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Leaked training videos show civil service remains in Project 2025’s crosshairs
A tranche of privately distributed training videos for aspiring political appointees in the next Republican presidential administration developed by the controversial Project 2025 transition project stop short of overtly discussing GOP…
Can AI spot vulnerabilities in infrastructure software?
LAS VEGAS — Over the next year, seven teams will hone AI-powered systems designed to harden the open-source software that underpins critical infrastructure—with a winner to be declared at next year's DEF CON hacker conference…
The D Brief: News from occupied Kursk; Saudi to get US bombs; Facebook lowers disinfo defenses; USAF…
Dispatch from occupied Kursk, Russia: “On Monday, about a dozen Ukrainian soldiers, their faces covered with surgical masks, were grunting and cursing as they pulled dead Russian soldiers from a hall with passport control booths, zipping…
Social-media firms are lowering defenses to foreign disinformation campaigns, researchers warn
If there was one thing lawmakers and social media companies agreed on in 2017, it was that no one—not companies or the government or the public—were well prepared for how foreign adversaries might use social media networks to influence the…
National-security workforce needs young people, former NSA chief says
LAS VEGAS — Presidential election interference, a once-in-a-generation pandemic, the SolarWinds Orion hack and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are just a small sampling of what Gen. Paul Nakasone witnessed during his time leading the National…
The D Brief: Bracing for Iran’s response; ISIS rises in Syria; Ukraine’s 20-mile incursion; Longer…
Full speed ahead: SecDef Lloyd Austin ordered the acceleration of a carrier strike group headed to the Middle East in defense of Israeli and U.S. troops in the region, the Pentagon announced in a statement Sunday. Israel and its allies are…
Anti-drone ‘shoot-out’ lets experienced soldiers wring out latest gear
Manufacturers of counter-drone gear got a rare chance this week to show off their wares and get feedback from U.S. soldiers who’ve had to fight off enemy drones overseas.They gathered from July 31 to Aug. 8 in Fort Drum, New York, bringing…
Navy still bullish on lasers but widely-deployed directed-energy ship defense remains years away
“I'm just frustrated that it's taking so long, but that's not due to lack of effort in trying,” said the commander of U.S. Navy Pacific surface warships, describing the service’s latest projects that seek practical anti-air defenses of pure…
Near-autonomous satellites could be coming in a decade, Space Force envisions
Tomorrow’s military satellites shouldn’t need so much human direction, the Space Force’s chief buyer said Thursday.“I could really envision—10 years, 15 years down the road—satellites being significantly more autonomous than they are today:…
Defense boom drives 33% sales surge for Rheinmetall
DUSSELDORF, Germany—Increased orders from the German armed forces and allied NATO and EU nations, including support for Ukraine, drove strong growth in Rheinmetall AG sales and revenue for the first half of 2024, company…
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