Army upgrades policy, technology to secure GenAI
The Army banned early government Large Language Models because they lacked features of the new Army Enterprise LLM Workspace, Army CIO Leonel Garciga told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
‘Top Gun’ for drones: Pentagon plans August exercise with FPV drone units
“At this next T-REX [Technology Readiness Experimentation exercise], we’ll be starting to host TOPGUN school,” said prototyping & experimentation director Alex Lovett. “We’re going to be playing Red versus Blue, their best [offense] coming after our best defense.”
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Biotech boosters win big in both HASC, SASC defense policy bills for FY26
Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees voted to streamline Pentagon procurement of biologically-derived materials, from first aid treatments to novel explosives.
Anthropic, Google and xAI win $200M each from Pentagon AI chief for ‘agentic AI’
The three new contracts come on top of last month’s equal award to OpenAI, bringing the Chief Digital & AI Officer’s investment in cutting-edge commercial “frontier AI” to a total of $800 million.
RTX, Shield AI announce new partnership for drone & counter-drone tech
Shield’s “Hivemind” autonomy software will go on an undisclosed “operational weapon,” while Shield’s ViDAR sensor software will go on Raytheon’s MTS multi-sensor turret to help in tracking and targeting incoming enemy drones.
Iran may go after US defense firms with cyber attacks, warn Pentagon, Homeland Security
"We recognize this is a time of heightened risk,” Pentagon cyber official Katie Arrington told Breaking Defense. “DoD encourages the DIB [Defense Industry Base] to raise their cybersecurity posture.”
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Nearly one in 10 ‘Tier 1’ subcontractors to defense primes are Chinese firms: Report
The new study of 2024 data also warns that the Pentagon remains over-reliant on a small number of traditional prime contractors and a supplier base rife with potential bottlenecks.
Pentagon AI office, Army award Ask Sage $10M for GenAI expansion
The contract expands the Army’s “Enterprise Large Language Model Workspace” — just introduced in May — to users at OSD, the Joint Staff, and combatant commands worldwide.
AI Transformational Model accelerates battle staff decision-making ‘seven-fold’ in Air Force experiment
In the service’s inaugural DASH experiment, coders from both industry and the Shadow Operations Center - Nellis (ShOC-N) spent two weeks building "agentic AI" tools that staff officers then tried out in high-pressure conflict scenarios.
‘OpenAI For Government’ launches with $200M win from Pentagon CDAO
A new OpenAI initiative will also “consolidate” the company’s existing work with government clients like the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, Los Alamos and the Treasury Department.
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Constantly evolving aerial threats demand training that adapts accordingly
With potential adversaries no longer predictable, training must move beyond just live exercises and flight simulators.
‘No human hands’: NGA circulates AI-generated intel, director says
NGA puts a "template" on the products that "literally acknowledges … what you are looking at has not been touched by human hands,” said Director Frank Whitworth. “It's important [for] combat commanders and the Secretary and the President that they have that knowledge.”
‘We need your creative, innovative, patriotic, and diabolical minds’: Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine
Gen. Dan Caine called for greater collaboration between the Pentagon and industry — building on the Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit — to speed up new technology, especially for globally integrated command and control.
Pentagon chiefs eye Ukraine’s surprise drone strike with anxiety – and envy
Service leaders worry about base defense, but Gen. David Allvin also asked, "Why don't we think about including that in our Air Force and doing like the Ukrainians do?”
Large Language Matchmaker: DIU tests AI to automatically bring innovators, agencies together
The “Digital OnRamp” will use Large Language Models to recommend which companies’ technologies might meet a given DoD organization’s needs.