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MDA task force to examine new threats, like hybrid air-missile tactics: Chief

MDA task force to examine new threats, like hybrid air-missile tactics: Chief
MDA task force to examine new threats, like hybrid air-missile tactics: Chief

“Missions are ramming into each other, overlapping each other. The integration challenge is large,” Lt. Gen. Heath Collins said. “[S]ilos exist between services, between entities within the services, between MDA.” 

AUKUS partners demonstrated ‘real-time’ AI tests at US Army’s Project Convergence

AUKUS partners demonstrated ‘real-time’ AI tests at US Army’s Project Convergence
AUKUS partners demonstrated ‘real-time’ AI tests at US Army’s Project Convergence

The UK military’s science arm said that “once proven,” AI and autonomous capabilities “will be incorporated onto national platforms, providing the military with operational advantage through a quicker response to current and future threats.

Army plans to complete new air and missile defense strategy by October ‘25

Army plans to complete new air and missile defense strategy by October ‘25
Army plans to complete new air and missile defense strategy by October ‘25

“We are using what we’ve learned from previous years in the current conflicts to design the type of force we’ll need to assure, deter and, if necessary, fight to win on tomorrow’s battlefield,” said Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey.

Air Mobility Command tries AI to speed up airlift planning

Air Mobility Command tries AI to speed up airlift planning
Air Mobility Command tries AI to speed up airlift planning

Complex logistical calculations can take hours or days. With Air Mobility Command’s new ARTIV software, “the run to get all of that data takes between five and 10 minutes,” according to retired Gen. Paul Selva, whose company makes the tech.

SAC passes $852B defense bill, adding $21B and teeing up budget fight

SAC passes $852B defense bill, adding $21B and teeing up budget fight
SAC passes $852B defense bill, adding $21B and teeing up budget fight

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY25 defense spending bill adds $21 billion in emergency funding, allowing it to skirt spending caps without triggering sequestration.

CYBERCOM’s new AI task force working under ‘elite’ defensive operations unit

CYBERCOM’s new AI task force working under ‘elite’ defensive operations unit
CYBERCOM’s new AI task force working under ‘elite’ defensive operations unit

The Cyber National Mission Force’s commander “has that team of expertise as a tool that when she’s got a hard problem, she can use that task force as one of the solutions.”

Supercomputers on demand: Rescale, Parallel Works ramp up for DIU cloud contract

Supercomputers on demand: Rescale, Parallel Works ramp up for DIU cloud contract
Supercomputers on demand: Rescale, Parallel Works ramp up for DIU cloud contract

“You click a big button and in two minutes, you get one of these [high-powered computing] systems ready to go,” Matthew Shaxted, co-founder and CEO of Parallel Works, told Breaking Defense of a new DIU initiative.

US Air Force awards contracts for drone wingman’s AI brains, but keeps details secret

US Air Force awards contracts for drone wingman’s AI brains, but keeps details secret
US Air Force awards contracts for drone wingman’s AI brains, but keeps details secret

The winners of the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft autonomy contracts are classified but represent a mix of both traditional and non traditional defense companies, Air Force officials said.

When AI makes a fatal mistake, who’s to blame? Air Force Secretary weighs morality and reality

When AI makes a fatal mistake, who’s to blame? Air Force Secretary weighs morality and reality
When AI makes a fatal mistake, who’s to blame? Air Force Secretary weighs morality and reality

“Whatever weapon systems we employ have to be consistent with the laws of armed conflict. The problem isn’t that. We know what those rules are and I think we know how to impose them on our systems,” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. “It’s who do you hold accountable.”

General Atomics could fly first CCA prototype in mid-2025: Aeronautics president

General Atomics could fly first CCA prototype in mid-2025: Aeronautics president
General Atomics could fly first CCA prototype in mid-2025: Aeronautics president

“We’re not just designing another stunt. We’re designing something you can go into full rate production on,” said David Alexander, president of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

With SandboxAQ, Army futurists to use AI to build better batteries, find ‘novel alloys’

With SandboxAQ, Army futurists to use AI to build better batteries, find ‘novel alloys’
With SandboxAQ, Army futurists to use AI to build better batteries, find ‘novel alloys’

“Some of the implications are that we now have batteries or, hopefully we’ll have batteries, that are not reliant on rare earth minerals. We don’t have to rely on those coming from adversarial nations such as China,” Jen Sovada, president of SandboxAQ’s Global Public Sector division, told Breaking Defense.

GCAP partners showcase new concept for next-gen fighter jet based on ‘evolved design’

GCAP partners showcase new concept for next-gen fighter jet based on ‘evolved design’
GCAP partners showcase new concept for next-gen fighter jet based on ‘evolved design’

The considerable industrial progress to advance the aircraft design contrasts with political uncertainty hanging over the trilateral effort in recent days, after a lawmaker from the new UK government declined to offer a long-term commitment to GCAP.

Advana and harvesting the value of defense data

Advana and harvesting the value of defense data
Advana and harvesting the value of defense data

Elaine McCusker of AEI in this op-ed discusses how the Combatant Commands are using Advana to their advantage.

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