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A Soldier takes a cell phone picture as Lt. Col Astrid Ruiz-Fernandez, the exiting commander of the 205th Theater Public Affairs Support Element, speaks to the 205th TPASE for the last time as the commanding officer during a change of command ceremony June 7, 2025 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, TX. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Blake A. Essex)

We know how to protect our troops from telecom attacks. We’re just not doing it.

The carriers won't act without pressure. Congress and the Pentagon need to force their hand now.
Jul 30, 2026 By John Doyle
U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and soldiers with the United Arab Emirates’ Presidential Guard, conduct a simulated force-on-force for the final exercise of Unit Enhancement Training 2-25 on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 29, 2025. The FINEX consisted of a series of combined arms offensive and counter-insurgency operations at the platoon level, enhancing the proficiency, tactical readiness, and interoperability between the Marine Corps and foreign partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Judith Ann Lazaro)

U.S. military forms first bilateral AI task force with United Arab Emirates

Task Force Talon Synapse is slated to soon be fully operational, but some observers question its ultimate value.
Jul 28, 2026 By Brandi Vincent
Navy corpsmen and medical officers from across the II Marine Expeditionary Force get hands-on with a TBI assessment device during an end-user touchpoint at the Tactical Medicine Training Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 30, 2026. (Defense Health Agency Photo by T. T. Parish/Released)

Military services leaning into handheld blood testing devices to diagnose TBIs

“In Central Command, we’re seeing disproportionately high traumatic brain injury rates in air defense,” said Col. Jessica Peck, a command surgeon. “Even a mild traumatic brain injury…
Jul 17, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence
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…
May 29, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence
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A US soldier prepares an interception drone of the American MEROPS counter drone system to launch during tests at the Nowa Deba military training ground, south-eastern Poland, on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon awards $500 million contract to Perennial Autonomy for counter-drone systems

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 noted in its press release that these systems “are currently being employed by forces operating in U.S. Central Command.”
May 19, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence
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 planning to address compute ‘bottleneck’ that could hinder AI proliferation

“We've handed our warfighters a Ferrari, and my only sleepless nights come from … making sure we never, ever run out of the high-octane fuel that they…
May 7, 2026 By Jon Harper
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