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Senators seek to advance AI capabilities at national labs
Two senators are working to usher more artificial intelligence systems and technologies into the U.S. national laboratory network through new legislation introduced last week.Sens. Joe Manchin, I-WV, and Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, introduced the…
The D Brief: Navy’s big sub bet; Russia’s heavy casualties; Trump: Taiwan should pay us; USAF…
The Navy is paying a consultant up to $2.4 billion to boost submarine production. Deloitte Consulting is to provide the labor, equipment, and materials to push U.S. production to three subs a year, according to a contract announcement…
U.S. Air Force culture needs a reboot
“Over not through” is the strongest, most unifying culture in the U.S Air Force’s history. It’s a mindset that inspires airmen to attack the toughest operational problems with grit and innovation. And it’s a mindset that urgently needs…
The Navy is paying a consultant up to $2.4B to boost submarine production
Deloitte Consulting has won a potential five-year, $2.4 billion contract to work with the Navy and Defense Department on their efforts to modernize and expand the submarine industrial base.Workforce development is one of several aspects…
‘Fire every single mid-level bureaucrat’: Vance on federal employees
Three years ago, Sen. J.D. Vance proposed to replace "every civil servant" with partisan loyalists. Today, the Ohio lawmaker is Donald Trump's running mate.“I think that what Trump should—like, if I was giving him one piece of…
NATO summit a mixed success, even with decidedly less drama
After Ukraine-related tensions nearly derailed last year’s NATO summit in Vilnius, U.S. and other diplomats worked hard to ensure that last week’s meeting in Washington, D.C., went off with far less drama, three European diplomats…
The D Brief: Red Sea combat; Ike comes home; Juntas unite; Zelenskyy’s wishlist; And a bit more.
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two more commercial ships in the Red Sea on Monday. The terrorist group also claims to have attacked a third ship in the Mediterranean Sea, with all three ordered as the Houthis’ response to an…
The Pentagon’s generative-AI task force is trying to answer a lot of questions
The Defense Department's task force to explore the use of generative artificial intelligence will help officials craft guidelines and identify infrastructure needs for emerging capabilities, according to the head of the Pentagon’s…
In picking Vance, Trump takes another step away from Ukraine
In May 2017, just one day after Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey for investigating his many ties to Russia, the then-president hosted Russian Ambassador Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for an Oval…
New ICBM effort won’t slow down despite pledges to ‘restructure’ as costs balloon
The Pentagon is barreling ahead with the construction of its next intercontinental ballistic missile even though the Air Force doesn’t have a plan yet to restructure the costly program.Last week, defense acquisition chief William LaPlante…
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