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State of the Navy 2025
After years of navalist hand-wringing, could this be the year the U.S. Navy gets the support, and the changes, that enable a substantially larger fleet? Maybe.Let’s start with Congress, where the bipartisan SHIPS Act was introduced to…
State of the Marine Corps 2025
The Marine Corps in 2025 is about halfway through its decade-long, top-to-bottom modernization plan, trying to balance that with staying ready for its core mission as the Defense Department’s crisis-response force, which is “is wicked hard…
Shuttering of State office leaves US largely defenseless against foreign influence warfare,…
A small office in the State Department tasked with monitoring foreign disinformation threats was shuttered Wednesday by the Trump administration, the latest in a series of steps the White House has taken since January to dismantle entities…
There’s no more DEI at DOD, watchdog finds
The Pentagon has officially eliminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs, to comply with White House executive orders, according to a watchdog report. But Congress had already done the heavy lifting last year.The Defense Department…
The D Brief: Space Force’s new war plan; Musk, Palantir, Anduril eye ‘Golden Dome’ contracts; DOD’s…
Space warfare gets a formal definition thanks to a new strategic document. The U.S. Space Force released “Space Warfighting - A Framework for Planners,” which outlines possible offensive and defensive actions, respectively, such as…
Space Force releases vision for fighting in space
The Space Force has defined what it means by “space warfighting” in a new document that service officials hope will give a clearer picture to guardians and joint planners of how the service plans to operate in a future conflict. The…
Should I use AI in my wargame?
Lately, it has been fashionable to discuss the use of artificial intelligence as a component of wargaming, with reports, conferences, and journal editions dedicated to the topic. One of the authors recently participated in a discussion…
Microsoft’s AI offering approved for all Defense operations
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its OpenAI-enabled Azure offerings will be available to more of the federal workforce through a new Defense Information Systems Agency authorization that marks the service as approved across all…
Robot maker emerges from stealth with $15M in seed capital
Scout AI, a unmanned vehicle manufacturing and autonomy software startup, has fetched $15 million in seed capital from investors to mark its emergence from stealth mode.Colby Adcock and Collin Otis launched Scout AI in August to bring…
The D Brief: Crash near border kills 2 US troops; Pentagon axes two advisors for alleged leaks;…
Two American troops perished in a vehicle crash while deployed near the Mexico border on Tuesday. A third service member is in serious condition after the accident, which occurred near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, just before 9 a.m. local…
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