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Leidos awarded $276 million Defense Department contract to research and develop critical …

… supply chain resiliency. Leidos was awarded this contract under the DoDIAC’s multiple-award contract (MAC) vehicle. These IAC MAC task orders are …

Americans in Lebanon urged to leave amid concerns about conflict escalation in Middle East

… US has boosted its preparedness to defend Israel in case of another Iranian attack. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and US Secretary of Defense …

Element U.S. Space & Defense Partners With Texas Tech University for Innovative …

The work is positioned to significantly aid the Department of Defense (DoD) in predicting and modeling gun chamber combustion. Led by the esteemed Dr.

Outsourcing the US shipyard industrial base will outsource American sovereignty

And the gap is only growing as China continues to build: The Department of Defense estimates that the Chinese navy will grow to 395 ships by 2025 and …

The D Brief: More US forces to Mideast; Russia sub sunk?; US leaves Niger base – Defense One

US adds forces to Mideast posture. On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to replace the …

Memorandum on Presidential Determination on the Proposed Agreement … – The White House

Presidential Determination No. 2024-09. MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on the …

DARPA Wants To Use AI To Translate C Code To Rust – WebProNews

DARPA is encouraging developers to use AI translate all C code to Rust, in an effort to improve security through Rust’s memory safety.

DARPA’s ambitious plan to turn “legacy” C software into memory-safe Rust code with AI

DARPA is launching the Translating All C to Rust (TRACTOR) program, an AI-focused initiative aimed at “substantially” automating the conversion of …

Watch the AI Cyber Challenge semifinal competition – Black Engineer

From Aug. 9-11, DARPA’s Semantic Forensics team will demo technologies that can help people defend against threats posed by deepfakes. Those not …

DARPA Wants to Automatically Transpile C Code Into Rust – Using AI – The Tech Edvocate

The Future of Legacy Code Modernization: DARPA’s Code Sensei project represents a significant step towards bridging the gap between legacy systems and …