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China’s new stealth bomber ‘nowhere near as good’ as US’s, intel official says
The plane China built to rival the United States’ B-21 stealth bomber doesn’t even come close to U.S. capability, a U.S. intel official said Monday. Since China announced it was developing a long-range bomber in 2016, the Xi’an H-20…
Deal will allow military spouses to telework from overseas
The Defense and State departments last week signed a long-awaited agreement that would allow the spouses of military service members to telework while overseas, a milestone for the Biden administration’s initiative to boost employment for…
Australia got a new sub drone far faster than the US Navy could have, company says
Technical details were sparse as Anduril announced a prototype undersea drone in Australia last Thursday, but company officials stressed a different aspect of the effort: its early, under-budget arrival could not have happened for the U.S.…
The D Brief: House OKs aid; Likely stateside impact; US to withdraw from Niger; AI-powered dogfight;…
Attention turns to the Senate this week after House lawmakers passed a supplemental appropriations package Saturday to send roughly $60 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, $26 billion in military aid to Israel, and $8 billion set…
House passes long-awaited aid for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific
By large margins on Saturday, the House passed a package of three linked bills advancing $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine, $26 billion in military aid for Israel, and $8 billion for “countering China” in the Pacific. The…
An AI took on a human pilot in a DARPA-sponsored dogfight
A self-driving fighter jet powered by artificial intelligence took on a human pilot in a dogfight for the first time last year over California, a major development in the Pentagon’s effort to safely load AI onto its platforms. Who came…
Army SOF use video game skills to launch drones strikes and more in new course
FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina—When Army special operations soldier Josh arrived in Poland to train Ukrainian soldiers, his students were skeptical of his prowess in flying the high-speed racing drones they use to launch pinpoint strikes on…
Army SOF’s new drone course teaches gamer and maker skills
FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina—When Army special operations soldier Josh arrived in Poland to train Ukrainian soldiers, his students were skeptical of his prowess in flying the high-speed racing drones they use to launch pinpoint strikes on…
Today’s D Brief: Explosions over Iran; What’s in the House aid bills; Army’s deepfakes; New…
Israeli drones allegedly attacked an Iranian military base near the city of Isfahan, in central Iran, around 5 a.m. on Friday. The drones were small exploding variants similar to ones Israel has used at least five times going back to August…
ULA has an ambitious plan to ‘reuse’ Vulcan rocket: keep it in space
Faced with competitors building their own reusable heavy-lift rocket, United Launch Alliance is devising plans to keep the upper stage of its Vulcan Centaur rockets in space, where they might tug satellites or counter Chinese threats.These…
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