Science&Tech

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…

The U.S. Army hopes AI can shorten its hunt for new materials: alloys that make tanks lighter, chemicals that make batteries last longer, even 3D-printers that replace long supply lines with a forward-deployed workbench. It will explore the…

New technologies like autonomy and artificial intelligence will make operations in the Arctic more achievable in the future, defense officials said Monday, as the Pentagon unveiled a new Arctic strategy aimed at countering the influence of…

Two senators are working to usher more artificial intelligence systems and technologies into the U.S. national laboratory network through new legislation introduced last week.Sens. Joe Manchin, I-WV, and Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, introduced the…

HONOLULU—Corrosion of military aircraft and vehicles is a multi-billion dollar problem for the Pentagon. But a local technology company says they’ve figured out a way to overcome it using nanotechnology—and now Lockheed Martin has partnered…