Slaughter shares his journey from airman to startup founder trying to build the DOD's newest weapon system: software.
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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)
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…
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)
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…
U.S. Navy Corpsmen assigned to Task Force Ashland, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Royal Thai Navy service members conduct tactical combat casualty care at Hat Yao Beach, Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 25, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Austin Salazar)
Gone are the days of stationary medical facilities and the “golden hour” common to the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan — a “foregone luxury in a…
U.S. Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct an airborne operation from a CH-47 Chinook at Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Alvin Cade Jr.)
Achieving a balance between soldier-led experimentation and AI safety is part of the “daily grind” for the Army’s chief information officer Leonel Garciga and his staff, he…
In his new role as DIA director, Lt. Gen. James Adams will lead a workforce of more than 16,000 personnel tasked with providing intel support to warfighters,…
Maj. Matthew Martinez (right), Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate information management officer, explains how to find a historical vignette using a generative artificial intelligence tool to Lt. Col. Kellan Travis, CADD Tactics Division doctrine author, Feb. 17, 2026, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (Army photo)
"You treat it like a resourceful and motivated young officer who might not know all the information, but they can certainly assist you in cutting some corners…
In this illustration, the Claude AI website is seen on a laptop on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President Nicolás Maduro. (Photo illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
His comments come as the Pentagon is locked in a high-stakes dispute with Anthropic about the U.S. military’s use of the startup’s Claude AI model in real-world…