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In a move to support the Pentagon’s Replicator Two effort, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) have launched a new call for industry solutions to rapidly field scalable, low-collateral drone defeat (LCD) technologies across the joint force.  […]

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The Department of Defense (DoD) has taken the first steps toward launching the Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative, a new program that will overhaul how the Pentagon buys software and prioritize speed, agility, and security in the process.   […]

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President Donald Trump today unveiled a $1.01 trillion defense budget for fiscal year (FY) 2026, fulfilling his long-standing pledge to push military spending past the trillion-dollar mark, and proposing a pay raise for military personnel. […]

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Matthew Lohmeier, President Trump’s pick to be Under Secretary for the Air Force, told lawmakers this week he believes that both the Air Force and Space Force need increased funding to achieve dominance in their respective domains. […]

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Alexis Bonnell has stepped down as the chief information officer (CIO) and director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and said on Tuesday that she is joining OpenAI. […]

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) wants to cut costs and boost efficiency by launching a new Commercial Data Consortium that will give the intelligence community (IC) easier, unified access to commercial data. […]

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The Defense Department (DoD) has appointed Douglas Matty as the Pentagon’s new chief digital and AI officer (CDAO), an agency spokesperson told MeriTalk. […]

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The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) is serving up a new solicitation for its SOUP – Sensing Operation Using Prediction – program, seeking proposals to develop advanced AI technologies that strengthen the military’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. […]

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The U.S. Space Force has released a major update to its foundational policy doctrine that places renewed emphasis on space superiority and warfighting capabilities and marks the first significant revision since the service branch was established five years ago. […]

As unmanned systems become increasingly vital to future warfare, lawmakers on April 9 called for a fundamental shift in how the U.S. military buys and builds its platforms – urging faster, more flexible acquisition strategies to better integrate manned and unmanned assets across the U.S. Navy.  […]

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Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg rolled out new guidance this week to advance the Pentagon’s plans to restructure, consolidate, and reduce its nearly 900,000-member civilian workforce as part of the department’s Workforce Acceleration and Recapitalization Initiative. […]

The U.S. Navy is leveraging its existing capabilities and adaptive acquisition framework to accelerate progress to meet the service branch’s fiscal year (FY) 2027 goal to boost readiness and lethality, a top Navy official said on April 8. […]

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is pushing the Defense Department (DoD) to create a framework that will guide investments in its Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) project and warned of trouble ahead if it does not do so. […]

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The Department of Defense (DoD) is exploring enlisting new types of industry partners to help the agency undertake the monumental project of building President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system across the United States. […]

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