USAF seeks ‘exact replica’ of Shahed drone to help develop defenses
Some U.S. companies are already showing off their versions.
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Pentagon reductions set back critical AI-data platform
After users flocked to Advana, DOD’s AI office laid out a plan to keep it growing. Then came DOGE.
DARPA wants to hook tomorrow’s quantum gear into today’s networks
The field’s “black sheep” is crucial to realizing promises of better sensors and safer data, program director says.
DOD’s IT agency zooms in on secret cloud for strategic partners
The Defense Information Systems Agency is focused on delivering classified, cloud-based mission partner environments in the Indo-Pacific region.
Can COFFEE filters calm the spectrum tug-of-war?
A DARPA project aims to help military and commercial gear squeeze more use out of hotly coveted frequencies.
Space Force to launch ground target-tracking satellites ‘in the next year’
The new capability will first go to forces in the Indo-Pacific first.
The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO
The 10-year, up-to-$10 billion deal is part of a larger effort to consolidate IT contracts and save money, Leonel Garciga told reporters.
After axing the M-10 tank, the Army’s not sure what happens next
The existing Bookers are heading to a depot as officials negotiate the contract cancellation.
Pentagon will ‘open the door’ to more companies for next major cloud contract
The Pentagon’s tech chief said JWCC Next will look a little different than its $9 billion predecessor.
Meet the ‘cobots’ that could lower the cost of building submarines
A rare peek at Electric Boat’s production line finds robots cutting steel—and even welding.