The Department of Homeland Security plans to install AI upgrades in 148 of its uncrewed camera towers on the U.S. border this year, and to add another 50 next-generation ones. On Wednesday, GDIT unveiled its pitch for the job: the Relocatable Autonomous Surveillance Tower.GDIT, which provided 200 of the existing…
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Key refueling-related tests for the B-21 Raider are now underway, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Defense One, the latest milestone towards delivering the next-generation bomber by 2027.On Tuesday, several open-source intelligence accounts and plane spotters posted images of a B-21 approaching a KC-135 tanker over California. One account cited…
The Pentagon plans to buy 30,000 one-way attack drones this month, but the military’s ability to repair or even build drones on the battlefield could make or break operations in modern conflicts. So when Dan Magy, the CEO of Firestorm, first told me in December about a mobile industrial-grade 3D printing…
US-Israeli war on Iran, day 12: An estimated 140 to 150 U.S. service members have been injured in Trump’s Iran war so far, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, beginning with Reuters, then later Axios and CBS News. “Approximately 140 U.S. service members have been wounded over 10 days of sustained attacks,” a…
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HONOLULU—“What happens when you concentrate on one [AI] model and all of a sudden that model isn’t available to you?” That’s the reality that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is living right now, its resources and requirements director said here Monday.The audience, after a beat, laughed cautiously at the realization that Bob…
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Whether you’re a hunter, angler, or outdoor recreator, you might find it tricky to navigate all your pursuits while balancing family time. There’s no better way to remedy this dilemma than by mixing the two.Some of my earliest memories in the outdoors involve me tagging along with my dad and…
US-Israeli war on Iran, day 11: Trump, Hegseth send conflicting messages to the world about the end of war on Iran. In a press conference after markets closed Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters at times contradictory information about the future of his joint war with Israel against Iran that has…
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Apparent Russia-linked hacking collectives backing Iran have been observed joining the cyber activity unfolding alongside the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, though analysts have mixed views on whether their involvement represents a meaningful escalation or little more than online noise.The outlook on such “hacktivist” groups — hackers who attempt to penetrate…
The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Cyber Command and the National Security Agency in a dual-hatted capacity, giving the signals intelligence and hacking titans their first permanent leader in almost a year.Gen. Joshua Rudd was confirmed in a 71-29 vote on Tuesday, three months after he was…
A year after Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a hasty effort to reduce the Defense Department’s civilian workforce by up to 61,000 people, employees are reporting gutted offices, lower productivity, and pervasive uncertainty.“The climate, at least in my immediate organization, has shifted from fear to stress,” said an Air Force civilian…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has narrowed the U.S.’s objectives in Iran to three, scrapping President Donald Trump’s recent calls for “unconditional surrender” and a “great and acceptable leader” to replace the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The U.S. military is entering day 11 of its campaign to destroy Iranian missile capabilities, destroy…
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