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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Pentagon officials have ordered a sweeping review of US information warfare operations conducted through social media platforms, The Washington Post reports, after Twitter and Meta both identified networks of fake accounts believed to be connected to the US military. Citing interviews with unnamed defense officials, the Post states that Colin Kahl, undersecretary for policy within the Department of Defense, instructed all branches of the military that…

The Pentagon is intensifying efforts to decouple U.S. defense companies’ sprawling global supply chain from China, executives and department officials said.The Defense Department said it has started using artificial intelligence to improve the way it analyzes whether aircraft parts, electronics and raw materials used by U.S. military contractors originate in China and other potential adversaries. Defense contractors, encouraged by the Pentagon and lawmakers, have said they are weaning themselves off microelectronics and…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Defense Department said a study https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3153449/press-release-on-the-nasem-section-1663-report/ released Friday shows Ligado Networks' planned nationwide mobile broadband network will interfere with military global positioning system receivers (GPS) receivers. The Federal Communications Commission in April 2020 voted to permit Ligado to deploy a low-power network. In January 2021, the FCC rejected a bid by U.S. government agencies to put its decision on…

Chandravongsri’s parents were born in Laos, where he still has extended family. He has seen first-hand how CIA-led bombing campaigns during the 1960s and 1970s left a deadly legacy of unexploded ordnance that still threatens lives today, a problem seen in many war zones, including Gaza. He says reading the AI capabilities included in Project Nimbus “really scared me.”Chandravongsri is far from the only worker in Google’s vast, international workforce whose background provides a perspective on the Pentagon and its military…

Rocket Lab will explore using its Electron small launcher and future Neutron medium-lift rocket for point-to-point transportation. Illustration: Rocket LabPrivate aerospace companies Rocket Lab and Sierra Space are joining the U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Cargo project, which aims to transport cargo around the world with space as its highway.Rocket Lab announced Tuesday that it signed an agreement with the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) that could potentially see its small launcher Electron rocket and future…

DARPA, the Pentagon’s high-risk, high-reward R&D arm, has its mind on laser links. The agency is specifically working to develop an interconnected network of links for speedy and secure communications between military, civilian, and commercial space assets.The DARPA program, known as the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN), recently announced 11 Phase 1 awardees.Space-BACNThe Phase 1 Space-BACN awards fall into three technical areas: Developing a flexible, low-cost optical aperture that meets DARPA’s…

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin departs after speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Washington.Photo: Alex Brandon (AP)The House of Representatives approved changes to next year’s military budget requiring the Department of Defense to start disclosing any purchases of smartphone or web browsing data for which a warrant would ordinarily be required last month.The House’s approval is asign that Congress is growing increasingly concerned with the military and federal government’s…

The US Department of Defense cancelled its $10-billion (roughly Rs. 75 crores) JEDI cloud-computing project, reversing the Trump-era award to Microsoft Corp and announcing a new contract expected to include its rival Amazon and possibly other cloud players.The contract was coveted not for its dollar value as much as its prestige: Both companies for years have sought to persuade businesses and governments that it was safe to shift computing work into their data centers. Meeting all the security requirements of the US…

The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad probes it cannot explain mysterious sightings near highly sensitive military areas.Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, working with the US director of national intelligence, ordered the new investigatory body to be established in the US Defense Department's intelligence and security office, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.The order came five months after a classified US intelligence report on possible…

Rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations it misrepresented its compliance with cybersecurity requirements in federal government contracts, the U.S. Justice Department said. Aerojet did not respond to requests for comment. Aerojet provides propulsion and power systems for launch vehicles, missiles, satellites, and other space vehicles for the Pentagon, NASA, and other federal agencies. The settlement resolves a 2015 lawsuit filed by former Aerojet employee Brian Markus…