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Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
During his September 30, 2026, "State of the Force" address at Quantico, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth unveiled Project Meridian, Project Agincourt,...
2w agoRead it on RealClearDefenseSuperintelligence Exposes a Gap in the Law of Delegated Authority
Federal policy on “Super Intelligence” is moving rapidly toward implementation....
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The Pentagon is treating the spate of mysterious freezer malfunctions that spoiled food at military bases across the United States in August as a...
3h agoRead it on ReutersStrategic Capabilities Office Expanding Scope in 2027
The Defense Department office dedicated to delivering wide-ranging battlefield priorities within a five-year timeline is planning an uptick in new...
3h agoRead it on National Defense MagazineMission Partner Environment Breaks Silos for Tactical Networks, C2
"We've spent the past 50 years building siloed networks, siloed applications and siloed environments to collaborate internally with our own data. We...
3h agoRead it on Military TimesAs Missile Stockpiles Dwindle, U.S. Turns to Japan for Production
Tokyo and Washington agreed to establish a facility in Japan to assemble key air-to-air missiles...
3h agoRead it on The Wall Street JournalBAE Systems' Cannon and Microwave Weapons for Layered Air Defense
The company unveiled the Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon System (MDACS) and HPM capability demonstrator at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual...
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Superintelligence Exposes a Gap in the Law of Delegated Authority
Federal policy on “Super Intelligence” is moving rapidly toward implementation. Following Executive Orders 14434 and 14432 on September 29, the administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have advanced work on autonomous systems across public services and digital infrastructure. Yet the legal boundaries of those systems remain unsettled. Who may authorize an autonomous agent to act, how far does that authority extend, and what must happen when the agent’s chosen solution requires permission no one has granted?
The pressure to resolve these questions is growing. In 1953, J. Robert Oppenheimer compared the nuclear powers to “two scorpions in a bottle.” Today’s AI race carries a similar fear of strategic disadvantage. Governments and corporations are deploying increasingly capable systems because they cannot afford to fall behind. Under that pressure, decisions about what machines may do risk becoming assumptions rather than deliberate grants of authority. Voluntary industry controls offer some protection, but one company’s restrictions do not bind its competitors or the systems with which its agents interact.
We Cannot Build Tomorrow's Weapons With Yesterday's Alloys
We don't have a manufacturing problem. We have a discovery problem. New materials take decades to find and qualify, and the programs that need them...
1d agoRead it on RealClearDefenseHegseth Fires the Pentagon’s Top Military Planner
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner, a defense official said Wednesday, the latest in a...
1d agoRead it on Associated PressU.S. Military Addressing Risks From Automated Surveillance Networks
An ever-growing network of integrated cameras, sensors and other tech is introducing new security risks across the joint force....
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Superintelligence Exposes a Gap in the Law of Delegated Authority
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When the Network Goes Dark, Who Controls the Battlefield?
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We Cannot Build Tomorrow's Weapons With Yesterday's Alloys
By Joseph F. Krause • RealClearDefense
When the Network Goes Dark, Who Controls the Battlefield?
By Jonathan K. Corrado • RealClearDefense
Air Force Should Buy 250 Blended-Wing Tankers, as 2027 Demo Looms
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Marines Deploy Neros Archer Drone in Live Fire Exercise for First Time
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