1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (383+ words) The U.S. Navy wants to a new anti-radiation missile with a longer range than existing weapons. The Advanced Emission Suppression Missile, or AESM, "must be compatible with existing launch platforms (e.g. F-18, F-35) and infrastructure currently supporting the Navy and Air Force's existing inventory…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (673+ words) Anyone who's ever sat under a special daylight lamp to combat the winter blues knows that strategically applied light can have a dramatic impact on exhaustion levels and overall mood. But can that effect also work for sailors standing watches…...

4+ week, 15+ min ago  (1681+ words) Neurable, a consumer neurotechnology startup, has partnered with the Air Force to study whether electrode-studded headphones can track service members" cognitive fitness, much like Garmin smartwatches have monitored Space Force members" physical fitness, company and government officials said this month....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (653+ words) An image shows a column of fire and billows of deep black smoke in the aftermath of a bomb blast in downtown Kiev. A news story purporting to be from CNN raises alarm about a rash of drone sightings causing…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (756+ words) A new lab is hoping to use generative AI to enhance defense wargaming. The goal of the new GenWar lab, scheduled to open in 2026 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, is to improve tabletop exercises by…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (290+ words) A small unmanned surface vessel called the Lightfish made a new milestone for USVs when it arrived in Portugal just over two months after being launched by the U.S. Navy in June. "At least twice per day, we would change command…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (996+ words) Current and former military officers are warning that adversaries are likely to exploit a natural flaw in artificial intelligence chatbots to inject instructions for stealing files, distorting public opinion or otherwise betraying trusted users. The vulnerability to such "prompt injection…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (498+ words) Not long after airplanes were first used in war, armies realized that close air support required specialists on the ground to coordinate with the pilots. Hence the advent of forward air controllers, and later the U.S. military's Joint Terminal Attack Controllers,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (692+ words) The Pentagon last month held its first "Top Drone" school for drone pilots to demonstrate their skills in a threat-representative environment. The event took place as part of the Defense Department's Technology Readiness Experimentation, or T-REX, a semiannual showcase and…...

6+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (1116+ words) As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to Ukraine. Instead of normal programing, Ukrainian viewers saw parade footage beamed in from Moscow: waves of tanks, soldiers…...