony.
Defense Systems
The Army is equipping its Black Hawks to launch drones
But how long will the venerable rotorcraft keep its central role as the service transforms?
Defense Systems
USAF seeks ‘exact replica’ of Shahed drone to help develop defenses
Some U.S. companies are already showing off their versions.
Policy
UK ‘agreed to drop’ demand that Apple install an encryption backdoor, DNI says
Tulsi Gabbard said Britain's reversal would "ensure Americans' private data remains private." But plenty of questions remain around US policy as well.
Policy
Trump aims to foster space industry by cutting environmental regulation
Experts expect the new executive order to benefit SpaceX, as well as its competitors.
Ideas
