“We’re not in full-rate production. So, we shipped what we had” to U.S. Central Command, Pentagon CTO Emil Michael told DefenseScoop.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) launched a a program called MYSTIC DEPOT.

The tool is being integrated with Google Gemini capabilities, according to the announcement.

The DOD announced the winners of the program's first "Gauntlet."

Kliger will be tasked with overseeing the Pentagon's widespread adoption of emerging AI capabilities.

In his first memo to DIU employees, West listed his top priorities for the unit going forward.

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.

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…

Here’s a first look at the new cadre tapped to accelerate projects across the DOD’s Critical Technology Areas.

Pete Hegseth’s speech and three accompanying memorandums released Monday reveal the Trump administration’s latest, fast-moving and multifaceted vision to overhaul the Pentagon's technology enterprise.