Pentagon needs China's rare earths, Beijing just put them behind a permit wall. Oops
World war fee Trump’s tremendous trade tussle triggers troubling twist, theoretically
Public Sector15 Apr 2025 | 152
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US Army’s laser obsession continues with yet another drone-zapper deal
We have one, yes – but what about a second death ray?
Public Sector25 Mar 2025 | 62
Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico – then the FBI showed up
So much for that vacation
Public Sector20 Mar 2025 | 60
It begins: Pentagon to give AI agents a role in decision making, ops planning
Updated Former allies, take note. This is a WOPR
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 41
Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11M
If this makes you feel sick, knowing this happened before ransomware actors started targeting medical info may help
Security19 Feb 2025 | 8
Microsoft wants to quit building Army VR goggles, hand contract to Anduril
Will the Pentagon get Luckey with a new IVAS vendor?
Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 10
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Probe finds US Coast Guard has left maritime cybersecurity adrift
Numerous systemic vulnerabilities could scuttle $5.4T industry
Public Sector11 Feb 2025 | 13
Never mind those Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades
Salt Typhoon? Unpatched network kit? Sorry, I think you're breaking up
Networks08 Jan 2025 | 6
Abandoned US Army 'city under the ice' imaged in serendipitous NASA find
Camp Century could spill millions of gallons of sewage, diesel fuel, and nuclear waste as climate warms
Science25 Nov 2024 | 78
Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume
Infosec in brief Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more
Security11 Nov 2024 |
DARPA pays $6M to see fully autonomous Black Hawk helicopters
Resupply like Call of Duty? Not yet - only one planned for now
Offbeat15 Oct 2024 | 4
US Army orders next-gen robot mule to haul a literal ton of gear
Soldiers' new best friend does all the heavy lifting
Bootnotes28 Sep 2024 | 62
US Army drafts AI to combat recruitment shortfall
No more cold calls: Recruit 360 pinpoints top prospects from millions
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 14
Pentagon has little to show for two decades of GPS modernization work
Not even the venerable expertise of the US Space Force is enough to push progress
Software10 Sep 2024 | 16
Homeland security hopes to scuttle maritime cyber-threats with port infosec testbed
Supply chains, 13M jobs and $649B a year at risk, so Uncle Sam is fighting back - with a request for info
Public Sector05 Sep 2024 | 5
America's new Sentinel nukes mushroom 81% in cost. Pentagon says it's all good
Minuteman replacement to hit $141B as officials promise good ol' 'restructure'
Public Sector09 Jul 2024 | 46
US Army: We want to absorb private-sector AI 'as fast as y'all are building them'
How about a nice game of chess instead?
AI + ML02 Jul 2024 | 8
Do you really need that GPU or NPU for your AI apps?
Kettle And how do we feel about Palantir selling its ML-based targeting system to the entire US military? Tune in!
AI + ML01 Jun 2024 | 8
Palantir bags $480M from Pentagon to inject battlefield AI into the entire military
Uncle Sam wants Maven Smart System to be in use across DoD by 2029
Public Sector30 May 2024 | 12
US Army doubles down on laser tag with $95M for prototyping
Recently confirming first use of energy weapons in the field, military now wants bigger, better systems
Science22 May 2024 | 17
Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US – ex-Air Force intel analyst
Interview But China's the most technologically advanced
Spotlight on RSA10 May 2024 | 8
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program
LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind
Networks19 Apr 2024 | 5
Space Force boss warns 'the US will lose' without help from Musk and Bezos
China, Russia have muscled up, and whoever wins up there wins down here
Security11 Apr 2024 | 41
US accuses Army vet cyber-Casanova of sharing Russia-Ukraine war secrets
Where better to expose confidential data than on a dating app?
Security05 Mar 2024 | 17
It is a bird, a plane or a Chinese spy balloon? None of the above
One year on, balloon fever remains alive and well in the US
Offbeat26 Feb 2024 | 26
Pentagon launches nuke-spotting satellites amid Russian space bomb rumors
Updated Dungeons and Dragons, high-waisted jeans, Cold War sabre rattling – the '80s are back, baby
Public Sector15 Feb 2024 | 69
US Air Force's new cyber, IT skill recruitment plan: Bring back warrant officer ranks
Officer pay, limited command duties and writing 'code for your country'
Security14 Feb 2024 | 10
Nokia walks the walk about its RAN to play on Uncle Sam’s China fears
Comment It pays not to be Huawei, and the US military can be lucrative, too
Security17 Jan 2024 | 8
Discord in the ranks: Lone Airman behind top-secret info leak on chat platform
Poor cybersecurity hygiene in the military? Surely not!
