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DAYTON, Ohio—Five companies will get money to develop autonomous control systems for the Air Force’s planned robot wingmen—and the service is keeping the list a secret to safeguard the designs from spies.One or more will eventually be…

Foreign actors are working hard to spread harmful narratives in the runup to the November elections—even hiring U.S. marketing and communications firms to help, U.S. officials said Monday.The officials spoke as the Office of the…

New: U.S. Forces Japan will be upgraded to a warfighting command. The Pentagon will expand the three-star command to a joint force headquarters with operational control of U.S. forces based there, part of an effort to deepen ties between…

TOKYO—A first-ever gathering of defense chiefs from Japan, South Korea, and the United States here produced a trilateral security agreement, “grave concern” over increasing Russian-North Korean cooperation, and vague opposition to…

President Joe Biden is expected to receive a classified memo outlining AI's threats to national security and suggesting limits to its deployment, several sources with knowledge of the memorandum’s contents told Nextgov/FCW.Ordered…

An overnight Russian drone barrage knocked out electricity for more than 68,000 Ukrainians, including near the capital city of Kyiv, Reuters reported Friday. Ukraine’s military says it shot down 20 of the 22 drones Russia launched at four…

The U.S. Navy will pick a builder for its F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter next year, according to the CEO of one of the companies vying for the job—even though the service gutted funding for the program in its most recent budget…

Chinese and Russian aircraft were intercepted in Alaska’s air defense identification zone on Wednesday, coming as close as 200 miles from the U.S. coast, North American Aerospace Defense Command officials said Wednesday. Involved: Two…

Harris’ foreign-policy record under the microscope: On a day when Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up enough promised votes to secure the Democratic nomination to replace her boss, researcher Aaron Mannes published an overview at…

Breaking: The director of the Secret Service has resigned, one day after an hours-long grilling in a House hearing into how a would-be assassin managed to wound a presidential candidate. Kimberly Cheatle, a three-decade veteran of the…