The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
Read MoreIn August, government investigators subjected roughly 50 military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an inquiry into press leaks about the Iran war and depleted U.S. munitions, according to The New York Times. The newspaper described the scope of the investigation as unprecedented in the modern military. This is…
The Pentagon is shifting its cybersecurity posture to rely more on new capabilities to maintain its digital defenses rather than just bolstering its operational manpower, the department’s IT head said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, D.C., Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies said, “We can't continue to throw…
Three years ago, the Defense Department led an ambitious international effort to better protect civilians during combat, a movement built on the bloody lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq. The Pentagon created a network with European partners, driving the creation of shared standards. Civilian harm experts described the moment as a “unique opportunity” for American leadership by example.…
Could AI- and robot-made missile components and airframes be the future of aerospace manufacturing? That’s the bet, Machina Labs CEO Edward Mehr said. The Los Angeles-based company plans to break ground on its third manufacturing facility this year, Mehr told Defense One at the Space and Missile Defense Conference last month. That facility, which hasn’t…
Just three days after top military leaders left the Air and Space Force Association’s February conference in Colorado, the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, commencing Operation Epic Fury. Now, more than six months later, service officials are scheduled to gather again outside Washington D.C. to pitch their top budget priorities as the unresolved war wages…
The program is driving hard to meet President Trump’s 2028 deadline, officials said, but they have yet to release a formal solicitation, let alone pick a specific vendor and design.
The companies’ solutions will move into the developmental phase, an Army spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
“The battlefield is changing at a dizzying pace, and we are changing with it,” Israeli military Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said.
“It’s about driving big outcomes and giving the secretary and the president options, more options. We want to move away from things that look like persistent engagement,” according to Brig. Gen. William Wilburn, deputy principal cyber advisor for the DoD.
Nightmare scenarios of AI-engineered super-plagues or nuclear bombs have, understandably, attracted the most attention. But there is lots of lower-hanging fruit for terrorists.
