Cyber Command, engaged in war with Iran, gets new commander
Rudd is entering the job as Cybercom supports U.S. military action against Iran during Operation Epic Fury.
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Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, nominee to be director of the National Security Agency, takes his seat before the start of his confirmation hearing in the Senate Select Intelligence Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Thursday, January 29, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Cyber -
(Getty Images) AI Pentagon says employees can create their own ‘custom AI assistants’ with new tech
The tool is being integrated with Google Gemini capabilities, according to the announcement.
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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) AI Pentagon names former DOGE employee Gavin Kliger as new chief data officer
Kliger will be tasked with overseeing the Pentagon’s widespread adoption of emerging AI capabilities.
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A Soldier assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment employs lethal small unmanned aerial systems during a visit with Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth at Fort Benning, Georgia on Sept. 4, 2025. (DVIDS — Photo by Spc. Luke Sullivan) Tech DOD placing first Drone Dominance orders this week, with deliveries slated for 17 military units in March
Senior officials shared new details about those and other pursuits to rapidly enhance the U.S. drone industry and associated weapons arsenal.
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Mar. 1, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo) Cyber Cybercom didn’t tell troops to disable location services or uninstall apps, military officials say, after viral message spread amid Iran operation
One official said the message was “false.”
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U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, set up a Viasat Multi-Mission Terminal during Exercise Wild Bell at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, May 13, 2025. During the exercise, Marines with MWCS-38 honed field skills and tested 5G networks across multiple domains. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine) Emerging Tech Pentagon to publish open-source software stack for 5G, 6G network innovation
The Pentagon’s FutureG office plans to publish the first version of the Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) radio access network project to GitHub in April to foster innovation in current 5G and emerging 6G networks.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on during a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images) AI Experts raise questions and concerns about Pentagon’s threat to blacklist Anthropic amid AI spat
Some warned that such a move would mark an extreme response from the DOD that could have a chilling effect on the broader frontier AI industry.
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Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, May 23, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Michelle Matos) AI Army boots West Point cadet for extorting woman with AI-generated nude images
Cayden Cork threatened to publicly release deepfakes of the woman if she did not send actual nude photos of herself, according to records obtained by DefenseScoop. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Feb. 10 and was sentenced to be reprimanded, forfeit all pay and dismissed from the Army.
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(iStock/Getty Images) AI DOD wants AI-enabled coding tools for ‘tens of thousands’ of users in its developer workforce
The products would enable AI-driven code generation, optimization, debugging, support and refinement at the edge.
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A YFQ-44A, part of the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, undergoes an undated captive carry test at a California test location. This test phase uses inert munitions to methodically validate weapons integration, structural performance and safety, ensuring the platform can safely carry external stores. (Courtesy Air Force photo) Emerging Tech Air Force begins adding weapons to CCA drone flight tests
The service recently started flying Anduril’s YFQ-44A prototype with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles attached to it.