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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives to testify before the House Armed Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Hegseth testified on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Hegseth: Autonomous warfare sub-unified command coming soon

Pete Hegseth testified Wednesday at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s fiscal 2027 budget request.
Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) participates in manning the rails as the ship prepares to arrive in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 8, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amy Mullins)

Navy looking to expand AI-enabled pilot for talent management

Part of the Navy’s ongoing modernization push includes improving talent management.
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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)

Pentagon uses GenAI.mil to create 100K agents

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other senior leaders in the department are keen on generative AI.
U.S. Marine Corps flight equipment technicians with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, install a Flexible Linear Shaped Charge on a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II canopy assigned to VMFA-225 at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Dec. 9, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Marine Corps prototyping AI tools for aviation supply, predictive maintenance

“Let’s change it before it needs to be in the air, declare an emergency, land in some place we don’t want it to land, etc.,” Lt. Gen.…
U.S. Army Maj. Steven McPherson, a joint doctrine team chief with the National Guard Bureau, looks at the interface of the Maven Smart System in Arlington, Virginia Feb. 20. McPherson was in a class to learn the MSS and its capability to process vast amounts of data from weather to troop locations. (U.S. Army Photo by Master Sgt. Whitney Hughes)

DOD components face ‘aggressive’ timeline for Maven Smart System transition

A March 9 memo sets an ambitious deadline for the Pentagon to make MSS a formal program of record by the end of this fiscal year.
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