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US Army working on new missile defense strategy with eye toward 2040

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Army is planning to release a refreshed missile defense strategy focused on needs in the 2040 timeframe to counter a …

US defense secretary announces increased deployment of warships, fighter jets to Middle …

… U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday. Austin made the announcement at a press conference with Secretary of State Antony …

Austin Charts Further Progress in Deepening U.S.-Australia Alliance – 315th Airlift Wing

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reaffirmed the impenetrable bond between the U.S. and Australia after hosting high-level talks with key …

Does a Fighter Pilot Have to be Human? | National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Magazine

DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program pitted an X-62A Variable In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) against an F-16 to begin evaluating autonomous …

Houston semiconductor researchers join DARPA-funded Texas team – InnovationMap

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected UT’s Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) semiconductor consortium to establish a …

Mudge returns as DARPA CIO – The Stack

Cybersecurity legend turned Twitter whistleblower “Mudge” is back – this time as CIO at the Department of Defense’s famous DARPA agency.

DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge Heats Up as Healthcare Sector Watch – Infosecurity Magazine

DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge is enlisting AI to fight software vulnerabilities, with the healthcare sector closely watching the semi-finals as a …

Twitter whistleblower Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko named DARPA CIO – Data Center Dynamics

Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko has been appointed the chief information officer at the US Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA).

US to increase force projection from Australia in face of ‘coercive’ China | Reuters

After annual AUSMIN talks in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said there would be an increase in the presence of rotational …

US sends more missile defense warships to Middle East amid Iran tensions

Austin stressed that the United States “remains intensely focused on de-escalating tensions in the region,” he said.