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The Pentagon says drones are not a ‘silver bullet’ in its new handbook on fighting them

The 90-page guide is a “practical handbook” on dealing with the rise of drone threats to troops and bases. Unmanned…

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Defense Technology

Post-Advana rebrand, Accenture selected for $821M War Data Platform integration deal

Officials from the company, Defense Department and General Services Administration were unforthcoming about the procurement. Accenture Federal Services was selected…

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Defense Industry

Trump administration announces ‘War Force’ effort

The Pentagon seeks experts in designing, building, integrating and maintaining capabilities like frontier AI, machine learning, automation and data systems.…

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Defense Technology

Agentic-AI tool aims to give US commanders new target options ‘within seconds’

But concerns persist about the power and governance of software agents. A new agentic-AI tool will continuously scan intelligence feeds…

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Global Conflicts

Pentagon tells lawmakers it needs $80 billion for Iran war, other expenses: WSJ

The U.S. Department of Defense needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war as well as other non-war-related…

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Defense Technology

DOD wants nearly $30 billion to modernize its AI supercomputing arsenal in fiscal 2027

“The White House’s AI Action Plan, released last year, outlines the importance of establishing robust AI infrastructure,” an official said.…

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Defense Technology

Pentagon signs deals with industry to rapidly field 10,000 low-cost missiles

Through the framework agreements, Anduril, CoAspire, Zone 5 Technologies and Leidos will scale production to deliver thousands of missiles within…

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Defense Technology

DoD faces mounting pressure to pass clean audit for the first time

House lawmakers and government watchdogs expressed skepticism Wednesday about the Defense Department’s ability to produce a clean financial audit by…

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Defense Technology

DOD planning to address compute ‘bottleneck’ that could hinder AI proliferation

“We’ve handed our warfighters a Ferrari, and my only sleepless nights come from … making sure we never, ever run…

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Global Conflicts

Don’t call it a ‘quagmire’: defense secretary refuses to speculate on length of Iran war

Military and civilian leaders confer in a government hearing room. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deflected questions from Congress Wednesday on…

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