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Pentagon broadens counter-drone authorities in bid to shore up vulnerable U.S. bases

Countering drones in the U.S. is complex and has been a yearslong, thorny problem for the military. B-52 Stratofortresses from…

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Marine Corps makes GenAI.mil its official enterprise AI platform as older systems get sidelined

“Until this point, there was no enterprise solution for USMC users,” Capt. Christopher Clark, the service’s AI lead, told DefenseScoop.…

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CYBERCOM Nominee Cautions Against Creating Cyber Force, Splitting Off NSA

The Army nominee selected to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency urges caution before the U.S. should launches a dedicated cyber…

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What to Watch as Pentagon Implements AI, Innovation Reforms

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week released strategies meant to focus the Pentagon’s “alphabet soup” of innovation organizations and proliferate artificial intelligence—moves that experts say could provide the structure needed…

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Fight between Kelly and Hegseth over ‘unlawful orders’ video headed to court

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) asked a federal judge on Monday to immediately quash Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to launch…

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SBA turns to Palantir after Minnesota fraud allegations spark national probe 

January 9, 2026 Listen to this article 3:55 Learn more. A binary code and Palantir logo are seen in this…

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Hegseth, Gabbard tap Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director after months of cyber leadership tumult

An emblem on a rug inside the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland outside Washington, DC. The…

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New Pentagon report on China’s military notes Beijing’s progress on LLMs

The Defense Department’s latest report to Congress on China’s military developments stated that Beijing has been catching up with the…

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Marines may finally get landing ships for modern-day island hopping

President Trump’s Monday announcement of the “Trump class battleship” made a splash, though the development timeline on them is unclear and,…

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Trump, Navy leaders reveal plans for new battleships armed with nukes, lasers, railguns and hypersonic missiles. Analysts anticipate problems.

President Donald Trump and Navy leadership presented plans Monday evening for a new class of modern battleships that would be…

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