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PentagonPentagon Looking To Bolster ‘Frayed’ Relationship With Industry On AI Work
Pentagon officials are pushing for increased public-private partnerships on artificial intelligence projects as industry continues to outpace the department in technology development and a new report details China’s effort to […]
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CyberDefense Innovation Board Approves New Ethical Guidelines For Military AI
The Defense Innovation Board (DIB) on Thursday approved a set of new ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence military applications, including having an ‘off switch’ for future operational systems that the […]
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PentagonPentagon’s Critical Technology Protection Task Force Working On New Data Security Measures
The Pentagon’s task force to protect critical technology projects from China and Russia’s attempts at intellectual property theft is working on new standards to assess supply chain security and data […]
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BudgetCBO: Future Constrained Budgets. Rising O&M Costs to Continue to Impact DoD Procurement
Despite the U.S. military requesting and receiving near-record budgets in recent years, rising costs in each of its funding categories will continue to apply pressure on procurement and research-and-development funding […]
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Air ForceReport: Air Force Should Pivot Toward Smaller, ‘Rebalanced’ Force That Will Require Tough Tradeoffs
The Air Force should alter its planned force structure, the new assets in development and the proposed mix of legacy aircraft it plans to keep if it is to maintain […]
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PentagonNew F-35 Deal Lowers Aircraft Price 12.7 Percent Each
The Defense Department said it has finished a new $34 billion deal with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to buy 478 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the U.S. and international customers, reducing the […]
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PentagonWhite House Didn’t Influence JEDI Cloud Contract Decision, Pentagon CIO Says
The Pentagon’s chief information officer told a Senate defense panel Tuesday there was no outside political pressure, including from the White House, on the decision to award the potential $10 […]
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PentagonU.S. Special Forces Utilized JASSMs, Hellfires In Successful Raid Of ISIS Leader’s Compound
U.S. special forces utilized an array of ordnances, to include Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) and Hellfire missiles, in their successful raid on the leader of ISIS’ […]
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PentagonAmazon ‘Evaluating Its Options’ After Losing DoD’s JEDI Cloud, Analysts Predicting A Protest
Amazon [AMZN] is “evaluating its options” after losing out on the Pentagon’s potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, a source familiar with the situation told Defense Daily, with […]
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PentagonActing Space Development Agency Director Named as Official Leader
Derek Tournear, who has served as acting director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) since June, was officially named the agency’s director Oct. 28. The SDA was established in March. […]
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