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Army

Army Upgrading More Strykers To A1 Configuration, Testing AI System On Bradleys

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, June 26th, 2018

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Army Upgrading More Strykers To A1 Configuration, Testing AI System On Bradleys

Stryker Photo: U.S. Army

The Army announced upgrades Tuesday for two of its vehicles with a $258 million deal to modernize more Stryker fighting vehicles to the A1 configuration and a new prototype agreement to test artificial intelligence software on Bradley M2A3s. General Dynamics [GD] received the new contract on June 21 to update 116 Stryker flat-bottom vehicles to the Double-V Hull configuration and DIUx tapped tech start-up Uptake to install automated equipment maintenance software on a handful of Bradleys.“The Stryker A1 builds upon…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]