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Hegseth plans ‘Autonomous Warfare Command’ | The military’s 12th combatant command was among a slew of announcements in a Quantico speech Wednesday. buff.ly/tqp74ml
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COMMENTARY: The military may be top-heavy. Don't make things worse with hasty cuts. | Congress should closely monitor Hegseth’s latest effort to reduce the number of generals and admirals. buff.ly/BpqgbAE
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After 40 days in combat (and 301 total days deployed), the guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. returned to Hawaii yesterday. My story for @DefenseOne: defenseone.com/threats/2026/…
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Treat operational feedback as a strategic resource, new paper argues | And view software as a continuously developing capability, rather than a completed product. buff.ly/zaxykLw
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'Super Intelligence': the president’s new term for AI, explained buff.ly/SqczUB0
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Polish defense official says US has decided to establish a base in Poland | But the Pentagon declined to confirm a decision about Warsaw's longtime goal. buff.ly/lMA5H5H
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Anthropic loses legal fight to shed DOD's designation as a 'supply-chain risk' | buff.ly/uNMBEch
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Defense Business Brief: Here comes the quantum boom; GDIT’s perspective; and Sec. 889 buff.ly/MZIDskH
Defense Business Brief: Here comes the quantum boom; GDIT’s perspective; and Sec. 889
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The Navy’s public shipyards will take more decades to repair, GAO says | A new report calls for more Congressional oversight of the massive construction projects. by @lalaurenista buff.ly/FMvGHf0
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'Super Intelligence': the president’s new term for AI, explained | Trump is attempting to rebrand AI with an existing term of art. buff.ly/SqczUB0
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Anthropic loses legal fight to shed DOD's designation as a 'supply-chain risk' | The label is more typically assigned to companies suspected of ties to adversarial governments. buff.ly/uNMBEch
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Anthropic loses legal fight to shed DOD's designation as a 'supply-chain risk' defenseone.com/threats/2026/… via @DefenseOne @SterlingCroxton
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The Pentagon must prepare for battles around the moon: Joint Chiefs chair | Days after orbital weapons were revealed, Gen. Dan Caine ups the scope of the military’s desired reach. buff.ly/Xn5WMJq by @tomnovelly
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Iran strikes exposed gaps in medical evacuation ops across Middle East: IG defenseone.com/threats/2026/… My latest for @DefenseOne
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Russia is weaponizing US-built AI to make killer drones, cyberattack bots, and fake news | AI companies are sounding alarms, but the Trump administration isn’t acting on them. by @deftechpat buff.ly/D5FNIWd
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US military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary reveals | Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia. by @tomnovelly buff.ly/VDRfRo0
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Lockheed’s Skunk Works plans to build four more of its multirole combat drones | The firm’s top secret research arm shared new Vectis images, but few key details. by @tomnovelly buff.ly/HkWwkQB
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New: @SecAFOfficial Troy Meink acknowledged that the U.S. has space weapons, a public revelation that some experts said could accelerate an arms competition in orbit.
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AI-powered biowarfare is coming; the Army lays plans to ‘fight through’ it defenseone.com/technology/20… my latest for @DefenseOne
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NEW: The defense industry would likely struggle to rebuild the U.S. military’s crucial space capabilities during a war with China or Russia because it will have too few skilled engineers to do the work, according to a new report from @RANDCorporation.
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