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Canada, other allies play a key role in some military AI experiments
Artificial intelligence could help the U.S. military speed up the process of finding and targeting missile threats, but a recent joint Air Force exercise showed that continuing cooperation through joint military alliances and partnerships…
US resumes sending aid, intel to Ukraine; seeks ‘yes’ from Russia on ceasefire
Kyiv and Washington have agreed to pitch a 30-day ceasefire to Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, adding that the United States will immediately resume delivering vital weapons and intelligence to Ukraine. “Now…
Trump administration reverses its cancellation of national-security office leases
The General Services Administration walked back terminations of some privately-owned buildings leased to the Government Accountability Office where employees conduct oversight of sensitive national-security programs, according to an email…
The D Brief: Allies mull nukes; Syrian breakthrough?; Base-refineries proposal; Judge demands DOGE…
Experts fear cascade of nuclear proliferation as Trump shakes alliances. U.S. allies around the world are warming to the idea of developing their own nuclear weapons, former senior defense and White House officials told Defense One’s…
Experts fear cascade of nuclear proliferation as Trump shakes alliances
U.S. allies around the world are warming to the idea of developing their own nuclear weapons, the result of a growing sense that U.S. President Donald Trump may abandon key international security commitments and alliances, former senior…
Marines hire Anduril for counter-drone services worth up to $642M
Anduril has won a potential 10-year, $642.2 million contract to install and deliver systems at Marine Corps bases seeking to counter unmanned aircraft.The service branch received 10 proposals for the Installation-Counter small Unmanned…
The D Brief: Ukraine’s intel quandary; Pentagon’s civilian firings; Speedier-software policy;…
As Russia carts out horses to continue its 21st-century Ukraine invasion, Sweden’s Expressen newspaper is reporting that U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the American military to cease military exercises with allies in Europe…
Pentagon aims to accelerate acquisition of new tech through software-contracting change
The Pentagon must default to rapid acquisition processes when buying software, from business systems to weapons components, the defense secretary said in a Thursday memo. The move is a “big deal,” one expert told Defense One, because it…
This AI startup wants to give federal workers a taste of the intel community
Tech-curious federal workers can now test drive the geodata search engine created by AI-startup Danti already used by some defense and intelligence agencies. The cloud-based platform, which can be retooled for various…
There’s a tanker-sized gap in this vision of the Air Force’s future
The debate at this week’s Air & Space Force Association’s Warfare Symposium focused on a plea to President Trump to "Make the Air Force Great Again." In the spirit of a post-mission aircrew debrief, I offer this experienced intervention…
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