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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‘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.
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.
AI ‘explainability’ is a ‘major concern’ for National Reconnaissance Office: Director
Outgoing NRO Director Chris Scolese said the agency is expanding its work to allow analysts to understand how AI does its analysis.
AI ‘blueprint’ coming soon to NGA to help ‘operationalize’ GEOINT
In her first major speech since taking the reins at NGA, Lt. Gen. Michelle Bredenkamp also said the agency has stood up a new Rapid Capabilities Office to speed integration of innovative commercial tech.
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NATO needs policies, standards for sharing AI-enhanced geospatial intel: Official
"The path to AI-enabled, allied intelligence advantage runs primarily through governance, not necessarily through additional capability," said UK Royal Marine Maj. Gen. Paul Lynch, who directs NATO intelligence policy.
Army plans fast follow-up to AI cyber wargame with industry: Officials
After exploring a Pacific-war scenario with cybersecurity executives from 14 tech firms, the Army wants to fast-track new AI tools — and thrash out new policy to allow more autonomy for AI “agents.”
Synthesized Command & Control: A new way human choices can guide AI warfighting
Two AI experts propose a new way to train artificial intelligence for warfighters.
Pentagon clears 8 tech firms to deploy their AI on its classified networks
The Defense Department has made agreements with Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Reflection, according to an announcement this morning, with an eighth, Oracle, added just hours later.
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Pentagon workers vibe-code 100,000 AI ‘agents’ to use on unclassified networks
A Google Gemini tool on GenAI.mil allows Defense Department personnel to create their own AI agents to handle data and automate online tasks.
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Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ testbed hot-swaps AI brains mid-flight
“While the aircraft was flying, the software was queued up so that we could have different companies’ behaviors take control of the platform and fly [it]," said Dan Salluce, Northrop’s senior director for aerospace systems.
DIA centralizes AI efforts with Digital Modernization Accelerator
“I want you to move like somebody’s on your heels, and they’re about ready to eat you,” the Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief AI officer, Maj. Gen. Robert Kinney, tells his team.