- — In Fiji, defense diplomacy and rain-soaked rugby
- SecDef Austin advanced two agreements and faced a question about Trump and climate change.
- — NIST sets up new task force on AI and national security
- The Testing Risks of AI for National Security Taskforce will bring federal expertise to test artificial intelligence models in critical use cases.
- — ULA’s Vulcan won’t launch any Space Force missions this year
- The new heavy-lift rocket has yet to receive certification from the service.
- — The D Brief: Russia’s MIRV missile; Space Force’s naughty list; McConnell to Senate Approps; Worst telecom hack in US history; And a bit more.
- — To improve recruiting, make medical standards match retention ones
- Many of the assumptions that undergird the recruiting standards are outdated or simply wrong.
- — What does Russia’s launch of an ‘experimental’ weapon at Ukraine mean for allies?
- The new missile “would certainly be a hard thing to defend against,” one expert said.
- — One contractor is on the Space Force’s naughty list
- The service has never confirmed putting companies on the blacklist until now.
- — The D Brief: DOD’s Replicator program advances; Nuclear forensics in Idaho; Austin, Milley defend women in combat; Intel watchdogs resign; And a bit more.
- — Intelligence IGs head for the exits ahead of Trump’s return
- The president-elect fired five inspectors general during his first administration.
- — Why Ukrainian soldiers came to Idaho to study nuclear forensics
- Hint: It’s an essential element of U.S. deterrence strategy.
- — DIU orders software to drive massive drone swarms
- The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.
- — DIU announces software awards for AI-enabled drone swarms
- The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.
- — The D Brief: More long-range missiles target Russia’s Kursk; Biden authorizes anti-personnel mines for Ukraine; SecDef Austin in the South China Sea; Satellite industry delays; And a bit more.
- — US to begin providing anti-personnel mines to Ukraine
- Policy shift reflects changing Russian tactics and Ukrainian needs, a U.S. official says.
- — New $275M Ukraine-aid package to include HIMARS ammo
- SecDef says materiel for “critical battlefield needs” will be drawn from Pentagon stocks.
- — What Ukraine can now do with longer-range US missiles
- Q&A with a Marine Corps University professor.
- — Russian nuclear doctrine change does not indicate imminent attack, Pentagon says
- While the Kremlin’s broadening of nuclear posture seems alarming, experts say future escalation could take a different path.
- — Next launch of SDA’s satellite constellation pushed to spring
- Officials originally planned to begin launching in September, but production has lagged.
- — SecDef visits South China Sea island to bolster Philippines and check China
- Austin also noted unmanned boats and other U.S.-funded tech upgrades.
- — The D Brief: ATACMS use in Russia?; Undersea cable cut in the Baltic; US-Philippine defense pact; Shipyard reform for US subs; And a bit more.
- — Should the Navy lean on private repair shipyards to build subs faster?
- Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, thinks so.
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