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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
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
Breaking News
General Atomics’ collaborative combat aircraft notches first flight
Competitor Anduril says their version will fly "soon."
- Audrey Decker