Unmanned systems, radar, and electric vehicles unveiled at first day of IDEF 2025
Host nation Turkey took advantage of the Istanbul exhibition, with defense firms showing off a host of new tech.
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Italy and L3Harris agree to first EA-37A export deal
Once modified, the new aircraft will see the Italian Air Force provided with “an airborne jamming ability with range, altitude and endurance to disrupt enemy command and control communications, radars and navigation systems from an extended distance,” …
‘Top Gun’ for drones: Pentagon plans August exercise with FPV drone units
“At this next T-REX [Technology Readiness Experimentation exercise], we’ll be starting to host TOPGUN school,” said prototyping & experimentation director Alex Lovett. “We’re going to be playing Red versus Blue, their best [offense] coming after o…
Space Force begins testing of first OCX software blocks for GPS sats
A spokesperson for Space Operations Command (SpOC) explained that government-led testing now will commence, but that an updated operational acceptance date “is not yet available.”
The US Army’s second rebirth: From post-Vietnam to post-GWOT
In this op-ed, AEI’s John Ferrari offers advice for keeping the Army’s transformation initiative on track — starting with the budget.
Anthropic, Google and xAI win $200M each from Pentagon AI chief for ‘agentic AI’
The three new contracts come on top of last month’s equal award to OpenAI, bringing the Chief Digital & AI Officer’s investment in cutting-edge commercial “frontier AI” to a total of $800 million.
Cybersecurity skills don’t come from a manual, but from practical hands-on training
[Sponsored] Cybersecurity skills must evolve in near-real time as Zero Day threats continue and AI provides new challenges.
Digitize or die: Ukraine’s war is a wake-up call for 20th century militaries
In this op-ed Ukraine’s deputy minister of defense for digital development argues that in modern combat, there’s another frontline: the digital battle against bureaucracy.
Sens. Fischer, Rounds: Setting the record straight on how we protected defense spectrum in the 5G era
In this exclusive op-ed, Republican senators Deb Fischer and Mike Rounds lay out the new rules that will, they say, protect Pentagon spectrum needs for the next decade.
Risks the US faces if adversaries dominate the AI battle [Video 3]
[Sponsored] The newly established National Security Data and Policy Institute at UVA has ideas about artificial intelligence and defense.