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Pentagon Urgently Pushing Anti-Drone Tech to ISIS Fight
From mast-mounted radar to drone-jamming guns, the U.S. military’s anti-IED office is rushing to keep up.
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Data-Theft Arrest Shows that Insider Threat Remains Despite Post-Snowden Security Improvements
The recent arrest of an NSA contractor shows that the intelligence community has much further to go in stopping insider threats.
Threats
Pakistan to Obama: Kashmir Will Hurt Our Ability to Help Fight the Taliban
Pakistan wants President Obama’s help in the Kashmir conflict with India, Pakistan’s senate defense chairman will tell the National Security Council on Friday.
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Tank Maker Teams Up With Remote-Control Car Company
General Dynamics and Kairos look to bridge the gap from here to autonomy.
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GM Has Built A Stealth Truck for the Army
A new hydrogen fuel cell truck could put snipers behind enemy lines, in style.
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Beyond Big Dog: The US Army Searches for an Infantry Squadbot
Service officials have a concept of operations and a plan to deploy a cargo-carrying robot alongside dismounted soldiers in 2019. But can the acquisition system keep up?
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US Army Racing to Catch Up to Russia On Battle Drones
After watching UAVs dominate eastern Ukrainian skies, the service is seeking counter-drone tech and new families of flying robots.
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Report: Weapons AI Increasingly Replacing, Not Augmenting, Human Decision Making
A new survey of existing and planned smart weapons finds that AI is increasingly used to replace humans, not help them.
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How the US Air Force is Rapidly Mobilizing For Cyber War
New ideas about defense and new tables of organization are reshaping the service’s ideas about battle.
Policy
The Intelligence Picture Over Iraq and Syria Has Gotten Much Cloudier
The leader of Air Combat Command says new players on the battlefield are complicating the air fight against ISIS.
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Tomorrow’s Laser-Armed Helicopter Drones
First come powerful generators, then autonomy, then directed energy, says LightningStrike maker.
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The Man in Charge of Stopping the Next Snowden
Moving past the summer of 2013 has proven difficult for the intelligence community.
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The Military’s Tech Matchmaker Is Getting Ready to Open Its Wallet
Carter says DIUx will also get a new Austin branch, its third after Boston and Silicon Valley.
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Special Operators Are Getting a New Autonomous Tactical Drone
A prototype microdrone that maps a building’s rooms will change the urban battlefield.
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How Will Terrorists Use the Internet of Things? The Justice Department Is Trying to Figure That Out
As the business of connected devices explodes, DOJ joins other agencies in evaluating the national-security risks.
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A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance
The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.
Threats
The Same Culprits That Targeted US Election Boards Might Have Also Targeted Ukraine
More circumstantial evidence suggests Russian-backed actors targeted state election boards.
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5 Steps To Make U.S. Elections Less Hackable
As shadowy actors work to hack U.S. elections, a few simple steps could make electronic voting more secure, says one expert.
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To Counter Russia’s Cyber Prowess, US Army Launches Rapid-Tech Office
The battle for eastern Ukraine shows how the pace of innovation in electronic warfare is picking up.
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