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Can Cyber Operations Be Deterred? What Wargames Reveal
The most successful deterrent threats leave no evidence behind. No missiles fly. No networks go down. No troops cross bo…
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The Pentagon Shared A Guide To Stop Drones. What Can We Learn?
The Defense Department names fences, electromagnetic warfare and deception as the best ways to stop threats from small u…
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Iran war ‘accelerated’ key tanker connectivity upgrades, top Air Force officials say
Service leaders said increasing battlespace awareness on the KC-135 was paramount.…
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Navy awards $76.6B in contracts for new Virginia, Columbia-class subs
General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding jointly build the Virginia and Columbia-class submari…
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Army adds $54B to Lockheed PAC-3 agreement, totaling $59B
The contract is undefinitized, meaning dollar values and quantities could change as negotiations continue. …
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SpaceX wins $1.6B to launch Space Force ‘sensing and targeting’ sats
The SpaceX task order is the first to be awarded since the Space Force’s July 17 massive $11.4 billion plus-up to …
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Up to six designs could move ahead in Air Force’s next robot-wingman effort
The concept refinement phase of CCA Increment 2 could wrap by May 2027, portfolio executive says.…
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How Mexico Locked In Its Militarized Police State
In 2021, Andrew Ivey wrote, “‘I Have Other Data’: The Guardia Nacional and the Entrenchment of Mexico&…
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Localizing tactical communications for sovereign, NATO-ready C3I
[Sponsored] Beyond foreign sales, Rafael’s model enables tech transfer, local engineering, and is a template for NATO pa…
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Air Force plans downselect for second CCA batch next year
A separate competition to replace the MQ-9A Reaper is expected to kick off a concept refinement stage early in the next …
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Ukraine, NATO launch new funding program to counter Russian drones
Five areas were listed by Brave1 as of high interest: active protection systems against FPVS; affordable counter-shaded …
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Leidos subsidiary selected to design Australian nuclear submarine dry dock
The contingency dry dock “is a critical pre-condition of Australia receiving its first Virginia class submarine…
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Protecting America’s troops on the digital battlefield: Rep. Jackson
Rep. Ronny Jackson lays out his concerns about ubiquitous technical surveillance, or UTS, in this new op-ed.…
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Building a predictive defense industrial base begins with artificial intelligence
[Sponsored] AI-enabled workflows accelerate production, but cybersecurity and governance remain central.…
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Pentagon weighing options to license Patriot production to Ukraine: DoD official
“We’re evaluating a set of [courses of action] right now, which include a mix of domestic and international sourci…
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How DARPA plans to get nuclear power in the size of ‘AA battery’
Seven teams are competing as part of DARPA’s Rads to Watts program to create a new kind of miniature power cell th…
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US blocks Iranian missile barrage as pause in fighting falters | First Thing
US military says it intercepted all Iranian missiles, as fighting threatens to resume. Plus, how Armenians seek to breat…
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Roknifard: Iran Strategic With Use of Allies’ Attacks
The US says it has intercepted several Iranian ballistic missiles on its military bases - breaking the brief pause in fi…
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ASML’s Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and the Limits of Reverse Engineering in China
In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce informed the Dutch company ASML that it suspects one of its extreme ultraviolet…
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Parsing Trump’s Decision to (Maybe) Give Uranium Enrichment to Saudi Arabia
On June 22, the United States announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. This type …
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How the U.K. is helping Ukraine hit Russian targets
Allied donations to Ukraine have gone from missiles to designs, as Ukrainian manufacturing outpaces its donors.…
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Senate confirms Clayton as Trump’s next intelligence director
The former SEC chairman will replace acting intelligence chief Bill Pulte, who cut staff in the nation’s top spy office.…
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The Army didn’t want this striking rotorcraft, but could it be what NATO needs?
Sikorsky showcased its dual-rotor Raider helicopter at the Farnborough airshow.…