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Tomorrow’s tankers might just be today’s tankers with self-protection gear, Air Force officials say—because the service can’t afford to pursue all its next-generation plans.The Air Force has been devising plans to develop a future tanker…

When Russian jamming neutered the recon drones flown by a group of Ukrainian special operators near Dnipro in August, they turned to a new solution: V-BAT drones built to withstand the massive electronic interference used by both sides in…

The tech industry needs more funding from the U.S. government—not just the Pentagon—if it is to outpace China in the quest for quantum sensors, whose national-security implications include ground-based replacements for aging and vulnerable…

A new White House “final rule” announced today aims to shut down the flow of U.S. venture capital and other investment funds into Chinese technology that poses a national security risk, such as quantum computers, artificial intelligence and…

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U.S., Australian, British, and Japanese defense officials converged on Australia’s Jervis Bay this week for a weeklong experiment to test how to integrate new, developmental tech from different countries in order to speed up intelligence…

In a future war, Army tanks growling around the battlefield may be able to send live data back to their headquarters showing every time they fire a round or burn a gallon of fuel.Using that data, logisticians back at the base might then…

A growing number of Silicon Valley AI companies want to do business with the military, making the case that the time and effort they’ve put into training large neural networks on vast amounts of data could provide the military new…

When Col. Josh Glonek has a question about how to use the mountain of new technology the Army is sending his way, he knows just who to ask: Col. James Stultz. That’s because Stultz has been there—since April, his unit has been learning…

Estonia is looking to acquire weapons and gear to hit an invading force before it reaches the country’s borders, the head of its defense procurement office says.“With our current investments and the additional investments into defense, we…