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Michael Bloomberg, Defense Innovation Board chair walks to meetings for the DIB in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Tech and talent are the keys to defense modernization

"In many cases, the capabilities that the department needs already exist. The difficulty lies in adopting and scaling them," Michael Bloomberg, chair of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation…

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The Pentagon, captured on July 16 by Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellite. (Maxar)

Maxar debuts never-before-seen shots from its new, next-generation satellites

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Soldiers with 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. (Photo by Sam Brooks, U.S. Army.)

Small drones allow infantry units to see farther on the battlefield

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo with Defense Innovation Board members at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 17, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Defense Innovation Board calls on DOD to reorganize, launch new undersecretariat

Based on a recent study, the DIB has recommended the establishment of an Undersecretary of Defense for International Industrial Cooperation.

By Brandi Vincent

Special operators conduct training in austere conditions at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, on May 9, 2023, in support of exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Adams)

DOD’s new Arctic strategy calls for better tech to ‘monitor and respond’

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Ukrainian serviceman of the 28th brigade Denys, 24, assembles an FPV drone in Donetsk region on April 29, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Defense Innovation Board taking closer look at escalating military drone challenges

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This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of “CrowdStrike” cybersecurity technology company in Paris on July 19, 2024, amid massive global IT outage. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other business across the globe were scrambling to deal with one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

DOD ‘monitoring’ networks in wake of CrowdStrike outage

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Joint force, international partners, contractors test command and control capabilities in Pacific exercise

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Air Force plans ‘sprint week’ to experiment with ABMS solutions from industry

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Navy to reset and reinvigorate Operation Cattle Drive

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F-16 electronic self-protection system reaches milestone, sets up operational test

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Audit finds flaws in Pentagon’s 2019 digital modernization strategy

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NATO seeks to confront the growing ‘pressure of hybrid war’

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MPEs gain momentum for sharing information with allied partners

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Defense leaders on accelerating mission with AI and security

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Joseph Larson, III, deputy chief digital and AI officer for the DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office speaks on a panel at Google NEXT.

Task Force Lima spurs movement in the DOD to understand generative AI

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A screen displays a map of a simulated conflict during a joint training exercise with NATO partners April 28, 2023 in Blue Ash, Ohio. The Air Force is working to harness emerging information and communications technology and artificial intelligence technologies to provide targeting and decision support with the speed, adaptability, and resilience needed to fight in a highly contested environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Shane Hughes)

Air Force issues presolicitation for next-gen target tracking

(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barry Loo)

Pentagon network defense arm conducting intelligence for cyber pilot

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gabriel Schultis, a motor transport operator attached to 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, shoots an M16A4 service rifle during company field exercise 1-23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 13, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Atticus Martinez)

Marines on the hunt for rifle-mounted jammers to defeat enemy drones

FORT EISENHOWER, Ga. – Lt. Col. Luis Etienne (left), commander of the 11th Cyber Battalion (Leviathans), 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber), passes the C Company (Capybara), 11th CY, guidon to Capt. Sean Cushman signifying his assumption of command in the Eisenhower Conference and Catering Center, July 11 (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)).

Army activates company to fill out cyber battalion

DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins (left) speaks at NATO to the Future in July 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent.

DARPA moves to mitigate possible unintended consequences of AI

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) (L) and ranking member Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) talk before a confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senators amplify concerns about pace of fielding AI-enabled counter-drone systems

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg brief reporters at the Washington Summit on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

New NATO-Ukraine hub for war analysis, training to open in Poland next year

The U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters conducted a joint test mission for the XQ-58A on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The joint effort focused on the Penetrating Affordable Autonomous Collaborative Killer-Portfolio Program. (Photo by Matthew Veasley)

Marines release new AI strategy

U.S. Cyber Command — Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

An argument against establishing a U.S. Cyber Force

Next-generation air dominance and CCA drone concept art (Lockheed Martin image)

Air Force still expects to award NGAD contract in 2024 despite uncertainties — ACC commander

Committee Chairman U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., talk as General Anthony Cotton, Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, and General James Dickinson, Commander of the U.S. Space Command, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate NDAA calls for guidance to apply zero trust to ‘internet of military things’ devices

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, Space Operations Command commander, visited the NATO Space Centre at the NATO Allied Air Command at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, September 12, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Emmeline James)

NATO countries move to strengthen ability to collect, share space-based data

A general view shows security fencing set up outside the Washington Convention center where the NATO summit will be taking place in Washington, DC, from July 9th to the 11th. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

NATO readies to launch first-of-its-kind integrated cyber defense center

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