AI Made the List—but Humans Still Did the Killing
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
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The review examines *NAZA*, an Israeli documentary featuring 24 anonymous Israel Defense Forces soldiers who describe their involvement in Israel’s AI-assisted military campaign in Gaza. The film focu
U.S. Northern Command’s next Falcon Peak exercise will, for the first time, test counter-drone capabilities in a dense urban environment with significant civilian activity. Brig. Gen. Jason “Ox” Ruesc
As artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons become more common in warfare, military experts and chaplains are preparing for their potential psychological and moral effects on service members. A
Trump’s Risky Hack-Back Plan
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2w ago
Foreign Policy’s Situation Report highlights three major issues: the Trump administration’s shift toward offensive cyberoperations, growing anxiety over artificial intelligence, and the lack of progre
Anthropic released a 154-page report detailing how its Claude AI models were misused over the past eight months by adversaries and other malicious actors across several countries, including Iran, Yeme
Iran-backed Houthi rebels rapidly expanded their control over Yemen’s Red Sea coast, capturing the island of Perim in the Bab el Mandeb Strait after seizing the port city of Mocha and advancing on Dhu
Maven is becoming the Pentagon’s everything app
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
3w ago
The article explains how the Pentagon is expanding its use of Maven Smart System (MSS), an AI-powered command-and-control platform that is becoming a central tool for military data analysis. Originall
U.S. military officials say a new high-energy laser weapon system has coincided with a roughly 75% drop in drone activity probing the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley, less than two weeks afte
Beretta Defense Technologies has unveiled the LIVET Remote Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS), an AI-powered turret designed to defend against incoming drones. The system can mount eight Benelli M4 Dron
The U.S. military has disabled mobile advertising tracking tools on government-issued phones, computers, and other devices after concerns that commercially available location data was being used by Ir
The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment, Inc. a $464.8 million production contract for the Enduring-High Energy Laser (E-HEL) program, marking the first production contract ever for a directed energy
The Defense Department is expected to release a new cyber strategy early next week, marking its first broad cyber framework since 2023. Developed by Katie Sutton’s office, the strategy is intended to
The Defense Department is expected to release a new cyber strategy early next week, marking its first major cyber framework since 2023. Developed under Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
U.S. military officials said a laser weapon was used in southern Texas’ Rio Grande Valley to shoot down three Mexican cartel drones near the U.S.-Mexico border late Tuesday and early Wednesday. The op
The U.S. military used a laser this week to shoot down three drones near the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pentagon said. According to U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), the unmanned aircraft were destroye
U.S. military forces used a laser weapon in southern Texas’ Rio Grande Valley to shoot down three drones linked to Mexican drug cartels near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. officials. The op
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
The article argues that the federal government’s new SAFER SKIES implementation rule expands counter-drone authority but still leaves law enforcement without a critical tool: kinetic interceptors. It
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
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 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
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
Open Weights and American AI Leadership
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Jul 24
The passage argues that open-source software transformed computing by creating a transparent, collaborative ecosystem that now powers much of the internet and many critical U.S. institutions. It says
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
A report from the Financial Times says Iran exploited long-known weaknesses in global telecom infrastructure to help locate U.S. military personnel in the Middle East before and during the early stage
The Pentagon has temporarily frozen upcoming cybersecurity compliance requirements under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program after internal research suggested the rules could
DARPA’s pandemic-related programs, viewed together, are presented as a layered biodefense system built before COVID-19. Beginning in 2010, the agency launched PROPHECY, ADEPT, P3, and PREEMPT, with DE
The Pentagon has awarded $86 million in other transaction agreements to nLIGHT Defense and Lockheed Martin Aculight to advance directed energy weapons for the Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) program.
U.S. military officials say cyber and other “non-kinetic” capabilities are becoming central to future operations. Ahead of an unprecedented mission that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Ca
The document presents counter-UAS (C-UAS) as a national security “systems” problem requiring a first-principles approach rather than a single technology fix. It frames the drone threat at the system l
U.S. Central Command launched strikes against Iranian targets early Wednesday, saying the action was meant to impose “heavy costs” on Iran after a series of attacks on commercial shipping in the Strai
A Pew Research Center survey from early September 2024 finds that U.S. military veterans continue to lean strongly Republican in presidential elections. Among registered voters who have served in the
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Jun 15
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 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
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Jun 9
A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed near the coast of Oman, close to the Strait of Hormuz, and both crew members were rescued, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. A Task Force 59 unmanned surfa
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
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
DZYNE Technologies has unveiled new details about Blitz, a lower-cost, highly modular fixed-wing drone, and BlitzBox, a containerized launch system that can deploy large numbers of them. The largest B
A Pentagon contractor said some U.S. military units may soon test ballistic ball caps, a new protective item designed to look like thicker versions of standard ball caps and patrol caps. The testing w
Universal Pictures and Michael Bay are developing a feature film based on a true story about a major U.S. military rescue mission in Iran. The project will dramatize the effort to save two American ai
U.S. Southern Command chief Marine Gen. Francis Donovan said the era of massive troop deployments and sprawling forward operating bases, common during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is increasingly da
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IrregularChat: Counter UxV
May 20
The Pentagon has awarded California startup Perennial Autonomy a $500 million contract to speed procurement of counter-drone systems, according to a Monday Defense Department announcement. The deal wa
Army orders rifle-mounted smart scopes to down small drones
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IrregularChat: Counter UxV
May 18
The U.S. Army is expanding its counter-drone capabilities by purchasing rifle-mounted smart scopes that help soldiers detect, track, and shoot down small drones. Smart Shooter announced a $10.7 millio
The first public image of the U.S. military’s AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) has emerged, marking a notable step for a long-secret air-to-air weapon in development for years. Photograp
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IrregularChat: Modern Warfare
May 14
A New York Times investigation reveals that U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war was far deeper and more secretive than publicly known. In the early weeks after Russia’s invasion in 2022, two top Ukrai
The article reports that an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper successfully downed aerial targets using a relatively inexpensive air-to-air missile, marking a step toward more cost-effective counter-drone defense.