Cyber-crime12 Dec 2023 | 21
US Air Force wants to see some atomic motors for future spacecraft
Take this $34M, Lockheed Martin, and give us an uranium fission engine for electricity, heat, propulsion
Public Sector10 Nov 2023 | 72
Intel to build hush-hush fabs to bake chips for US military
'Secure enclave' reports point to separate production line with blocked off access
Public Sector07 Nov 2023 | 6
We're getting that fry-day feeling... US Army gets hold of drone-cooking microwave rig
Look, in the sky - it's a, oh, never mind
Public Sector03 Nov 2023 | 80
DARPA worried battlefield mixed reality vulnerable to 'cognitive attacks'
Hacks, physical tricks could turn headsets into vomit extractors, but tests already show no ops needed for that
Public Sector12 Oct 2023 | 6
NSA hopes AI Security Center will help US outsmart, outwit, and outlast adversaries
Agency boss warns enemies trying to nick AI advances and 'corrupt our application of it'
AI + ML02 Oct 2023 |
Let's give these quadruped robot dogs next-gen XM7 rifles, says US Army
Black Mirror? Never heard of it
Bootnotes30 Aug 2023 | 34
US Air Force wants $6B to build 2,000 AI-powered drones
Pilots' Goose cooked as uncrewed vehicles prove cheaper and perhaps more versatile
AI + ML29 Aug 2023 | 86
Lockheed's ARRW hypersonic missile: Sometimes it flies, sometimes it just tries
US Air Force keeping mum on results of weekend test
Science22 Aug 2023 | 16
US Air Force burns more money on electric flying taxis
Waiting on that thumbs up from the FAA
Bootnotes31 Jul 2023 | 14
US Air Force's Angry Kitten turns Reaper drone into fierce feline of electronic warfare
Hardware from a decade ago? More like grumpy old mog
Offbeat21 Jul 2023 | 21
Here's what the US Army picked for soldier-worn tactical USB hubs
That kit ain't for chargin' your iPhone, Private!
On-Prem08 May 2023 | 36
US Air Force scares up $75.5M for ad-hoc missile silo network
At a planned 25k square miles, it's said to be largest net of its kind yet
Networks07 Mar 2023 | 7
US military spends weekend shooting down Useless Floating Objects
You wait years for unidentified aerial phenomena then three turn up at once
Offbeat13 Feb 2023 | 61
US blocks $400m Army HoloLens orders, Microsoft left with a tenth for R&D
Nausea and headaches do not a fit fighting force make, so back to the lab for version 1.2
Personal Tech12 Jan 2023 | 6
US think tank says China would probably lose if it tries to invade Taiwan
But even a short conflict would wreck the economy, which would be bad news for semiconductor supplies
Government Tech Week12 Jan 2023 | 58
US Air Force signs $344m deal for hypersonic Mayhem aircraft
Part missile, part spy plane, all Mach 5+ and coming in 2028, maybe
Science19 Dec 2022 | 21
US Air Force tests its first fully functional hypersonic missile
I used to be a missileer like you, then I took an ARRW in the knee
Science14 Dec 2022 | 52
Inmarsat gets $1b from US Navy for 10 years of satellite data
Outsourcing national defence didn't work so well in Ukraine
Off-Prem13 Oct 2022 | 3
US military fuels eVTOL research with $75m contract
The renewed agreement more than doubles the DoD's deal with Joby Aviation
Science12 Aug 2022 | 11
US Space Force deploys robot dogs at Cape Canaveral base
Patrolling quadrupeds not fitted with 7.62mm tank machine guns – yet
Offbeat09 Aug 2022 | 34
Russia 'stole US defense data' from IT systems
Clearly no need for leet zero-day hax when you can spearphish and exploit months-old vulnerabilities
Security17 Feb 2022 | 35
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