artificial intelligence AI

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.”

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.

The autonomous CCA wingmen of 2030 may look nothing like today’s assumptions

While services test teaming with Collaborative Combat Aircraft, industry faces hard questions.

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.”

The AI disinformation gap the Pentagon may be missing

"The Pentagon is building a better mousetrap while the mice are rewriting the blueprint for the house," argues this analyst.

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.

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.

How the Pentagon is shaping its next cyber strategy

Drawing on Breaking Defense's TechNet Cyber 2026 coverage, this eBook examines how the Pentagon is advancing AI, cybersecurity, and cyber strategy to strengthen the future force.

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.

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.

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.