Congress should establish, fund new quantum tech initiative to beat China: Panel
The 2025 annual US-China Commission report also urges lawmakers bolster funding to the US Space Force to establish "space superiority" against the PLA.
‘Hell of a body blow:’ Ukraine shift may stir market headwinds for US SAR-sat operators
"Going back to pre-Ukraine supplemental procurement levels would see the USG buying only a small fraction of the US commercial SAR capacity available; hardly enough to support combat operations or sustain a healthy US industrial base," said David Gauthier.
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Streamcaster Nexus: Empowering the connected soldier at the tactical edge
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White House tries to tighten AI export controls amidst industry outrage
Biden officials say their proposed regulation will streamline routine sales to allies while stopping dangerous leaks to China. Oracle, NVIDIA, and industry associations say it will cripple their business. But the final call is up to Trump.
It’s time to make a new international cooperation office within the Pentagon
In this op-ed, Jerry McGinn says the Senate Armed Services Committee should seriously consider the creation of a new office inside DoD for international cooperation.
‘Game on’: Raimondo calls for beefing up tech export controls to counter China
"We're taking a very aggressive, innovative approach" to combating China's tech strategy, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at the Reagan Forum.
AI For Five Eyes? New bill pushes AI collaboration with UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
“If we want to fight as a system... you have to start sharing technology now,” the former head of the Pentagon’s Joint AI Center told Breaking Defense. “We can’t build the system on the eve of battle.”
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Not just selling into the kingdom, but building partnership with Saudi Arabia’s defense industry
Partnerships with outside industry are a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ambitious growth strategy.
US Should Pull Drones From Missile Control Regime: Mitchell Institute
"I have great hopes that this administration, with its bold unilateral actions on so many fronts, would take unilateral action with this regime on UAVs," says Keith Webster, former DoD head of defense cooperation.
Protect Your Data Or Lose DoD Business: Maj. Gen. Murphy (EXCLUSIVE)
The head of the Pentagon’s Protecting Critical Technology Task Force wants to tighten security controls. That may conflict with the push to streamline acquisition.
India-US ‘Tailoring’ Predator UAV For Multi-Service Buy
The Predator B's weapons, avionics and comms suites will all need to be specially configured to meet the needs of India's military.
DoC’s Ross: Streamlined Rules For Remote Sensing Sats Out By October
The new satellite export control rules being finalized by the Commerce and State Depts. will take into account the "need to maintain export controls with some countries, while streamlining them for others," says Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
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Why enterprise IT modernization matters now – and how to “delight by design”
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Commerce Expands Huawei Black List Beyond US Shores
Nicholas Eftimiades, a former senior US senior intelligence officer, said the Trump Administration policy "is very surgical in its approach," and will have only a "moderate impact" on allied countries.
SATCOM Experts: AsiaSat Sales Not Threat to National Security
UPDATED WASHINGTON: US commercial satellite sales to AsiaSat, and the company’s leasing of communications bandwidth to China, are not threats to US national security, say experts — contrary to charges by Republican Senators Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst. Instead, US export control law very deliberately has been crafted to encourage such sales in a […]
Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market
Fabrizio Boggiani, senior vice president of airborne marketing, says he sees "significant opportunities" for expanding Leonardo's market share by selling mission packages to international institutions and countries who don't "want to buy and own the asset, but want us to fly where they ask us to fly."
Tighten Monitoring Of Chinese Investments, Experts Tell HASC
WASHINGTON: As China forges ahead trying to grab the head of the technology table by throwing money, policy and people at quantum computing and artificial intelligence, the US should carefully watch what companies China invests in or tries to buy. Those were the conclusions of three of the top China and technology experts in Washington […]