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Coco Gauff begins U.S. Open title defense after rise in stardom, difficult summer

In the 11-plus months since Coco Gauff claimed the US Open crown, the 20-year-old tennis phenom has been busy.

Ohio State professor selected for DOD high-risk basic research fellowship

“Bindu Nair, director of the Basic Research Office for the U.S. Department of Defense, explicitly told me to take big risks in the research funded by …

The INSIDER daily digest — Aug. 20, 2024 | InsideDefense.com

The Senate Appropriations Committee wants to know what actions the Pentagon has taken to mitigate concerns that U.S. defense research and development …

The D Brief: Fires in Russia; Rising morale in Ukraine; US fugitive fighting for Putin – Defense One

Foreign fighter update: A former U.S. Airman who fled the country in January on child pornography charges showed up Monday wearing a Russian uniform …

Warship Goes Down: A Navy F/A-18F Fighter Fired a ‘Stealth Munition’

-Developed by DARPA and based on the AGM-158B JASSM-ER, the LRASM offers precision and stealth, filling a critical anti-surface warfare capability gap …

LRASM: The U.S. Military’s ‘Stealth Munition’ That Has China Freaked Out

DARPA began researching the LRASM capability around 2009. Navy anti-ship missiles such as the Harpoon were getting old – the technological progress of …

DARPA wants to accelerate translation of C code to Rust – and it’s relying on AI to do it

The TRACTOR program from DARPA will help ditch legacy code and accelerate the translation to memory-safe languages such as Rust.

Electra Battery Materials secures $20 million DoD grant – Investing.com

… supply chain for national security. The company’s $250 million refinery project is already in progress, with construction underway and most of the …

A Major U.S. Defense Investor Has Links To Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs – Forbes

V enture capital firm 8VC, which has invested in U.S. defense contractors like Palantir and Anduril, employs two children of sanctioned Russian …

KBR Transforming Cyber Capabilities for Department of Defense with $199M Contract Win

KBR was awarded this contract under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoDIAC) multiple-award contract (MAC) vehicle. These IAC …