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U.S. Central Command is hiring an AI advisor from Google to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies across U.S. military services in the Middle East, Defense One has learned. Andrew Moore ​​has served as general manager and VP…

Some steps the Pentagon is taking in the wake of the recent leak of classified documents are missing the point.In response to the unauthorized disclosure of hundreds of pages of sensitive and secret material on a private Discord server,…

Directed-energy weapons continue to hold the interest of defense officials looking for capabilities such as counter-drone and missile defenses, but a new report claims that the Air Force and Navy have yet to implement plans needed to move…

Scene: A U.S. adversary is at work on a new type of drone, ship, or aircraft and it’s your job to find it, wherever it is. Not long ago, that task would take a massive effort of human, signals, and open-source intelligence collection.…

It’s been a couple years since Nextgov last talked with company officials from Bohemia Interactive Simulations—BISim for short—the group that makes realistic simulation and virtual reality training applications for militaries around the…

The U.S. Space Force wants to shorten contract timelines to three years or less from start to launch, so it can build a space architecture that “can be counted on” in conflict.The service will follow a “simple formula” to drive speed: build…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The Navy is betting big on simulated training as part of its Live, Virtual, and Constructive training program. But virtual training is not always the best choice, and simulations must be realistic to be valuable,…

Apple executive Doug Beck will serve as the next director of the Defense Innovation Unit, or DIU, the Pentagon’s hub for accelerating the development of commercial technologies for military use, the Defense Department announced on…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—Drones are heading to the southern waters of 4th Fleet, which will follow 5th Fleet’s pioneering experiments with unmanned craft in the Middle East, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced Tuesday at the Navy…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—Even as the U.S. Navy expands its drone experiments, its top leaders say the fleet has much to learn before deploying unmanned systems to defend Taiwan from possible attack in the next few years. But they said that…