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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 9th, 2019

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Business Opportunities

A Coast Guard-built unmanned surface vessel, although not designed for ice operations, maneuvers easily between ice floes. Photo: Coast Guard

DHS Issues RFI for Unmanned Maritime Systems The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to assess the current market and identify unmanned technologies that will enable the Coast Guard to conduct more effective operations in support of any of their 11 statutory missions, which includes things like drug interdiction, port and waterway security, search and rescue, migrant interdiction, ice operations and living marine resources. The RFI is focused on technologies that…

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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 […]

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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 […]