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Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

DOD maps out plan for new enterprise command-and-control program office, C2 suite

This new program office would essentially fuse multiple DOD elements that have come to fruition since the late 2010s.

By Brandi Vincent

A civilian guest of U.S. Army Special Operations Command takes cover behind a vehicle with a member of USASOC during a simulated mission on 7 April 2024, at Fort Bragg, NC. (U.S. Army photo by SSG Gavin Lewis)

SOCOM wants new tech to keep its militarized commercial vehicles hidden from data-hungry adversaries

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By Drew F. Lawrence

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Pentagon looks to use AI, automation for zero trust assessments

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By Mikayla Easley

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Army creates AI career field, pathway for officers to join

By Drew F. Lawrence
AFSOC looks to add Starlink terminals to Ghostrider gunships

By Mikayla Easley
US deploys 150-plus military aircraft, drones and other tech in raid to capture Venezuela’s Maduro

By Brandi Vincent
Hegseth directs DOD leaders to soon issue bonuses up to $25K to high-performing civilian employees

By Jon Harper
Marine Corps wants 10,000 new drones this year as it looks to expand training for off-the-shelf systems

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Davies sworn in as Pentagon CIO

To what extent Davies will continue, modify, expand, or cut existing programs remains to be seen.

By Jon Harper

A U.S. Marine Corps mortarman with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies a SkyDio X10 small unmanned aircraft system during attack drone training on Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Nov. 22, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo).

In a sign of more to come, the Corps certified forward-deployed Marines on FPV drones for the first time

The exercise in the Caribbean marked the first time that forward-deployed Marines were certified on the use of first-person-view drones, officials said, an important milestone for the…

By Drew F. Lawrence

The sign for Marine Corps Base Quantico is seen outside of the main gate on September 28, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. Several hundred of the U.S. military’s top generals and admirals have been ordered to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia for a rare in person meeting this week so U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth can brief the senior officers in person on the warrior ethos that he envisions for the armed forces moving forward, according to officials from the Department of War. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Marine Corps announces new dates for generative AI workshop at Quantico

The service data officer is organizing the event, which will focus specifically on genAI and agentic AI.

By Jon Harper

Chinese flag displayed on a laptop screen and DeepSeek logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

New Pentagon report on China’s military notes Beijing’s progress on LLMs

The Defense Department released its annual report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China.

By Jon Harper

Latest Air Force capstone tests AI, joint integration for battle management

By Mikayla Easley

How the new Navy-Palantir ‘ShipOS’ partnership is informed by Project Maven

By Brandi Vincent

Trump, Navy leaders reveal plans for new battleships armed with nukes, lasers, railguns and hypersonic missiles. Analysts anticipate problems.

By Jon Harper

Naval Postgraduate School offering new accelerated master’s degree program in AI

By Jon Harper

Luke Cropsey, Air Force’s C3BM exec, tapped for promotion to top acquisition job

By Jon Harper

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Northrop Grumman’s TRKT3 will build on the Tracking Layer capabilities of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 with targeted technology enhancements, expanded coverage and increased integration including precision fire-control sensing. (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman)

SDA awards $3.5B across 4 contracts for next phase of missile tracking satellites

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) successfully launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf on Dec. 16. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kayla Mc Guire)

A first, the Navy launches one-way-attack drone from a ship at sea

Admiral Kevin Lunday prepares to testify during his confirmation hearing to be the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Senate approves Adm. Lunday as Coast Guard commandant after flap over hate symbol policy

Derrick M. Anderson, nominee to be assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-Intensity conflict, arrives for his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, September 18, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

American special operations forces get new civilian overseer

Kirsten Davies testifies during a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee September 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Davies has been nominated to be the Chief Information Officer for the Department of Defense. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Kirsten Davies confirmed as Pentagon CIO

A poster at the Pentagon, Dec. 12, 2025, lets employees know that a new artificial intelligence tool is available to use at the War Department, and that employees are highly encouraged to use it. (Credit: C. Todd Lopez, DOW)

The era of GenAI.mil is here. Users have mixed reactions and many questions.

AFRL NIPRGPT creator Collen Roller is pictured working on the AI platform workspace. (Photo by Albert P Santacroce)

Air Force sunsetting NIPRGPT generative AI platform by Dec. 31

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Jetzer)

Trump nominates Army general to lead Cyber Command, NSA after ouster of previous director

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 17, 2025. (Photo by Doug MILLS / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

More details released about $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ payment announced by Trump

U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1146) sails alongside a MARTAC T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessel in the Arabian Gulf, June 1, 2023, during exercise Eagle Resolve 23. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. James Webster)

Coast Guard embraces new tech, but leaders say regulations need to keep up

Dr. Douglas Matty, then-Army Artificial Intelligence Task Force Director, spoke to Association of the United States Army annual meeting attendees during the October 13, 2021 Army Advanced Technologies (Cloud and Data) Warriors Corner event at Washington, D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Photo by Edward Loomis)

Pentagon AI chief departing to work on Golden Dome effort

The Pentagon, as viewed from the air after takeoff from Reagan Airport (Getty Images/Aaron Seltzer)

ISACA takes responsibility of training, credentialing CMMC assessors

Spc. John Grayson, an MQ-1C Unmanned Aircraft System repairer and crew chief stands next to the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System at Forward Operating Site Powidz, Poland, March 25, 2025. (U.S. Army photo illustration by Sgt. Charlie Duke)

The Army is hoping for a big new drone by 2028

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