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The D Brief: US casualties in Iraq; Ukraine’s cabinet shakeup; Terror charges for Hamas; China’s…
Seven American service members were injured in a recent large joint operation targeting Islamic State militants in western Iraq. More than 100 U.S. troops joined in the mission, which spanned “miles of remote terrain” across Iraq’s Anbar…
How the U.S. used arms sales to shift Saudi behavior
Within days of coming to power in 2021, the Biden administration announced that it was ending “all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen,” and, in particular, halting the sale of offensive weaponry to Saudi…
How Telegram became the ‘center of gravity’ for a new breed of domestic terrorists
In late December, a 26-year-old construction worker in Sarasota County, Florida, used his phone to send a flurry of ominous online posts.Alexander Lightner, tapping away on his Samsung Galaxy, announced his intention to commit mass murder,…
China claims breakthroughs in autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles represent an estimated $2 trillion global market, and are expected to triple in value over the next decade. They are not just the future of transportation, but also have massive applications for the intelligent systems…
NGA deepens push into AI with country’s largest data-labeling effort
Two years ago, the entire world spent an estimated $800 million on data labeling: the painstaking process of annotating images and other information to train machine-learning and AI models. Now, the Pentagon’s mapping agency is prepping a…
The D Brief: Deadly Russian strike; Tussle in Turkey; Houthis’ new tactic; Army division’s gunnery…
More than 40 people were killed in Ukraine Tuesday after a Russian missile attack in the city of Poltava, about 200 miles southeast of Kyiv, President Volodymir Zelenskyy said in a video message on social media. More than 180 others…
‘Moneyball’ for gun crews: Surprising data have Army division reshaping its gunnery training
FORT CARSON, Colo.—For an infantry crew, nothing can replace the experience of riding in a big truck and firing guns at targets hundreds of yards away. Shell cases clinking as they collect on the roof, the smell of diesel and gunpowder, the…
Trump says NATO members should spend 3% on defense. Alliance official: ‘Yes’
PRAGUE, Czech Republic—This week, Donald Trump said NATO member states should spend at least 3 percent of GDP on defense, up from the alliance’s 2-percent guideline. Defense One today put the question of whether alliance members could…
NSA’s China-focused ‘innovation pipeline’ targets economic imbalances
The National Security Agency has been slowly creating an “innovation pipeline” to pinpoint and fix U.S. vulnerabilities to China, and it’s starting with a new pilot program focused on economic security and emerging technologies, a senior…
RTX fined $200M for exporting defense tech to China, Russia, Iran
Raytheon will pay a $200 million fine for the unauthorized export of defense technology to China, Russia, Iran, and elsewhere, the State Department announced today.The settlement will cover 750 violations of the Arms Export Control Act…
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