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U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12 set up c-wire for a temporary sensitive compartmented information facility at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, during the Fiscal Year 2023 Korea Flying Training, April 19, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

Pentagon kicks off pursuit of mobile SCIFs to aid defense companies

The initiative has been dubbed the “Secure Space Network."
Defense-industry partners assemble a cruise missile for a live-fire demonstration at the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center in Tan-Tan, Morocco, Aug. 5, 2026. The demonstration was held to support regional defense capabilities and joint training interoperability. AMTEC enables U.S. and Moroccan forces to test emerging technologies and expand testing capabilities to strengthen shared readiness and interoperability under the U.S. Army’s Test Range Expansion Initiative. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Raquel Birk) According to DVIDS, this photo was altered for security purposes by blurring out defense industry names and logos.

Army attempting to cut tech-testing wait times down to 30 days through base access, scheduling website

The service is starting the initiative with four domestic ranges and one overseas.
President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at U.S. Army War College on July 15, 2026 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump authorizes use of AI for defense supply chain mapping

The president issued an EO this week on “Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials."
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks to L3Harris employees as part of his Arsenal of Freedom Tour, Camden, Ark., Feb. 27, 2026. (DoW photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Hegseth launches ‘patriot pipeline’ portal

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth released a memo and video about a new career development initiative called Project Patriot Pipeline.
Spc. Daniel Novak, a signal operations support specialist conducts a pre-mission inspection of a Stryker combat vehicle during Ivy Mass at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 17, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jacob Cruz)

Operation Jailbreak: the Army’s massive push to hack its own systems and make them talk to each other

No business developers, keen on growing their company’s margins, were allowed – only engineers keen on solving code. A company’s “ticket to entry” amounted to a willingness…
Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, establish a fighting position during Ivy Sting 5 on Fort Carson, Colorado, March 11, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kristen Cruz)

‘Expose your interfaces’: Army pushes industry to open up software for ‘hackathon’

“We are setting conditions to where being open is industry’s ticket to participate,” said Dr. Alex Miller, chief technology officer for the Army. “If you do not…
KITTERY, Maine (June 17, 2024) Alex Blanchard, a Welder, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine welds a bracket to be used on a new brow. (U.S. Navy photo by Branden J. Bourque/Released)

Military power begins with industrial strength

The defense supply chain today faces several structural pressures which make it difficult to meet operational demands. These must be addressed as part of any Department of…
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