CNN reports that senior U.S. military commanders approved strikes on Iran despite warnings in Pentagon databases that some target intelligence was badly outdated. According to three sources familiar w
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Zana retired on June 1, 2024, after completing a final guard shift at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The watch marked the end of a 37-year
The Pentagon has awarded Overland AI a $19.7 million production contract to provide autonomous ground vehicles to the U.S. Marine Corps, marking the first time a ground autonomy company has served as
A new Intercept investigation found that women serving in the Army face a higher homicide risk than male soldiers, reversing the usual pattern seen in civilian life. The report, based on more than 14
A new Intercept investigation found that women serving in the Army face a higher homicide risk than male soldiers, reversing the usual pattern seen in civilian life. The report, based on more than 14
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has created a new Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for autonomy and unmanned systems, called DRPM-UxS, to consolidate much of the Pentagon’s drone-related work under o
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A Ukrainian drone unit has released an unverified night-vision video that appears to show an interceptor drone chasing down a Russian Shahed attack drone, drawing attention in the U.S. as the Army mov
The article argues that survivability of space control assets is a major Department of Defense concern in a contested, multidomain environment, especially in the Indo-Pacific. It examines survivabilit
A recent Army study found that men experienced greater hormonal and physiological disruption than women during Ranger School, the Army’s 61-day leadership course at Fort Benning, Georgia. Researchers
The Art of Statecraft in an Age of Strategic Failure
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Frank Hoffman’s review argues that the recent U.S. war against Iran exposed major failures in American statecraft and strategy. He defines sound statecraft as the integrated use of all national tools
In this satirical Onion article, Palantir announces that it has acquired the Pentagon for $800 billion in a bid to expand its role in militarized surveillance and defense technology. CEO Alex Karp cla
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The Defense Department has abandoned plans to privatize military commissaries after concluding that no private company was willing to operate them while preserving the deep discounts service members r
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The Defense Department has abandoned plans to privatize military commissaries after finding no private company willing to absorb the required 24% price cut for shoppers. Under Secretary of Defense for
June 25: How Could Sensors Protect the United States?
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The article promotes a SpaceNews virtual event titled “Golden Dome: How Could Sensors Protect the United States?” scheduled for June 25 from 1 to 1:45 p.m. ET. The event focuses on the Pentagon’s Gold
A U.S. strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific killed three people on June 18, 2026, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The military said intelligence showed the
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A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended the requirement for U.S. troops to
OpenAI is preparing to launch its flagship ChatGPT model on the Pentagon’s enterprise generative AI platform, GenAI.mil, in early July, according to Mohammed Husain, OpenAI’s Strategic Delivery Lead f
The US Army has awarded L3Harris a contract worth up to $106 million to supply an unspecified number of VAMPIRE counter-drone systems, reinforcing the Pentagon’s layered air defense strategy. VAMPIRE,
In October 2022, the Biden administration imposed export controls through the Commerce Department’s BIS to limit Chinese access to advanced computing chips used to train and deploy AI models. At the t
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The article argues that while the U.S. military urgently needs to develop and field autonomous and AI-enabled systems, creating a new combatant command for robotic and autonomous systems would be a mi
The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced its fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act on June 11 by an 18-9 vote, including a provision that would remove separate statutory requirements
Department of War Cyber Service Academy
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The Department of War Cyber Service Academy (CSA), formerly the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program, is a scholarship and workforce development initiative designed to strengthen national c
The Army bought 10,000 IVAS headsets they will never use
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The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), a mixed-reality headset program meant to improve soldiers’ situational awareness in combat, has effectively been shelved after costing the Defe
The Space Force is shaping the future of its GPS enterprise as it confronts growing threats to the system’s satellites, ground infrastructure, and user equipment. Officials say GPS remains the foundat
Amentum is hiring a full-time, on-site SERE Instructor in Southern Pines, North Carolina, to train select Department of Defense personnel in Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape principles in lin
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The Pentagon is launching a new cyber incentive pay program called Cyber Mastery Incentive Pay (C-MIP) to strengthen cyber capabilities under the DoD’s Project Patriot Pipeline effort. Announced in a
The Pentagon has approved SkyValor, a long-range autonomous counter-drone system, for use across the military after successful testing near the southern border. The system was evaluated in mid-May at
Pentagon Claims Daily PT Fixed Military Readiness Crisis
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In this satirical Duffel Blog article, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims that requiring an hour of daily physical training has solved many of the military’s most serious problems, including procur
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Kongsberg is introducing new counter-drone capabilities that can be added to existing weapon systems, strengthening protection for troops against the growing threat from unmanned aerial systems. Rathe
Is Cognitive Warfare Dead on Arrival?
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The article argues that “cognitive warfare” is not a truly new concept, but a rebranding of older military efforts such as psychological operations, information operations, and political warfare. The
Over the past nine months, U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have killed more than 200 people, prompting widespread concern from legal experts and former military law
A new phishing campaign is targeting Signal users, especially journalists, activists, and human rights workers, with fake “Signal Support” texts designed to steal 64-character backup recovery keys. Se
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The Pentagon has reportedly raised Israel’s counterintelligence threat level against the United States to its highest “critical” rating, according to two current U.S. officials and one former official
Portfolio
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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has launched the Commercial Solutions Catalog to speed the delivery of prototyped commercial technologies across the Department of War (DoW) and its partners. The cat
The Department of Defense’s Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems responds to the rapid spread and increasing sophistication of drones and other unmanned systems, which are reshaping modern conflic
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the second tranche of the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, called Replicator 1.2, expanding efforts to rapidly field all-domain attritable autonom
A senior Defense Innovation Unit official said the Pentagon is applying lessons from the first phase of its Replicator initiative as it moves into a second phase focused on counter-drone capabilities.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks used her Defense News Conference remarks to explain the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative as part of a broader push to accelerate innovation for warfighter ad
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks unveiled the Pentagon’s new “Replicator” initiative, designed to counter China’s rapid military buildup by rapidly fielding thousands of autonomous systems a
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Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated its GRIZZLY containerized counter-drone system by shooting down a Group 3 one-way attack drone with a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) during a live-fire te
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that “joint warfighting ability” be added as a factor in evaluating officers and noncommissioned officers for promotion. In a May 20 memo confirmed as authen
Kingsley Wilson - Wikipedia
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Kingsley R. Wilson (née Cortes) is an American political spokeswoman who has served as the United States Department of Defense press secretary since May 2025. She was born in 1998 or 1999 and is the d
Army Publishing Directorate
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Jun 2
The content is a record from the Army Publishing Directorate for a training circular. It identifies **TC 3-04.1-2**, published on **06/01/2026**, with the title **“Small Unmanned Aircraft System Opera
The Pentagon has classified its press office, prohibiting journalists from accessing the space and meeting with military public affairs officers. This new policy marks a significant shift from previou
The Army is pushing a major new interoperability effort called “right to integrate,” aimed at making it much easier for its many technology systems to share data. As part of this effort, the service h