Science&Tech

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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:…

The Pentagon is about to launch one of the biggest tests yet of its joint, all-domain command and control, or JADC2, concept, this time seeking to bring multiple nations together to test how well the Defense Department can rapidly share…

The NSA has a new AI-powered tool to help vendors to the intelligence community test their cyber defenses.The Autonomous Penetration Testing platform aims to replace much of the manual labor involved in searching for…

The Space Force wants to deploy repair kits to space to keep satellites from going down, as it prepares for a potential conflict with China, the Air Force undersecretary said Monday. The goal is to have “tactically…

The soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division are getting their hands on new technology faster than ever and learning lessons about the risks and rewards of drone warfare under a new Army fielding program, the division’s commander…

ASPEN, Colorado—A flood of space-based intelligence is heading toward U.S. networks as satellite constellations grow and new sensors come online—not just photos, but radar, thermal, and radio data. But to properly exploit it will take new…