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NATO has built a cloud for Ukraine’s classified battle data

The last hurdle is figuring out information-sharing policies to keep it all safe.

  • Lauren C. Williams

The Army is taking counter-drone experimentation from Europe to INDOPACOM

A joint exercise with Poland and Romania, plus a counter-drone competition, took place this month.

  • Meghann Myers

Counter-drone warfare at scale? Army demo shows it’s getting closer

In just a few days, Project Flytrap stood up a defensive network in northern Germany.

  • Patrick Tucker

Air Force wants a 500,000ドル counter-air missile, despite cheaper options

The service wants ideas by December, and hopes to see a modular, ground-launched prototype in two years.

  • Thomas Novelly

Air Force can hit ambitious 10-year fighter jet goal—but only with a blank check and a broader inventory

Buying 300 advanced aircraft by 2030 would require ideal conditions from Congress, industry.

  • Thomas Novelly

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China: NSA has been hacking our national time systems for years

"NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations," an NSA official told Nextgov/FCW.

  • David DiMolfetta

The Army's new tank will roll out a decade early. Here’s how they did it

Soldiers are expected to be riding in the M1E3 next year, well ahead of the tank's planned 2030s arrival.

  • Meghann Myers

Dismount before contact: Learning to fight with the infantry squad vehicle

How the Army is adapting to protect soldiers in its new open-air dune buggy.

  • Meghann Myers

Anduril debuts Eagle Eye, a modular, AI-powered soldier headset

One variant is being pitched for the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command program.

  • Meghann Myers

NGA wants to put its idle PCs to work

GDIT is networking the agency’s St. Louis workstations to crunch geospatial data even when analysts aren’t around.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Air Force’s AI ambitions mean simplifying its tangle of networks

Over the next year, battle-networks chief aims to reduce systems to a "rational number."

  • Lauren C. Williams

F-47’s first flight expected in 2028

That’s a year earlier than Air Force officials have previously said Boeing's sixth-gen combat aircraft might take wing.

  • Thomas Novelly

Names, networks, and politics

What does the White House’s ‘Department of War’ push mean for the names of the Pentagon’s networks? Officials aren’t quite sure.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Pentagon preps for end-of-year, zero trust blitz

Defense organizations are readying detailed plans needed to keep hackers at bay by 2027.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Fight AI-powered cyber attacks with AI tools, intelligence leaders say

But the Pentagon can also make more use of "good old-fashioned automation," NGA chief says.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Anduril and Palantir-backed startup Rivet go head-to-head in soldier virtual display competition

The Army awarded more than 350ドルM for the Soldier Borne Mission Command program this month.

  • Meghann Myers

Marines press ahead with JLTV purchase after Army quits program

Higher prices are expected once the larger service cancels its contract to buy the Humvee replacement.

  • Meghann Myers

Pentagon stands up new task force to coordinate anti-drone efforts

The Army will be in charge of the outfit, which will replace the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office.

  • Meghann Myers

How many drones does it take to replace a destroyer?

Fresh off a summer of testing robotic boats, the Navy's Task Force 66 wants to turn lessons into metrics.

  • Lauren C. Williams
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General Atomics’ collaborative combat aircraft notches first flight

Competitor Anduril says their version will fly "soon."

  • Audrey Decker