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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Nominee for Pentagon CAPE director says office’s workforce is strained, needs new tech

Michael Payne had his confirmation hearing Thursday with the Senate Armed Services Committee.

By Jon Harper

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at sunset on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Congress eyes whole-of-government plan to disrupt growing cooperation between US adversaries

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By Brandi Vincent

The Albatross II attack and surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) and its American partner, is on display at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition 2025 (TADTE), in Taipei, Taiwan, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Taiwan moves to counter China’s drone dominance

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US government grapples with questions about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS amid shutdown

By Brandi Vincent
Report: Space Force must accelerate work to field capabilities for dynamic space ops

By Mikayla Easley
Gen. Wilsbach sworn in as Air Force chief, pledges to advance modernization and readiness

By Mikayla Easley
Army takes another step on path toward producing new drone-killing laser weapons

By Jon Harper
Nominee for Pentagon strategist outlines approach for stymieing potential Chinese attacks on Taiwan

By Jon Harper

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Steve Blank: The Playbook for Defense Innovation, from the Classroom to the War Room

Steve Blank, Founding Faculty - Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, Stanford University

By Billy Mitchell

The Navy celebrates Earth Day by showcasing a supersonic flight test of the “Green Hornet,” an F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter jet powered by a 50/50 biofuel blend. The test, conducted April 22, 2010, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., drew hundreds of onlookers. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Navy eyes sonic boom noise monitoring system for test flights over Chesapeake Bay

Communities along the Atlantic coast occasionally report experiencing sonic booms associated with Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

By Brandi Vincent

A YFQ-44 Collaborative Combat Aircraft takes off during flight testing at a California test location. (Courtesy photo)

Anduril conducts first flight test of Air Force CCA drone prototype

Both Anduril and General Atomics have now moved into the live flight test stage of the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks to Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander and pilot, following the team’s certification flight at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster)

Gen. Wilsbach, newly confirmed by the Senate, faces major challenges as Air Force chief

The biggest challenge to Air Force readiness is the tension between sustaining legacy systems and investing in future capabilities under constrained budgets, Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach told lawmakers.

By Jon Harper

US Strategic Command nominee acknowledges shortfalls in electronic warfare operations, training

By Mikayla Easley

DHS offering grants to states, local governments for counter-drone tech ahead of major national events

By Brandi Vincent

DOD wants to use AI to bolster security of Indo-Pacom networks

By Billy Mitchell

Comply or collapse: Why President Trump’s Golden Dome for America depends on securing operational technology

By Rep. Pat Fallon

Lockheed Martin integrating Google’s generative AI tools into workflow ops

By Mikayla Easley

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From data silos to strategic insights: The interoperability imperative for defense analytics

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Gaining AI advantage: The need for trusted autonomy, transparency and control

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The new frontline: Winning the information war at the tactical edge

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Report highlights how secure data-sharing platforms can support the Intelligence Community’s IT roadmap

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Beyond perimeters: Securing data for the zero-trust era

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AI revolutionizes military wargaming: Lessons in speed, scope, and strategic foresight

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What AI means for public sector training and upskilling

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Unlocking the potential of AI with a modern data strategy

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Chris Brose: How Anduril is paving its path as the next defense unicorn

Katie Arrington: Connecting tech reform to the warfighter mission

By Billy Mitchell

Tara Murphy Dougherty: Hesitation loses wars — Why the DOD needs a new tech playbook

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The U.S. Capitol, pictured near the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The U.S. Capitol, pictured near the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Nominee for key Pentagon R&E post vows to accelerate prototyping, experimentation

A sign is seen before a checkpoint at Quantico Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia on September 29, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Marine Corps postpones generative AI workshop due to lapse in appropriations

Visualization of thruster nozzle flow predicted by the Northrop Grumman–Luminary Physics AI Model, powered by NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo (Credit: Luminary Cloud)

Northrop Grumman inks deal with tech startup for accelerated, AI-enabled spacecraft design

Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, claps during the 144th Commencement Exercises at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, May 21, 2025. (DHS photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee.)

Trump nominates cyber expert for Coast Guard commandant

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Army acquisition chief anticipates funding boost for FUZE program

An instructor with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, engages targets from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Bravo Company, 1-140th Aviation Regiment, during Advanced Sniper Course 25-2 hosted by EOTG, I MEF, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 19, 2025. ASC is designed to train personnel in the marksmanship skills necessary to provide sniper support to expeditionary operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)

Marines’ Force Design plan urges modernization to tackle ‘the changing character of war’

Warfighters operate IT equipment at the lab located at Defense Information Systems Agency Headquarters at Fort Meade Md. (DISA Photo by: David Abizaid)

DISA planning 2026 industry day focused on AI tools

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., walks down the House steps as the House votes on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act in Washington on Friday, March 27, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

As China advances, Congress wants DOD to get up to speed on biotechnology

Rendering of X-BAT (Credit: Shield AI)

Shield AI reveals VTOL autonomous fighter jet dubbed X-BAT

U.S. Air Force Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, delivers keynote remarks during the Security Forces Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course graduation ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 8, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Sanders)

UPDATED: Gen. Bussiere still set to retire from Air Force

Gen. James J. Mingus, U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff, delivers a presentation on The Evolving Character of War during the third day of the annual Maneuver Warfighter Conference, Sept. 11, 2025, in Marshall Auditorium at Fort Benning, Georgia. The annual Maneuver Warfighter Conference gathers U.S. Army senior leaders and subject-matter experts from across the globe to discuss the way forward for maneuver forces. (U.S. Army photo by Joey Rhodes II)

Trump submits nomination to replace Mingus as Army Vice Chief of Staff

Reps. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., and Joe Wilson, R-S.C., visit the exhibition of photos featuring war crime sites and civilians innocently killed by Russian occupiers at the Church of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle and All Saints, Bucha, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine. (Volodymyr Tarasov / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Looking to deter Russia, lawmakers seek to prioritize defense cooperation on NATO’s eastern flank

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump calls on reporters during a meeting with Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese (L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during a bilateral meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Albanese is visiting the U.S. Capital to meet with President Trump and later visit the Pentagon. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump officially endorses AUKUS at White House meeting with Australian prime minister

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