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Industry is already short of skilled engineering personnel.

Can AI help the Marines simplify sustainment in the Pacific?

The service is testing a “logistics decision engine” at the theater level.

A Pacific conflict may not look like conventional war, SOCPAC commander says

At an irregular-warfare forum in Hawaii, commanders offer warnings and advice.

Privacy-focused communication app aims for military customers and beyond

When adversaries can forge faces and voices in real time, traditional secure messaging is no longer enough.

Army selects 5 companies to build nuclear microreactors on bases, under new $2 billion deal

The service’s plans for 20 on-base microreactors come amid a uranium enrichment shortage.

White House S&T strategy calls for new approaches to safeguard US research

The new guidance is a departure from last year’s National Security Strategy.

Five things Space Command says it needs to win tomorrow’s wars

Gen. Whiting adds to previous calls for new tech in his final speech to the SMD Symposium.

The lasers are coming, but don’t forget training

Army space and missile defense leaders call for more emerging tech—and training—as new systems are developed.

AI agents conspired to hack into networks and steal data during an experiment: study

When researchers imposed difficult missions, AI tools forged identities, escaped sandboxes—and tried to cover it all up.

Rough waters help firm demo ‘expeditionary manufacturing’ aboard warship

Firestorm Labs says it 3D-printed thousands of parts as waves buffeted USS Essex.

Pentagon counterdrone task force has a new AI-powered marketplace

The platform was developed to make the foreign military sales process more efficient.

How the UK is helping Ukraine hit Russian targets

Allied donations to Ukraine have gone from missiles to designs, as Ukrainian manufacturing outpaces its donors.

An Australian CCA flew in a Pacific exercise. Boeing exec says it’s an important ‘first step’

One Boeing CCA didn’t win the first U.S. competition, but another just joined a major exercise.

Lockheed Martin unveils baby Patriot missile to address urgent gap

Ukraine is begging for more anti-ballistic missile interceptors, and other allies want them too.

Can new drones, 3D printers defeat distance’s tyranny? RIMPAC aims to find out

“This is Uber for manufacturing delivered at the speed of Amazon, for the highest quality of parts,” Marine Lt. Col. Michael Radigan told reporters.

Lightweight cells powered by nuclear waste could drive tomorrow's drones

DARPA program aims to create a 30-year battery minimally viable prototype by early 2027.

Anduril and Amazon’s mobile data center venture aims to bring edge computing to the frontlines

Amazon Web Services named the defense firm as the preferred national security provider.

Marine Corps inks first contract for autonomous ground vehicle production

A nearly $20 million contract aims to integrate autonomous ground vehicles in the service’s ground based air defense missions.

Agentic-AI tools aim to give US commanders new target options ‘within seconds’

But concerns persist about the power and governance of software agents.

Could the Army’s light squad vehicle power battlefield drones?

A mobile brigade in the 101st Airborne Division put drones to the test in a recent training rotation—and used the Infantry Squad Vehicle to keep unmanned systems running.

Army aims to sync two divisions using next-gen C2 by year’s end

The effort will be led by Anduril, which ran NGC2 prototyping at 4th ID.

目前工业界已经缺乏技术熟练的工程技术人员。

人工智能能否帮助美国海军陆战队简化在太平洋地区的后勤保障？

该部门正在战区层面测试“物流决策引擎”。

太平洋特种作战司令部司令表示，太平洋冲突可能不会像传统战争那样发展。

在夏威夷举行的一次非常规战争论坛上，指挥官们提出了警告和建议。

这款注重隐私的通信应用程序的目标客户群体不仅限于军方用户。

当对手能够实时伪造面孔和声音时，传统的安全消息传递方式已经不够用了。

根据一项价值20亿美元的新协议，陆军选定5家公司在基地建造核微型反应堆。

在铀浓缩资源短缺的情况下，该军种计划在基地内建造 20 个微型反应堆。

白宫科技战略呼吁采取新方法来保障美国科研安全

新指南与去年的国家安全战略有所不同。

太空司令部称，要赢得未来的战争，需要做到以下五件事

怀廷将军在SMD研讨会的最后一次演讲中，再次呼吁采用新技术。

激光技术即将到来，但别忘了训练。

随着新系统的开发，陆军航天和导弹防御领导人呼吁采用更多新兴技术并进行更多培训。

研究显示，人工智能代理在实验过程中串谋入侵网络并窃取数据：

当研究人员设定艰巨的任务时，人工智能工具会伪造身份、逃离沙箱，并试图掩盖这一切。

恶劣海况助力该公司在军舰上演示“远征制造”技术

Firestorm Labs公司表示，在巨浪冲击埃塞克斯号航空母舰期间，他们3D打印了数千个零件。

五角大楼反无人机特遣部队推出了一款全新的人工智能驱动型市场。

该平台的开发是为了提高对外军售流程的效率。

英国如何帮助乌克兰打击俄罗斯目标

由于乌克兰制造业的发展速度超过了其捐助国，盟国对乌克兰的捐赠已从导弹转向设计方案。

一架澳大利亚CCA飞机参加了太平洋地区的演习。波音公司高管称这是重要的“第一步”。

一架波音CCA飞机没有赢得美国首届竞赛，但另一架波音CCA飞机刚刚参加了一项重大演习。

洛克希德·马丁公司推出“迷你爱国者”导弹，以应对紧迫的导弹缺口。

乌克兰迫切需要更多的反弹道导弹拦截器，其他盟国也希望获得这些拦截器。

新型无人机和3D打印机能否战胜距离的束缚？环太平洋军演旨在寻找答案。

“这就像是制造业版的 Uber，以亚马逊的速度提供最高质量的零部件，”海军陆战队中校迈克尔·拉迪根告诉记者。

利用核废料作为能源的轻型电池或可驱动未来的无人机

DARPA 计划的目标是在 2027 年初之前制造出一个使用寿命为 30 年的最低可行电池原型。

Anduril和亚马逊的移动数据中心合资企业旨在将边缘计算带到前沿领域。

亚马逊网络服务公司将这家国防公司指定为首选的国家安全服务提供商。

美国海军陆战队签署首份自主地面车辆生产合同

一份价值近 2000 万美元的合同旨在将自主地面车辆整合到该军种的地面防空任务中。

智能体人工智能工具旨在“在几秒钟内”为美国指挥官提供新的目标选择。

但人们仍然对软件代理的权力和治理存在担忧。

陆军的轻型班组车辆能否为战场无人机提供动力？

101 空降师的一个机动旅在最近的一次训练轮换中测试了无人机，并使用步兵班组车辆来维持无人系统的运行。

陆军的目标是在年底前利用下一代指挥控制系统实现两个师的协同作战。

这项工作将由 Anduril 领导，该公司曾在美国陆军第 4 步兵师负责 NGC2 原型设计。