The Neutron Bomb | Air & Space Forces Magazine
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9h ago
The article explains the history and controversy surrounding the “neutron bomb,” officially known as the enhanced radiation warhead (ERW). Public debate erupted in 1977 after a Washington Post report
Tiberius Aerospace has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center to advance Sceptre, its liquid-fueled
The Pentagon and White House held the first “Drone Dominance” event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, bringing together nearly 100 representatives from about 40 drone-related companies and
Are the Tech Bros Blockheads?
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IrregularChat: Tech
2d ago
The article argues that most venture-backed defense tech companies are still unlikely to receive Pentagon spending at the scale investors expect, despite political support for commercial-first acquisi
The article argues that artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and bioengineering are creating major benefits but also making bioweapons easier to design, produce, and spread. Elizabeth Sherwood-Rand
Emelia S. Probasco argues that the main danger of AI in the U.S. military is not a “Skynet”-style robot rebellion, but the erosion of human judgment. She says AI can weaken soldiers’ and commanders’ a
Could future wars be fought by AI?
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
3d ago
NPR’s *Short Wave* episode examines whether AI models such as ChatGPT and Claude could play a role in future warfare. The story begins with a key development: the Department of Defense has announced a
The article argues that the real danger in military AI is not fully autonomous weapons, but the rapidly expanding use of AI-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS) that help identify, prioritize, an
AI and the Risks of Tearing Down an Old System
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
4d ago
Operation Epic Fury showed that AI has become central to U.S. warfighting. In the first 24 hours, Central Command used Claude on Palantir’s Maven Smart System to generate and prioritize about 1,000 ta
The USS Benfold, a U.S. guided-missile destroyer, was reportedly left adrift in the South China Sea for four days in July 2026 after suffering an “engineering casualty” that knocked out its generators
A top Pentagon technology official, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies Mike Dodd, is urging industry to develop “smaller, lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons for air
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back upcoming joint military exercises with South Korea, citing Seoul’s refusal to help with denuclearization efforts involving Iran. In a Truth So
US bases, troops are once again being exposed by Strava
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6d ago
Eight years after the “Strava heat map” first exposed sensitive U.S. troop locations, service members in the Middle East are still sharing fitness-app data despite military restrictions. A Sky News in
Eight years after the “Strava heat map” first exposed sensitive U.S. troop locations, service members in the Middle East are still sharing fitness-app data despite military restrictions. A Sky News in
AT-6 Wolverine
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1w ago
The Beechcraft AT-6 Wolverine is a multi-mission light attack and armed reconnaissance aircraft designed to meet a broad range of military and support needs. Built by the same company that produced th
A boiler room accident aboard the USS *Iwo Jima* in the Persian Gulf killed 10 U.S. sailors and raised the number of accidental American deaths in Operation Desert Shield to 42, Pentagon officials sai
The Marine Corps has launched new service-level training to help Marines counter small combat drones using weapons already in their inventory. The training began with a three-day event at Twentynine P
Palantir’s no-bid pipeline just got bigger
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
1w ago
Palantir has received another major Defense Department commitment, with up to $243.9 million in funding for its software through March 31, 2027. Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg also instructed
Ukrainian battlefield innovation, especially in drones, has shifted modern warfare and is now influencing U.S. military planning. Two years ago, Ukrainian engineers began experimenting with drone-on-d
If funding falters, ‘there’s no Golden Dome,’ Guetlein warns
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breakingdefense.com
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1w ago
Work on the Pentagon’s Golden Dome national air defense shield could stall in October unless lawmakers find a way to keep funding it, according to Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, who leads the effo
The Department of Defense has launched a new counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) marketplace to help military and government buyers more easily find and acquire vetted counter-drone technology. The
Reports of drones over the remote U.S.-U.K. military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean have raised fresh concerns about base security and the vulnerability of exposed aircraft and infrastructur
Marine Corps hackathon announced for fall
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IrregularChat: Purple Team
1w ago
