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AFRL's Golden Horde 'Gladiator' Drones To Compete Virtually "The win for the research lab, and for our acquirers is that we get to see the cutting edge technologies that are out there," said AFRL Director Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle.

DoD Spending On JADC2 Jumps, With Increased Focus On Interoperability: Report Govini's Billy Fabian said that for some JADC2 problems, the DoD has a "closing window… before the next generation of capabilities are too far along in development. Otherwise, it risks making its interoperability challenges even worse."

JADC2 Hinges On Decision Superiority [Sponsored] Agile, open networks will let the DoD make command decisions faster, distribute its forces, and operate at a standoff distance to counter new weaponry like hypersonic missiles.

Israel Wants To Put New Equipment Inside The F-35: Exclusive Q&A With Top Officer The goal, said Brig. Gen. Nir Barkan, Israeli Air Force Chief of the Air Staff and Vice Commander of the IAF, is to add Israeli-made gear inside the F-35.

DoD Buys Two New Supercomputers That Rank Among Its Most Powerful Ever The two new supercomputers, according to the company, will provide DoD with a combined total of over 365,000 cores, more than 775 terabytes of memory, and a total of 47 petabytes of high-performance storage.

USG Warns Of 'Critical' Vulnerability That Poses 'Serious Risk' To Defense Contractors, Others "The FBI, CISA, and CGCYBER assess that advanced persistent threat cyber actors are likely among those exploiting the vulnerability," the joint advisory notes.

Tempest Fighter To Wield Flying 'Excalibur' Lab For Digital Dominance "Our focus is to get the sensors and information architecture correct. We might have to change other capabilities out for that if necessary," said Jez Holmes, Head of the RAF's Rapid Capabilities Office.

Three Objectives For The UK Military's Future A new concept of operation is the "source code" of the UK military's future, a top officer said this week.

Al-Qaida Fears In Afghanistan, But China Takes Spotlight For IC Leaders One senior official said he wants his agency to have the urgency about China the way the US had urgency about counterterrorism after 9/11.

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