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Watch AUSA 2026 Day 2: Live
Catch interviews, events, and all the action from the show floor right here.
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Has the Pentagon given up on AI polygraph analysis of loyalty?
AI-aided scanning of speech patterns, vocal stress or facial expressions to read minds lacks scientific backing and will compound errors, critics argue.
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Germany to set up first drone regiment next year, modeled after Ukraine war lessons
Germany plans to stand up its first dedicated drone regiment next year, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has announced.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Space
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Europe’s push to reduce US reliance is reshaping the defense space market
Spooked by U.S. restrictions on satellite data access during recent crises, European countries are scrambling to catch up on sovereign capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence
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VA inventory report reveals 367 AI systems operating in healthcare, benefits and services
A recently released report catalogs AI uses across the VA, from clinical tools used during patient care to systems that help process benefits.
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The unlikely role of Operation Epic Fury in a Mississippi AI data center lawsuit
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Ukraine’s defense AI chief predicts ‘new paradigm’ of warfare
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AI companies have a responsibility to safeguard models against exploitation, Pentagon chief technology officer says
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AI tool has ‘saved a lot of aircraft’ in Epic Fury, AFSOC chief says
VIDEOS
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Better weapons, new berets and personal comfort | Defense News Weekly Full Episode 10.13.2
From urine collection systems to updated weaponry and even a new beret for EOD airmen, a bevy of updates could be headed for troops across the military.
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Cyber
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German firm Hensoldt acquires UK radar maker
The terms of the deal have not been made public, but Hensoldt said subject to regulatory approval it hoped to close the takeover by the end of September.
Electronic Warfare
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Europe’s push to reduce US reliance is reshaping the defense space market
Spooked by U.S. restrictions on satellite data access during recent crises, European countries are scrambling to catch up on sovereign capabilities.
More Stories
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Germany buys Rheinmetall’s Skyranger to reinstate mobile air defenses
Mounted on Boxer vehicles, the weapons are meant to close a capability left by the 2010 retirement of Germany’s Gepard air-defense tanks.
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France orders 3,000 camouflage nets for cloaking foxhole radio signals
Detection by way of electromagnetic emissions is a constant danger faced by Ukrainian forces in their defense against Russian invaders, analysts have said.
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Army units must trim command posts, add drones to survive
Smaller command posts already are being tested at the National Training Center and overseas.
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US Space Force to launch more integrated units to boost efficiency
Lt. Gen. David Miller says the service is weeks away from announcing plans to expand the construct beyond its initial pilot phase.
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Here are the winners and losers in US Army’s force structure change
High-tech units focused on multidomain operations are in; formations for counterinsurgency are out, in the Army’s new force structure design.
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French AI firm to process drone footage for automatic threat detection
Paris-based Preligens wants to process video footage recorded by unmanned aerial vehicles to help spot military assets deployed by Russia and China.
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5 strategies to speed adoption of AI and data analytics across the DOD
NAVAIR is teaming with U.S. Naval Surface Force’s Task Force Hopper to explore fielding of AI-embedded sensors onto aircraft.
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Austrian Pandur vehicles to schlep slimmed Skyranger air defense gun
Rheinmetall has found its first customer for a new version of the company’s Skyranger 30 air defense system, a sale that executives hope will spur others.
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Military issues on Capitol Hill, and Black Sea updates | Defense News Weekly Full Episode, 2.24.24
Congress tackles troops’ pay and housing issues, and analysis of news coming out of the Black Sea region. Plus, a ride-along on a B-52 bomber
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How to build data resilience by leveraging backup, zero trust and AI
Air-gapped, immutable backups with isolated recovery allow agencies to keep operations running even when primary systems are compromised.