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The White House Is Right on AI. Now Let Defenders Use It.
The White House has the right instinct on AI. Its June 5 National Security Presidential Memorandum commits the governmen…
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How Congress is reshaping the administration's FY27 budget
Three of the four House and Senate committees have marked up the spending proposal. Here's what they want.…
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ICBM killer passes two key tests ahead of design review, Lockheed says
The company’s Next Generation Interceptor had an 18-month delay for motor problems.…
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Hanwha Defense USA seeks to acquire Austal USA in $1.2B potential deal
Hanwha’s parent firm previously sought to acquire Austal’s parent company in 2024. Now, the two US arms migh…
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Local water utilities are under cyber attack. A new group wants to help
The National Rural Water Association and DEF CON Franklin are coordinating the development of a replicable cybersecurity…
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Agentic AI turning Zero Trust cybersecurity ‘on its head’
A top Intelligence Community official said the government may need to develop digital birth certificates for AI agents.…
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The government was ready to expand its voting-security work. Then it pulled the plug
Cybersecurity executives described the political pressures that emerged when their findings did not support claims of el…
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What to expect at America’s largest missile defense expo
A look at what we expect to see at this year’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium. …
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Is Ukraine Drifting Towards Groupthink on European Integration?
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spec…
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The defense sector is under water: Maritime investments reflect growing threats
A recent sequence of undersea-focused defense acquisitions is a welcome pivot to a critical warfighting domain, two CSIS…
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Epirus secures $11 million Marine Corps contract for HAVOC system
The system will feature a “universal sled mount” to pair it with various manned and unmanned vehicles across the service…
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Boeing to sell three subsidiaries to eVTOL firm Archer
Pending regulatory approval, the sales of drone maker Insitu, air traffic management firm SkyGrid and electric aircraft …
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Air Force seeks AI tool to help manage Minuteman III ICBM sustainment
The new AI tool could help cut down the cumbersome labor needed to sift through roughly 60 different data sources, accor…
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Germany and the Netherlands buy 69 more RCT30 infantry fighting vehicles
Manufacturer KNDS said it has developed the Boxer RCT30 as the “backbone” of Germany’s new “Medi…
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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.…