Jon Harper

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Ukrainian servicemen of Ukrainian Air Defence unit, 241st separate brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces take part in a training in the Kyiv region on October 28, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine to get more laser-guided munitions to kill drones

Weapons

Ukrainian soldiers of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade prepare a SkyWiper anti-drone weapon at the front line near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on June 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

DOD looking to buy a batch of SkyWiper counter-drone weapons for international partners

Weapons

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Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office to host procurement forum for industry

AI

A Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System launches munitions from a MARTAC T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vehicle, attached to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59, during Exercise Digital Talon in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 23. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Justin Stumberg)

Robo-ship from US Navy task force launches missiles in Middle East region

Weapons

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Army issues new RFIs for Project Linchpin artificial intelligence initiative

AI

Leonidas high-power microwave system (Image courtesy of Epirus)

Army receives first Epirus-built drone zapper prototype

Weapons

U.S. President Joe Biden signs a new executive order guiding his administration’s approach to artificial intelligence during an event in the East Room of the White House on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden issued a new executive order on Monday, directing his administration to create a new chief AI officer, track companies developing the most powerful AI systems, adopt stronger privacy policies and “both deploy AI and guard against its possible bias,” creating new safety guidelines and industry standards. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden tasks Pentagon to carry out new AI pilot for cyber defense

AI

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Synthetic diamonds are forever: Pentagon taps 6 vendors for LADDIS program

Emerging Tech

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Pentagon’s CDAO queries industry about commercial data-mesh capabilities

Emerging Tech