Defense One

New battlefield technologies mean that the defense is “dramatically” stronger than the offensive, Army Futures Command head Gen. James Rainey told reporters today. “Technology is dramatically increasing the strength of the defense, at…

After riding in the front seat of an F-16 fighter jet controlled by artificial intelligence, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he can see a future where AI agents will fly in war—and will do it better than humans. Computers “don't…

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. operation that pulverized a cluster of compromised internet equipment used by Chinese hackers to stage breaches into American critical infrastructure was only the very beginning of what’s become a rapidly evolving…

Updated: The U.S. paused the shipment of 3,500 bombs to Israel over White House concerns about their possible use during a ground offensive into Rafah, administration officials said Tuesday. Background: The Wall Street Journal reported…

Using AI to sift recruits’ medical records shows how the Pentagon is putting the technology to use—but there’s room to improve, Gen. C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday. “I think we're better off…

TAMPA–Our era of fast technological change is enabling “a bit of a special ops renaissance,” in which technologies such as distributed AI and autonomy can give smaller teams an edge against larger adversaries, the head of U.S. Special…

ABOARD AN AIR FORCE RESERVE WC-130J—Flying above the Atlantic Ocean, an airman launches a Pringles-can-sized sensor from his 20-plus-year-old aircraft. As it parachutes to the ocean, the sensor sends back temperatures, dew points, wind…

U.S. officials announce the first purchases for Replicator, the Pentagon's ambitious drone acquisition program. They include “uncrewed surface vehicles (USV), uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and counter-uncrewed aerial systems (c-UAS) of…

Users of top-secret IT systems may soon have access to generative artificial intelligence tools to draft documents, write code, and analyze information.Microsoft will announce later today the availability of GPT-4 in the Azure Government…

The Navy is ramping up recruiting for information warfare and cyber operators nationwide to contend with previous retention challenges, the Navy’s IW boss said. “We're going to put six chiefs at six locations across the country to help…