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Outgoing Air Force secretary floats options for 6th-gen jet program
Possible alternatives to a manned 6th-generation combat jet include a more affordable, “F-35 follow- on” aircraft that could manage robot wingmen, the outgoing Air Force secretary said. While the incoming administration will…
Insider-threat detectors fail too often. A new tool could help plug leaks
Ideally, the Pentagon’s new approach to safeguarding secrets—continuous monitoring to make sure insiders can't access data they shouldn't—would slam the door on leaks. But roles, data, and workflows change so quickly that it is difficult…
The D Brief: N. Koreans captured; New AI-export rule; 2,500 Guardsmen on wildfire duty; Mines found…
Ukrainian officials say they’ve captured two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia’s Kursk region late last week. “Two soldiers, though wounded, survived and were transported to Kyiv, where they are now communicating with the…
New AI-export rule aims to ease sales to allies, limit leaks to others
A groundbreaking new export regulation aims to keep some AI models and related chips out of adversaries’ hands while easing their sale to friendly nations, Biden officials said Sunday, a day before its official release. But America’s top…
Pentagon ‘concerned China will instigate’ avoidable conflict: DepSecDef
The U.S. is not trying to goad China into a military conflict, the Pentagon’s no. 2 official said Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remark last summer that he thinks the U.S. is trying to bait him into invading Taiwan so the U.S. can…
Today’s D Brief: Hearing set for SecDef pick; Guards’ wildfire work; CNO’s new dashboard;…
SecDef confirmation hearing set for Jan. 14. Pete Hegseth, who is Donald Trump’s announced nominee to succeed Lloyd Austin as U.S. defense secretary, will go before the newly GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.…
A new dashboard is helping the CNO keep tabs on readiness and more
Instead of juggling reports from around the Navy to stay up-to-date on the fleet, these days the chief of naval operations can pull up a monitoring tool on her computer to find exactly what she’s looking for.Now part of her weekly routine,…
The D Brief: Allies reel over annexation talk; Ukraine donors set production goals; Navy’s…
SecDef Austin’s last trip to Europe America’s European allies are reeling from President-elect Trump’s talk of annexing Greenland and Canada, Defense One’s Patrick Tucker reports from the Pentagon-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group,…
Kyiv’s donors set production goals to regularize arms donations to Ukraine
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany–The members of the Ukraine-aid coordination group have agreed goals for production of arms and equipment for donation to the besieged country, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief said on Thursday. That will…
The Henry Ford of satellite buses?
LOS ANGELES—Even as satellites have proliferated, their buses—the main body and structural components—have generally remained bespoke affairs. Now a California startup aims to manufacture a line of buses that takes just a few weeks to…
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