The U.S. Navy has declined to submit a fiscal year 2018 budget plan to the Defense Department that includes $17 billion in budget cuts to shipbuilding programs in the next five years,
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The White House’s National Science and Technology Council has released a report on current and potential applications of artificial intelligence as well as public policy issues related to AI. NSTC said in the
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The Defense Department plans to redirect $100 million in funds toward efforts that seek to detect cyber threats in weapon systems, Defense News reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes DoD Comptroller Mike McCord
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Gen. David Goldfein, U.S. Air Force vice chief of staff, has said he agrees with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) that the service branch should disclose the value of the B-21
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The U.S. Army has halted its effort to upgrade the ergonomics and accuracy of its M4 carbine assault rifles after it reviewed proposals from industry, Army Times reported Sunday. Kyle Jahner writes the M4A1+ initiative
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The U.S. Army has test-fired a Tamir interceptor missile against an unmanned aerial system using the service branch’s mobile land-based weapon system. The Army said Wednesday the firing test held April 14
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The U.S. Air Force has concluded a flight test of the Boeing-built Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system. The ICBM weapon platform with the test re-entry vehicle reached its target area in
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A U.S. Army depot will help the U.S. Navy‘s Special Warfare Command integrate the MK50 Gun Weapon System into Mk VI patrol boats as part of a joint effort between the service branches,
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A new Government Accountability Office report has found what auditors call lapses in the way the Defense Department adopts portfolio management techniques to assess its acquisition programs for weapon systems. GAO said in an August
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The Air Force Global Strike Command has started a funding program to support the sustainment of intercontinental ballistic missiles and bring the budgetary responsibility for missile system parts from the wing level to
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