AI & Autonomy
Air Force begins ground testing for CCA program
The service has picked Beale Air Force Base in California as the CCA base.
The Army has rolled out a generative AI workspace to improve daily operations
And because those tools guzzle cloud compute, the service is also looking at ways to cut costs and maintain efficiency.
The AI arms race will be won on mathematical proof
It’s the only way to be sure automated and autonomous systems will work as expected.
China’s military aims to harness the coming ‘ChatGPT for robotics’
Analogues to large language models for movements and tasks could usher humanoid robots onto the battlefield.
Robot maker emerges from stealth with $15M in seed capital
Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture capital arm invested in the startup, which brings drone tech and AI together for defense missions.
‘All hands on deck' moment in the US-China AI race: Pentagon's former digital chief
Cloud providers, infrastructure builders, and federal agencies—“all of these pieces need to work together in a coherent ecosystem,” Radha Plumb said.
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Navy expands use of AI for target spotting, tracking
Two warships will test prototypes of Rebellion Defense’s IRIS system next year.
Canada, other allies play a key role in some military AI experiments
The U.S. Air Force continues to plan joint experiments, tech development with Canadian and other partners.
This AI startup wants to give federal workers a taste of the intel community
Using AI that learns from images and video, Danti’s platform puts the power of an intel analyst at the fingertips of anyone with a .mil or .gov email address.
Pentagon to build AI for war planning in Europe and Asia
Scale AI will develop an AI tool for interactive war gaming, resource allocation, analyzing Chinese threats.
New products show China’s quest to automate battle
One system tested in a recent PLA exercise automatically dispatches drones, tracks targets, and assigns strikes.
As space becomes more crowded, Space Force turns to AI
The newest service wants to understand where automation can augment—or even replace—humans in monitoring space for threats.
To China, DeepSeek is more than an app—it's a strategic turning point
Beijing views the AI tool as a breakthrough that reinforces its strategic autonomy and reshapes the U.S.-China balance of power.
What Google’s return to defense AI means
More competition in a hot market—and the plain fact that only the Pentagon will set boundaries.
How DeepSeek changed the future of AI—and what that means for national security
China’s breakthrough is an opportunity for American companies to build more efficient tools. That will also help the U.S. military.
Industry launches $100B AI-infrastructure effort to keep ahead of China
Oracle, OpenAI focus on data centers as AI race begins to turn on computing power instead of math.
Pentagon to test how generative AI would perform in fight with China
Can ChatGPT-like programs help the U.S. win a war in the Pacific?
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New AI-export rule aims to ease sales to allies, limit leaks to others
But will the Biden administration’s last-minute regulation survive industry fury and the arrival of Trump?
Are AI defense firms about to eat the Pentagon?
Competitors are becoming collaborators in the industry’s hottest segment.
Robot reality check: Crewed warplanes will remain vital for years, USAF general says
Air Force pushes back on assertions that new manned aircraft are no longer needed.
