How DARPA plans to get nuclear power in the size of a ‘AA battery’
Seven teams are competing as part of DARPA's Rads to Watts program to create a new kind of miniature power cell that last for years or decades without recharging.
CENTCOM announces US-UAE task force on AI
“It sounds good on paper,” a former senior defense official told Breaking Defense. “My biggest questions revolve around classified information sharing.”
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Pentagon announces ‘immediate suspension’ of CMMC Phase II mandates
Top Pentagon officials said as currently executed, CMMC is too prohibitively burdensome on the Defense Industrial Base.
Air Force pushing contractors to purge Anthropic by Sept. 1: Memo
The Pentagon's new target is to remove Anthropic department-wide by end of September, even as the AI titan is suing the government to overturn it.
New drone czar’s success hinges on personalities, Pentagon politics: Experts
Depending on who’s named to head the new drone-buying office, and how they handle the inevitable friction, said a former Pentagon AI chief, “it may turn out to be a master stroke ... [or] it could end up looking like the F-35.”
Ondas makes $876M acquisition of DYZNE, latest in acquisition spree
After buying eight companies in the last two years, Ondas execs say they will focus on integrating their portfolio of drones “from surface to stratosphere” by developing a new AI command system in partnership with Palantir.
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Pentagon seeks to hire ‘hundreds’ of software engineers for 2-year tours
Building on the ongoing, government-wide Tech Force hiring initiative, the new War Force effort announced today will emphasize attracting AI talent, a defense official told Breaking Defense.
Pentagon review asks Congress to fence off $5B over 5 years to rebuild ‘deteriorating’ labs
The armed services raid lab funding for more urgent needs like barrack repairs, the study says, leaving researchers in aging, outdated labs “that pose documented safety risks.”
Executive order jumpstarts Pentagon’s quantum sensor projects
Two executive orders signed today direct the Defense Department to field three new types of quantum sensors by 2028, assist the Energy Department in building a quantum supercomputer, and advise other agencies on defeating quantum hackers.
How the Commerce crackdown on Anthropic could impact the Pentagon: Experts
By imposing export controls on the bug-hunting AI Mythos/Fable 5, the Commerce Department has complicated the Pentagon’s already fraught relationship with Anthropic.
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Three exercises that proved a new approach to C-UAS
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.
Pentagon may ‘sacrifice’ traditional weapons to buy more drones if reconciliation fails: CTO
"We just make other trade-offs, like against exquisite weapons and systems: How much of those are we willing to sacrifice in place of low-cost autonomous weapons," Emil Michael said.
Trump memo on AI aims to avoid repeat of Anthropic debacle
The “National Security Presidential Memorandum” urges closer collaboration with AI companies — as long as they’re compliant with Pentagon demands — and orders a sweeping revision of Biden-era guardrails on military AI.
Palladyne AI partners with IAI to bring Israeli Harpy, Harop drones to US
Palladyne plans to put new AI swarming software on the battle-proven Israeli drones and compete for contracts like the Army’s Long-Range Precision Munition (LRPM), CEO Ben Wolff told Breaking Defense.
Trump executive order on AI gives central role to NSA
The EO creates a “voluntary framework” for AI developers to give the government early access to their latest tech.