The Marine Corps will host an artificial intelligence hackathon from Oct. 26-30 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, bringing together military personnel, government employees, in
Salesforce announced that the Defense Department and the Army’s Human Resources Command have approved its autonomous AI agents for use in sensitive military missions. The company’s Missionforce Nation
Concerns are growing over the Pentagon’s new War Data Platform (WDP) core integration contract, recently awarded to Accenture Federal Services (AFS). The contract, formally awarded by the General Serv
The Space Review: Review: The Lonely Halls Meeting
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2w ago
The documentary *The Lonely Halls Meeting: A GPS Documentary* argues that GPS was invented during a Labor Day 1973 Pentagon meeting led by Dr. Bradford Parkinson, with help from 12 others. It traces G
DoD wants AI to cut civilian hiring to 30 days
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
2w ago
The Defense Department is aiming to dramatically speed up its civilian hiring process by reducing the timeline to 30 days, using generative artificial intelligence to help streamline the workflow. The
Trax International Corporation is asking the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to force the Army to reevaluate bids for mission support services at White Sands Missile Range, arguing that the Army improper
The U.S. Army is seeking a new counter-drone missile under its Next Generation Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System Missile (NGCM) program, with a strict cost target of under $150,000 per round and
The U.S. Army is seeking a new surface-to-air missile, called the Next Generation C-sUAS Missile (NGCM), to destroy small drones more quickly and at longer ranges. The effort reflects growing concern
Army ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints
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IrregularChat: Modern Warfare
2w ago
The Army is revising its discrimination and harassment policies to align with new Pentagon guidance pushed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) investigations h
The article examines Barack Obama’s heavy reliance on his BlackBerry and the security concerns it raised as he prepared to become president. Obama said he was “clinging” to the device and used e-mail
The United States and Israel are reportedly preparing a major bombing campaign against Iranian energy infrastructure, including power plants and refineries, in what could be one of the most severe str
Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient, has been named a special assistant to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Pentagon. Meyer will serve as a special government employee
The Department of Defense has suspended phase two of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, citing high compliance costs and bureaucratic burdens, especially for small business
Lockheed Martin says high-energy laser weapons are no longer a distant concept and could be operational for the Pentagon before the end of the decade, potentially by 2030. Speaking at the Farnborough
A U.S. Army armored unit recently tested an M1 Abrams tank equipped with a 7.62x51mm M134 Minigun, replacing one of the tank’s usual secondary machine guns. The test was conducted by the 1st Armored B
A Financial Times report says Iran may be using long-known telecom weaknesses and commercially sold location data to track U.S. troops across the Middle East, including in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The
The U.S. Army has fallen far short of its goal to produce 100,000 155mm artillery rounds per month, according to a new Pentagon Inspector General report. The watchdog warned that the shortfall could h
Concerns are mounting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is removing or sidelining senior military officers who question his directives, with critics arguing the moves threaten the military’s traditi
The Pentagon has shifted control of its long-delayed jam-resistant GPS receiver program, MGUE, from the Space Force to the Air Force, in an effort to improve coordination between technology developmen
Israel has said it has “no interest” in joining the renewed US military campaign against Iran, according to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. He argued that the current situation—where the US
China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Jul 22
Over the weekend, several Trump administration AI advisers publicly attacked leading US AI companies while debating how to respond to Kimi, a free open-source model released by Chinese firm Moonshot.
Allen Control Systems (ACS) announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has selected its Bullfrog autonomous weapon system for integration into airborne defense efforts. The AI-enabled system detects, tracks
The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
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wired.com
IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Jul 21
A little more than a month after the Department of Defense said nearly half of its 3.5 million employees were using AI at work, the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) was told to
U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) used artificial intelligence agents in an operational first during Operation Epic Fury, after Spain abruptly closed its airspace and military bases to U.S. aircr