Startup aims to reinvent battlefield medicine for the drone era
High-intensity conflict will require better connected, more defendable field hospitals for longer term care.
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Lawmakers call for more defense biotech research as China pursues breakthroughs
Shelf-stable blood, biological camouflage, and biosensors are just some of the potential innovations.
Inside the emergency effort to create a European drone wall
More sensors, more maneuverable, less expensive: How Ukraine’s experiences are helping write the future of drone air defense.
When China plays orbital hide-and-seek, Maui’s telescopes give the US an edge
In an interview, Space Force’s Saltzman reveals what’s next for the key sensor site.
What the rapid pace of AI means for China’s threats toward Taiwan
A hearing Wednesday provided more evidence that the U.S. is rapidly falling behind China in AI development, which could increase the possibility of global conflict.
State Department CIO hopes agentic AI can help employees
Tools that could complete tasks across multiple systems would go far beyond the agency’s StateChat chatbot.
Pentagon CTO wants AI on every desktop in 6 to 9 months
Emil Michael said he’s spending up to half his time rethinking DOD’s AI-deployment strategy.
Drone boats, new landing craft get Army Pacific tryouts
The service is looking for better ways to protect its waterborne forces.
Air Force debuts pilotless cargo flights in the Pacific
The service incorporated remotely-operated flights into its massive REFORPAC exercise as it aims to make cargo flights cheaper.
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?