United States Department of Defense

Engineers risk blasting US missile defense to smithereens, say auditors

Now the 2028 deadline is at risk

Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 20

T-Mobile US joins suppliers on $2.7B DoD contract for next-gen comms services

Expansive Spiral 4 program to boost capabilities with cutting-edge tech

Networks14 Jun 2024 | 6

US Space Force wanted $77M to reinforce GPS – and Congress shot it down

Can't we do this another way, like without these mini-sats costing $1B over 5 years, House reps wonder

Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 23

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 Space Force says it needs more practice at responding to orbital emergencies

But still just once a year because this stuff is expensive. Hopefully that's enough

Public Sector23 May 2024 | 4

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

'Four horsemen of cyber' look back on 2008 DoD IT breach that led to US Cyber Command

RSAC 'This was a no sh*tter'

Spotlight on RSA10 May 2024 | 4

Palantir's CEO calls 'woke' a 'central risk to Palantir, America and the world'

Oh, and Alex Karp's forecasts disappoint the market after strong revenue growth

Databases07 May 2024 | 147

Intel Foundry ticks another box in quest to fab mil-spec chips for US DoD

Gelsinger and gang certified to court wider array of defense contractors

Public Sector23 Apr 2024 |

Intel inches closer to $3.5B contract to build secret fabs for Uncle Sam

They can't have x86 goliath building military chips out in the open now can they?

Systems07 Mar 2024 | 3

Air National Guardsman Teixeira to admit he was Pentagon files leaker

Updated Turns out bragging on Discord has unfortunate consequences

Security01 Mar 2024 | 48

US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes

People still make the final decision, but recent raids in Iraq and Syria had help

AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 25

Pentagon enlists Scale AI to help military get smarter

This technology is all the rage right now, still too risky for armed forces

AI + ML21 Feb 2024 | 2

Software troubles delay F-35 fighter jet deliveries ... again

There's more than one way for these things to crash

Public Sector24 Jan 2024 | 64

Stratolaunch takes ready-to-fly hypersonic craft skyward, but still no launch

Scheduled summer Mach 5 flight deadline came and went

Science06 Dec 2023 | 12

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

Pentagon seeks government gossips to dish dirt on UFOs

Online form isn't for just anyone, so stow your crackpot theories for now

Bootnotes02 Nov 2023 | 19

$350B DoD nuke makeover efforts lack oversight, say inspectors

Still, it's not like it's a matter of life and death, is it?

Public Sector30 Oct 2023 | 18

No more Mr Nice DoJ: Tesla gets subpoenas over self-driving software claims

Has someone been shooting their mouth off a little too much?

Personal Tech23 Oct 2023 | 35

DARPA takes its long-duration Manta undersea drone for a test-dip

Autonomous sub should recharge and resupply in perfect stealth, hopefully

Security28 Sep 2023 | 3

Uncle Sam is this keen to keep US CHIPS funds out of China

Meanwhile, GlobalFoundries scores $3B DoD contract to fab chips for military, aerospace

Public Sector23 Sep 2023 | 8

US military F-35 readiness problems highlighted in aptly timed report

This surely can't be related to that crash debacle over the weekend, right?

Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 26

US DoD serves up $238M Chips Act funding to 8 regional hubs

Hoping to bridge the dreaded 'lab-to-fab' gap where R&D dreams go to die

Systems21 Sep 2023 |

DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs

And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain!

Science19 Sep 2023 | 8

US Defense Department enlists Google for AI-powered cancer-spotting kit

A different type of ARM - the Augmented Reality Microscope

Science19 Sep 2023 | 1

If anyone finds an $80M F-35 stealth fighter, please call the Pentagon

Updated US military enlists public to help track down missing jet

Offbeat18 Sep 2023 | 77

The Pentagon has no idea how to deal with bad cloud contracts, say auditors

Terrible IT practices at the DoD? You don't say

Cloud Infrastructure Month14 Sep 2023 | 9

US amends hypersonic weapons strategy: If you can't zoom with 'em, boom 'em

DARPA awards Boeing $70.5M to develop intercept technology

Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 17

The Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US govt

Updated DoD is dead last for tech support, equipment, communication, and function, say staff

On-Prem31 Aug 2023 | 13

AI-powered monitors to defend Washington DC against aerial threats

Replaces surveillance systems installed after 9/11 - and years before drones became a threat

AI + ML30 Aug 2023 | 7

Pentagon dumps $1.5B more into military sat network that's already slipping behind

One might say this program is truly up in the air

Networks22 Aug 2023 | 4

US Space Force finally creates targeting unit – better late than never, right?

