Army Air Assault brigade found AI tools ill-suited to tactical planning
"Large language models don't really understand three-dimensional space. And so they're not good for developing course of action," said Col. Ryan Bell.
SASC advances provision to allow contractor cyber operations
Some experts believe the proposed pilot program, which could become law if left in the NDAA, is critical for how the US can tip the scales against China.
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In contested seas, autonomy must anticipate, not just navigate
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
Army picks Anduril to lead Next Gen C2 common data layer baseline
The company had been prototyping the “full stack” with 4th Infantry Division over the last year.
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Army’s efforts to jam its own forces — and what it learned
Breaking Defense embedded with the Army's red team during the Ivy Mass exercise. The key takeaways will drive tactics and procurement going forward.
DoD cyber strategy will set a ‘clear and specific vision’ for AI to enable the force: Official
Katie Sutton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy and Principal Cyber Advisor, is looking to coordinate AI adoption across several entities within the Pentagon.
Cyber Innovation Warfare center will pair industry side-by-side with operators
Elements of the concept are already operational today.
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Accelerating space power through software-defined mission dominance
As space threats continue to evolve, existing satellites need new capabilities to defend and protect, even after launch.
Pentagon’s Cyber Defense Command drafting plan to defend critical infrastructure
DoD Cyber Defense Command is working to develop a joint task force for defense of critical infrastructure.
A Cyber Force budget would require at least $10 billion, new commission report says
The Commission on US Cyber Force Generation released its report outlining what a new military service could look like.
AI making vulnerability detection faster and easier for cyber actors, Army CDAO says
New AI capabilities are "lowering the barrier of entry" to exploit vulnerabilities, according to the Army's chief data officer.
DoD CIO implores industry to put a greater focus on ‘foundational cybersecurity’
“Compliance does not equal security. It did not when I was in industry, and it does not from my seat where I am today," DoD CIO Kirsten Davie said.
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How defensive cyber responds to hockey-stick growth of AI-driven threats
Artificial intelligence is reshaping adversarial cyber operations at machine speed, requiring defenders to increase operational tempo while imposing pain and cost.
Army sent jailbroken tech to Middle East as part of ongoing hackathon
The hackathon now allows the Army to take new systems and work them into command and control structures to sync up with radars and sensors, all of which have previously never communicated with each other, according to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
In cyber race against China, CYBERCOM bets on ‘quality over quantity’
Rep. Don Bacon sounded the alarm to Breaking Defense about China's purported 10:1 workforce advantage when it comes to "offensive" cyber operations.
Pentagon awards Dell $9.7 billion contract to consolidate software licenses
The five-year blanket purchase agreement consolidates Microsoft 365 licenses into a single contract vehicle.
Navy splits major information warfare post across three new directorates
The move follows a similar one by the Air Force nearly two years ago.