Science & Tech

The Pentagon will host a ‘Top Gun’ school for Ukraine-style attack drones

The Defense Department is hoping for “American drone dominance”—but that’s easier said than done.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

General Atomics plans robot wingman production for Europe

The news follows fellow CCA builder Anduril’s announcement to partner with Rheinmetall.

  • Audrey Decker
Business

SECNAV: Robots won’t replace shipbuilders, but they could make jobs ‘easier’

Phelan said shipyards should equip workers with tools like automation and robotics to boost training.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 187: Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush

The third in a series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

The D Brief: AI for shipbuilding; Database of covert contractors?; Israel’s new airstrikes in Syria; State Department drops Ukraine analysts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
Exclusive Business

GSA hires Uber to cut travel costs for feds, military, and some contractors

The contract for Uber for Business has implications for the federal workforce at home and abroad.

  • Frank Konkel
Science & Tech

New partnership looks to speed delivery of nuclear submarines, other vessels

Trump met with a robotics firm aimed at accelerating U.S. ship building.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Lockheed has cleared backlog of stored F-35s

The company had 72 jets stacked up due to software delays.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 186: Tech Summit talks: Anduril's Chris Brose

The second in a series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.

  • Patrick Tucker
Updated Defense Systems

Pentagon awards multiple companies $200M contracts for AI tools

Four tech firms just won big.

  • Frank Konkel
Policy

Drones are now bullets: How a new Pentagon policy may accelerate robot warfare

The new policy also allows more units to buy drones, which should boost the demand signal to industry.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Pentagon to become rare-earth mining company's largest stockholder

The Defense Department will buy a 15% stake in MP Materials and fund the construction of a magnet-making facility, all to reduce its reliance on China.

  • Ross Wilkers
Ideas

How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world

The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.

  • Tye Graham and Peter W. Singer
Threats

The D Brief: DOD reviewing weapons to allies; Militarized border grows; Wicker and Rogers on reconciliation bill; NG chief commentary; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: DOD budget developments; Trump touts Everglades detention center; Lancet: USAID cuts could cost 14M lives by 2030; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Maxar launching AI-powered ‘predictive intelligence’ to spot crises before they happen

New software for fusing satellite data from multiple constellations could spot big events before they pop off.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

The Army’s not sure what its new ‘Executive Innovation Corps’ will actually do

Silicon Valley tech leaders will go direct commission course, take a PT test, and presumably help make the Army more efficient.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Attacks continue despite ‘ceasefire’; al-Udeid targeted by Iran; Inside the B-2 strike; Alligator Alcatraz; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Established defense contractors lend tech startups a helping hand

Oracle launched a new defense ecosystem to support companies that lack the funds or infrastructure to jump right into a Pentagon contract.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Business

As CCAs make international debut, companies pitch European co-production

General Atomics said their robot wingman offering will be “far less than $20 million” a pop.

  • Audrey Decker
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