No rush on this seemingly vital component of defense, guys

Science17 Aug 2023 | 14

US task force to look into how military could use generative AI

'Hey our enemies are going to use this technology, so why shouldn't we?'

AI + ML16 Aug 2023 | 13

Don't shoot! DARPA wants to capture future spy balloons in one piece

Being blasted with a missile and plummeting 60,000 feet can do a real number on hardware, it turns out

Offbeat10 Aug 2023 | 34

Typo watch: 'Millions of emails' for US military sent to .ml addresses in error

Good thing Mali isn't best pals with Russia right no– oh, shoot

Sysadmin Month18 Jul 2023 | 155

Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware

Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say

CSO29 Jun 2023 | 75

DoD networks Amazon's off-grid DCs using SES's new MEO sats

TLA WTF IMO

The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 |

Whistleblower claims Uncle Sam is sitting on hoard of alien vehicles and tech

Ex-UAP analyst reckons he was harassed for telling Congress

Science07 Jun 2023 | 77

AWS teases mysterious mil-spec 'Snowblade' server

Hybrid cloud hardware capable of running 208 vCPUs and a handful of cloud services while living on the edge

On-Prem07 Jun 2023 | 12

Starlink bags US defense contract to keep war-torn Ukraine connected

And poor Elon gets a break from subsidies

Networks02 Jun 2023 | 16

US Air Force AI drone 'killed operator, attacked comms towers in simulation'

Final update Did ML-powered fighter actually go HAL 9000 to rack up points? Who knows

AI + ML02 Jun 2023 | 126

Exhibit 3,021: Millions wasted on US govt IT due to poor oversight, audit finds

$24M was paid out incorrectly - and that's just from a close look at 5 out of 48 orders under ENCORE III

Software12 May 2023 | 10

How Sandia hopes to accelerate US hypersonic weapons development

You want this to go faster? OK, send in the contractors. That'll do the trick

Science01 May 2023 | 10

Pentagon shoots down UFO rumors but says 650 cases are still pending

Has found no evidence of alien tech or objects that defy the known laws of physics

Science21 Apr 2023 | 18

Intel ships multi-die chips ahead of schedule – to the US military

What else when you have a customer that will only accept these three words: Sir, yes, sir

Public Sector07 Apr 2023 | 7

Pentagon advised to get agile if it wants to keep up with evolving threats

I feel the need, the need for code speed

Public Sector07 Apr 2023 | 14

US defense tech veterans call for a separate Cyber Force

Analysis A seventh branch of the military is needed to address rising threats

Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 21

DoD taps Apple exec to lead commercial tech adoption unit

Doug Beck definitely won't be transforming the US military into the iArmy, right?

Defense Tech Week05 Apr 2023 | 1

Think tank: Chips Act is great, but US should look at biotech supply chain too

The White House and DoD move to bolster domestic biomanufacturing

Public Sector04 Apr 2023 | 4

Microsoft adds chatbots to Teams for the Pentagon

Yes, DoD admins, your users can ask for this now, but make sure your bots are in compliance

Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 4

US Navy turns to hull-climbing bots to combat maintenance backlog

video Seals are totally yesterday's news - the Navy's latest critter is a Gecko

Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 19

Sensitive DoD emails exposed by unsecured Azure server

AWS, Google and Oracle may benefit as Microsoft blames the Pentagon and the Pentagon blames Microsoft

Security23 Feb 2023 | 19

The Pentagon is shockingly bad at managing its employee smartphones

Officials are using government-issued devices much like a teenager would – and that has security implications

Offbeat13 Feb 2023 | 19

Chinese surveillance balloon over US causes fearful gasbagging

Updated Floats over missile silos, shooting it down ruled more dangerous than whatever it's up to

Security03 Feb 2023 | 128

DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO

Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price

Science02 Feb 2023 | 6

Microsoft Office 365 Cloud has a secret lining

Hardened versions of apps and services can handle classified information for government

Off-Prem31 Jan 2023 | 21