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If software and agentic AI are key to mission success, accelerate them to the front lines
[Sponsored] A commercial prototype in a sandbox is different from deploying AI across classified networks.…
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AI agents conspired to hack into networks and steal data during an experiment: study
When researchers imposed difficult missions, AI tools forged identities, escaped sandboxes—and tried to cover it all up.…
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What America Learned About Democracy When It Gained Stealth
Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from…
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Why Military Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Still Falls Short
The United States has bluntly signaled a deprioritization of the Indian Ocean at a peculiar time. The reversion of U.S. …
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Why Conflict Gold Sanctions Fail
In April 2026, over a month after the United States launched its attack on Iran, leading to thousands of reprisal strike…
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Senate passes stopgap funding bill
The House and Senate have each passed separate versions of a continuing resolution, and must agree on a single bill befo…
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The state of DoD Zero Trust: Progress toward target level
Join us August 26th at 2pm ET as industry leaders discuss the current state of Zero Trust and what the roadmap looks lik…
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GDIT scores $1.3 billion National Guard IT contract
The Enterprise Network Operations and Cybersecurity Support contract aims to provide modernized IT and cybersecurity ser…
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Rough waters help firm demo ‘expeditionary manufacturing’ aboard warship
Firestorm Labs says it 3D-printed thousands of parts as waves buffeted USS Essex.…
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Warlords of Greece: Warfare in Homer’s World
The Iliad and Odyssey have shaped Western ideas of heroism for nearly three millennia. Yet despite centuries of debate o…
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How Can U.S. Special Operations Forces Help Defeat China on Taiwan?
It is conceivable that in one blistering campaign, the People’s Republic of China could invade, occupy, and forcib…
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Attackers are targeting open-source AI just as Big Tech is embracing it
“We're going to be doing this forever,” security pros say, describing a race to find and patch holes in the AI era.…
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Shock wave
What if the U.S. were ahead of China in hypersonic weapons development? Welcome to the latest Fictional Intelligence.…
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HII’s sea drone business is growing, but revenue is ‘modest,’ CEO says
The company recently booked a yearlong production contract extension for its underwater drone, Lionfish.…
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Anthropic confirms its AI breached 3 organizations during testing
Three Claude models were inadvertently given access to the internet during security evaluations, and each model took a d…
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Facing a lack of kit, Space Force creates $981M pool to buy training capabilities
Gen. Greg Gagnon, head of Space Force Combat Forces Command, said a number of key mission areas face a serious lack of s…
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The Atlantic Brief: The Strait of Hormuz and the Future of Free Navigation
In February 2026, the United States and Israel initiated a war in the Middle East against Iran. Since then, the warring …
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Marine Corps F-35 suffers crash in California
The pilot ejected and is receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the service. …
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Key B-52 upgrades face cost, schedule risks: GAO
A new audit from the Government Accountability Office found concerns with the Air Force’s modernization of the B-52 Stra…
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GCAP timeline could shrink ‘by a couple of years,’ Leonardo CEO says
Lorenzo Mariani said the sixth-gen fighter could enter service two years ahead of its 2035 target date, but only if some…
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The devil was in the waivers: How new minerals procurement rules will change the game
Establishing durable domestic mineral supply chains will likely require closer coordination between US defense primes as…
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Light at the end of M-code’s tunnel? Receivers for ships, planes to finish tests by 2027
An Air Force office recently took over the sprawling M-Code project, meant to give jam- and spoof-proof GPS receivers to…
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The (Un)importance of the Battle of Tours
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a new occasional series featuring battles that just didn’t matte…