Pentagon
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon to Pick Replicator Contenders in Next Three Weeks
The Pentagon is to pick the Replicator contenders in the next three weeks, and DoD estimates a unit cost in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, as the […]
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PentagonPentagon Fails Sixth Consecutive Audit, Cites Incremental Progress Over Last Year
The Pentagon has failed its sixth consecutive audit, highlighting incremental progress while noting the department received “disclaimers,” or failing opinions, for roughly the same number of components as last year. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon’s CDAO Developing Guidance To Implement New AI Strategy
The Defense Department’s Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) expects to publish guidance in the next two months to help implement the department’s new Data Analytics […]
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Unmanned SystemsKratos Expects to Receive Largest-to-Date Tactical Drone Contract Late Next Year
In a third quarter earnings call on Nov. 2, Kratos [KTOS] CEO Eric DeMarco said that the company forecasts revenue growth of 10 percent next year without potential tactical drone […]
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Intelligence CommunityProject Maven Transitions to Program of Record, As NGA Looks to Leverage Program for Other Uses
The Pentagon’s Project Maven is becoming a program of record under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). NGA said on Nov. 2 that it “has formally designated NGA Maven as a […]
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PentagonSenate Confirms Navy And Air Force Chiefs, Marine Corps Number Two
The Senate on Thursday confirmed three top military nominees, over the objection of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) blanket hold on military confirmations. The Senate voted 95-1 to confirm Adm. Lisa […]
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Intelligence Community10,000 “Operationally Relevant” Commercial EO Images Provided to NGA Per Week
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) had said that companies provide NGA and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) 50,000 electro-optical (EO) commercial images weekly. NGA is now further delineating that figure. […]
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InternationalAustin, Blinken Urge Lawmakers To Move On Both Ukraine, Israel Aid, Cite Industrial Base Investments
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Congress to support the Biden administration’s full $106 billion supplemental spending request, and cautioned against separating out […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBiden Directs NSC Memo To Guide DoD, IC Use Of Artificial Intelligence
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order on the safe and secure use of artificial intelligence, including a provision directing the National Security Council (NSC) and his chief […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Will Develop Higher-Yield B61 Gravity Bomb
The U.S. military will develop a new, higher-yield variant of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb designed for delivery by modern aircraft, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 27. Designated the B61-13, […]