To train for contested environments, SOCOM and SOUTHCOM want more ranges, authority
"[W]e have to find places where these kind of more sophisticated projections of force can be rehearsed and can be tested and tried," Adm. Frank Bradley said.
First Defense Critical Infrastructure summit aims to develop repeatable playbook
During a table top exercise, the Army, along with 14 external partners, gamed out how to respond to a coordinated and simultaneous attack on an installation as units are deploying.
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Winning the cognitive domain — A methodology built for democratic constraints
The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.
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How drones can navigate without GPS
Absolute positioning is critical in contested and denied environments.
‘Have to be very careful’: Special ops head calls for combat AI ‘reality check’
Adm. Frank Bradley told the audience at SOF Week that before unleashing "violence," humans must be in the loop.
Pentagon CTO wants to give vendors ‘fast’ decisions on buying tech
“The way I've approached this — knowing how smaller companies work — is fast yeses and fast nos. The worst thing for a small company is to be dragged through a multi-year process,” Pentagon CTO Emil Michael said.
Diving into Golden Dome’s new pricetag, plus winning the Army’s network wars
This week on The Break Out, we review the latest tensions over Golden Dome's forecasted costs before visiting Colorado where special forces and infantry linked up for a novel exercise at Fort Carson.
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America needs next-gen solutions to counter modern air and missile threats
Defending a country the size of the US from threats requires advanced sensing, communications and interception capabilities.
‘Going to change everything’: Special Forces joins Army’s next-gen C2 prototype experiments
After hearing how the 4th Infantry Division was using its new C2 tech, 10th Special Forces Group got in on the action, including at the recent Ivy Mass exercise.
L3Harris turns handheld radios into counter-drone jammers
The forthcoming Wraith Shield software update uses the existing antenna to scan for drone control signals, identify enemy ones, and jam them, L3Harris executives told reporters.
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Speed, AI, and the platform that makes it operational
These are the five root causes that account for most of the delay in cognitive operations staffing.
‘Insatiable appetite’ for AI: Maven usage surged for strikes on Iran, Pentagon AI chief says
DoD users tore through 20 billion tokens a day as Palantir’s Maven Smart System was "leveraged" to help plan and coordinate Operation Epic Fury’s 13,000 airstrikes on Iran, officials said.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Anduril wins Army contract for prototype C2 missile-defense system
The system will use Anduril’s Lattice software, where it will allow the Army to collect and combine information from separate, existing missile-defense systems and transform that data into a comprehensive operating picture.
CYBERCOM requests 2,660 percent increase in AI for cyber operations
The $138 million request aims to see AI contribute measurable improvements ISR, offensive cyber, defensive cyber and integrated foundational activities.
First-of-its-kind electromagnetic spectrum exercise tests senior leaders in Arctic conditions
Aurora Pulse focused top operational and planning staffs of combatant commands on how to fight in a degraded spectrum environment in the Arctic.
Top Pentagon tech officials optimistic Mythos-style AI tools will improve cyber defense
Mythos is just the first of a new generation of AIs that can patch vulnerable code at superhuman speed, said Pentagon CTO Emil Michael and Cyber Policy chief Katie Sutton, downplaying the uniqueness of Anthropic.