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The latest defense networks & cyber news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

HAC-D Cuts ABMS By $50M; Raps DoD Budget Mismanagement "Since the Department has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to disregard congressionally mandated reprogramming procedures, the Committee cannot agree to provide the additional budget flexibility the Air Force requested," the 2021 spending bill says.

Iridium Publicly Threatens Lawsuit To Overturn FCC's Ligado Vote "I think there's some very compelling petitions for reconsideration before the FCC right now, so I'm hoping that they would hit the pause button," says Iridium's legal rep Robert McDowell.

Israelis Crafting Counter Drone System To Track, Kill Operators "We insert all the points along the flight path into a deep neural network that was trained to be able to predict the exact launch point and the location of the drone operator," Eliyahu Mashhadi of Ben Gurion University says. Testing the model with the flight simulator, the team were able to locate and target the drone operator 78% of the time.

Silicon Valley Giants — Not Start-Ups — Dominate DoD Tech $$ The dataset offers a window into not just the scale of tech involvement with the military, intelligence agencies, and federal law enforcement. It also highlights the size advantages that enable giants like HP, IBM, and Microsoft to navigate government contracting, while even explicitly military-friendly firms like Palantir and Anduril lag behind their more established peers.

Pentagon AI Gains 'Overwhelming Support' From Tech Firms – Even Google Despite past battles over Project Maven and other military uses of AI, "Google and many others" are now working with the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, its new acting director says.

Air Force Expands AI-Based Predictive Maintenance WASHINGTON: The Air Force plans to expand its "predictive maintenance" using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to another 12 weapon systems, says Lt. Gen. Warren Berry, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection. "I continue to believe that predictive maintenance is a real game changer for us as an Air Force,"…

Long-Range All-Domain Prompts Roles & Missions Debate "It's ridiculous, to be quite candid. It is encroachment on roles and missions," says Mitchell Institute's Dave Deptula about Army plans for super long-range weapons that rival the capabilities of Air Force combat aircraft.

As CMMC Enters the Readiness Phase Will Subcontractors be Ready? [Sponsored] As CMMC, the DoD cybersecurity compliance program, continues to evolve, will prime contractors and their subcontractors be ready for assessment and certification?

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