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U.S. Defense Chief Says Israeli Shift Would Reduce Fears of a Regional War – The New York Times

The Biden administration is urging Israel to phase out high-intensity military missions in Gaza to avoid broader conflict with Iran and others.

Iowa’s Ernst touts defense bill boost for small businesses seeking federal contracts

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst says she wants to ensure vendor contracts procured by the Pentagon are open to small businesses.

U.S. defense deals with Finland, Sweden give Washington control over Northern Europe – Xinhua

The United States and Finland signed a defense cooperation agreement on Monday, enhancing military collaboration between the two countries by …

US defense minnows will storm the barricades – XM

Defense agencies obligated some $415 billion to contractors that year. Since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded in early 2022, the U.S. has …

Why the Defense Department attended COP28

Climate change is already increasing demands on U.S., allied, and partner forces to support civilian agency disaster response, both at home and abroad …

America’s Premier Farmers and Ranchers to Gather at 2024 Top Producer Summit in Kansas City

UTIA Researchers Receive $12 Million DARPA Contract to Bioengineer Plants to Reduce Soil Contamination12-18. State Grains. Arkansas Daily Grain …

Local View / Artificial intelligence: useful tool or threat to humanity? – Duluth News Tribune

DARPA describes the third AI wave as more than just tools that function within a human set of rules or generalize from a human-created data set. It …

DOD cyber leaders discuss post-quantum encryption – DefenseScoop

… DARPA Program Manager Perri Adams. The DefenseScoop Podcast. How DARPA is looking to AI to fend off cyber vulnerabilities through a challenge …

NIST Awards $3 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing …

… (SBIR) Program. The funding will go to research and development and commercialization projects to support a variety of technology-based programs …

ZenaDrone, Inc. Executes US Air Force Contract Phase 1 SBIR Award for Dual-Purpose Technology

… SBIR award contract that focused on ZenaDrone’s flagship drone, the ZenaDrone 1000 technology, to address the most pressing challenges in the …