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Is This New Microwave Weapon the Answer to Iranian Drones?
Army awards $66 million to develop weapon that can fry drone bits in the air.
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The Army’s Longtime Cloud Chief Looks Back—and Forward
Paul Puckett talks about what the service has accomplished in cloud computing since 2019, what’s left undone, and what’s next.
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Is China About To Destroy Encryption As We Know It? Maybe
A new research paper claims to offer a quantum-powered code-breaker of spectacular power. “If it's true, it's pretty disastrous,” says one expert.
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Air Force 'Needs to Do More' to Address JADC2 Concerns, GAO Says
The service has made insufficient progress since a 2020 review of its portion of the military-wide tactical network, the Government Accountability Office wrote.
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New Sonar For Navy Frigates Could Turn Any Ship into Submarine Hunter, Maker Says
Thales says its Advanced Acoustic Concepts towed sensors can be installed in just two days.
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UFO Sightings By US Troops Surge
Intelligence officials cite recent efforts to reduce the stigma of reporting odd aerial phenomena. Many cases remain unexplained.
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NASA, Northrop Drawing Up the Future of Drone Cargo Jets
Before pilotless airlifters can deliver your packages, the government needs to model how they’ll interact with everything else in the air.
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As a Groundbreaking Unmanned Task Force Hits Stride, Navy Mulls the Next One
Task Force 59 has earned full operational capability while “normalizing this activity,” 5th Fleet’s commander said.
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Air Force Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Automated Base Entrance
Scott Air Force Base is looking for verification and identification algorithms for a facial recognition pilot.
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How AI Could Predict The Damage to Ukraine from Russian Missiles
By training a machine-learning model on battle-damage imagery, one company aims to help understand where attacks are happening and assess damage more quickly and accurately.
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Army's Digital-Transformation Chief to Step Down
After two years of ushering the service toward cloud-based services, CIO Raj Iyer will leave "over the next several weeks."
Threats
Foreign Meddling in US Elections Affects Allies’ Trust, Study Finds
When respondents were told that American democracy wasn’t working reliably, they lost faith in the U.S. commitment to partnerships.
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Musk Has Reduced Twitter’s Ability to Spot Foreign Disinformation, a Former Data Scientist Says
Staff layoffs are just one way the new CEO has undermined the platform’s three-legged approach to the problem.
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Inside the Army’s Newest Spy Plane
Already watching over Ukraine, Leidos’ ARTEMIS is part of the service’s growing fleet of contractor-owned intelligence aircraft.
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The Defense Department’s New Data King Is Skeptical of AI ‘Pixie Dust’
A more unified approach to data collection will enable bottom-up tools and capabilities
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Cyber, Speed, and UFOs: A Tour of Tech Provisions in the 2023 NDAA
The defense policy bill also prods the intelligence community to follow other defense agencies’ emerging-tech efforts.
Defense Systems
Google Cloud Gets DOD's Blessing. But Will It Win Contracts?
Within days, the Pentagon is expected to announce winners of its up-to-$9 billion tactical cloud effort.
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Explosions at Russian Air Bases May Change Several Nations’ Calculations
Moscow says Ukraine converted old Soviet drones into long-range weapons that struck hundreds of miles inside Russian territory.
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Air Force Unveils New B-21 Stealth Bomber After Seven Years in the Making
Hundreds of VIPs and thousands of Northrop employees applauded as tail number 0001 was shown off with help from lasers and fog machines.
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Ukraine Pushes Government Digitization As War Rages
New services help citizens access services, ID Russian war criminals, and reassure foreign supporters.
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