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U.S. President Joe Biden (C) presides over a cabinet meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and others at the White House on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. With four months left in his administration, Biden said convened the meeting to re-focus priorities. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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President Biden issued a new national security memorandum on AI on Thursday with direct implications for the DOD and intelligence community.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stetson Manuel, an infantryman and Robotics and Autonomous Systems platoon sergeant from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 316th Cavalry Brigade, carries the Ghost-X Unmanned Aircraft System after its flight during experimentation at Project Convergence – Capstone 4, March 11, 2024 at Fort Irwin, Calif. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charlie Duke)

Army moves to rapidly field Anduril’s Ghost-X drones via Replicator

The uncrewed systems are said to align with lessons learned from conflict environments like Ukraine and the Pacific.

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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) arrives at the Millington-Memphis Airport to conduct refueling and resupply on January 13, 2024, during a Large-Scale Long-Range Air Assault into the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Johnson, LA. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Truesdale)

Army looking to expand aerial tier of network to gain more feedback

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Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael McGinley, director of GigEagle Agile Talent Ecosystem initiative, gives a presentation at an event sponsored by Defense Acquisition University in Fort Belvoir, Va., June 5, 2024. (Photo credit: Nicole Brate, DOD)

DIU moves to scale AI-powered app that links defense talent with temp work

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Pentagon expects billions to be pumped into small businesses following SBA licensing of investors

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Air Force names Susan Davenport as new chief data and AI officer

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Army eyes modernized, long-range systems to bolster aircraft survivability

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An XQ-58A Valkyrie flies next to an F-35. (Marine Corps photo)

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Army seeks more flexible funding on electronic warfare capabilities, programs

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during Allied Spirit 24 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany, March 6, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Micah Wilson)

Army’s ISR Task Force looking to apply AI to intel data sets

Photo illustration of U.S. Army cyber soldier in operations center. (U.S. Army photo by Tài Doick)

Army set to release new guidance to improve cATO processes through new pilot efforts

Soldiers from the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) start up their Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) after it’s dropped off via UH-60 Blackhawk at the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 16, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

General Dynamics integrates EW capability into Infantry Squad Vehicle

Robotic Combat Vehicle prototype during soldier experimentation at the National Training Center, NTC, Fort Irwin, CA from July to September 2023. (Photo by Savannah Baldwin)

Army envisions potential recompete for robotic combat vehicle program

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Army’s new brain health strategy to address anomalous health incidents, Havana Syndrome

Soldiers from the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Air Assault out of a CH-47 Chinook into the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA, as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 15, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

Army expanding ‘transforming-in-contact’ concept to divisions, armored and Stryker brigades

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Sgt. James Hyman collects information from two sensors to conduct cyber effects operations, during an Operational Readiness Assessment, March 30, 2023. (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)).

Army Cyber’s new unit focused on information threats to commanders, troops across the globe

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DEVCOM’s MX Black Hawk aircraft to be equipped with the MATRIX autonomy system. (Sikorsky photo)

DARPA to test autonomous flight capability on Army’s Black Hawk helicopter in 2025

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct military operations in urban terrain during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-01 at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryele Bertoch)

Second transforming-in-contact unit putting new tactics to the test in the Pacific for the Army

U.S Army Soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC), host Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James J. Mingus during JPMRC 25-01 on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Brenden Delgado)

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