The Pentagon has begun testing a weapon capable of striking adversaries hiding behind poor weather, what was once an effective shield from accurate targeting. “Poor weather and battlefield obscurants …
Pentagon announces $200 million in aid for Ukraine
The Pentagon announced an additional $200 million in aid for the “training, equipment, and advisory efforts to build the defensive capacity of Ukraine’s forces,” including improvements of “command and …
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Pentagon’s first broad A.I. strategy to be published “within weeks”
An upcoming publication allegedly set for release in a number of weeks will be the Department of Defense’s first on its long-term strategic plans for the development and expansion of Artificial …
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The Pentagon wants to bring mind-controlled tech to troops
The Pentagon’s Next-Generation Non-Surgical Neurotechnology (N3) program is working to “design, build, demonstrate, and validate a nonsurgical neural interface system to broaden the applicability of …
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If Your Weapons Aren’t Cyber-Hardened, Expect to Lose Pentagon Contracts
The Pentagon will begin in-house assessments of its weapons’ cyber protections, rather than relying on manufacturer assessments. Companies are currently responsible for conducting their own …
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The Pentagon Wants to Automate Some Classification Decisions
"The Pentagon is in the market for an automated tool that can help determine what level documents should be classified at and who should be able to access them, according to contracting documents. The …
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The Pentagon’s drone and anti-drone budget nearly doubles in 2019
Drone and counter-drone budgets have doubled between 2018 and 2019, with 1.4% of the US defense budget now going to the sector. A drone association developed a detailed breakdown of the expenditures, …
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Pentagon Intelligence Chief: Russia And China Will Have Weapons in Space ‘In the Near Future’
In what has been called the most “overt” acknowledgement by U.S. intelligence regarding Russian and Chinese weaponization of space, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency stated that U.S. …
Pentagon suspends purchase and use of commercial drones, citing cybersecurity
The Pentagon has, once again, suspended the purchase and use of commercial drones ‘in order to develop a strategy that assesses and mitigates potential cyber risks of their use.’ The memo also …
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Citing backlog and systematic flaws, Pentagon to take over security clearance checks
The DoD is preparing to over background checks for the federal government. The change seeks to improve integration of automation and other high-tech options to reduce backlog and systems flaws that …