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Congress passes fourth stopgap funding bill as 1% sequester looms
Lawmakers kicked FY24 defense funding further down the road, raising fears at the Pentagon that congressional inaction may soon result in a 1% sequester.
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Pentagon
Continuing resolution could degrade training for future fights
The U.S. military would have to make sacrifices to exercises around the globe if Congress fails to pass an FY24 budget, officials warn.
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How can the Pentagon arm Ukraine amid stalled aid package?
The department is weighing options to keep arms flowing to ammunition-starved Ukraine, but there's no replacement for the aid package stalled in Congress.
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‘Already late’: Pentagon sounds alarm on funding Pacific island pact
Without funding a set of agreements with island nations, the U.S. risks losing access to critical territory in its effort to deter China.
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Pentagon AI office must ‘cannibalize’ to keep operating, Martell says
The U.S. Department of Defense sought $1.8 billion for artificial intelligence and machine learning in fiscal 2024.
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Pentagon’s CJADC2 milestone is signal to China, officials say
The Pentagon's connectivity campaign comes as China pursues its own version — or a countermeasure — known as Multi-Domain Precision Warfare.
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Pentagon achieves ‘minimum viable’ version of CJADC2, Hicks says
The CJADC2 progress is an outgrowth of the Global Information Dominance experiments led by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.
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Scale AI to evaluate large language models for Pentagon
Scale AI's chief executive, Alexandr Wang, last year told Congress that “outdated data-retention and -management policies” were hamstringing the Pentagon.
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The Pentagon wants industry to transform again to meet demand. Can it?
In 30 years, the Pentagon went from a defense industry it considered too large to sustain, to one now too small to surge.
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Ukraine war has cost Russia up to $211 billion, Pentagon says
The estimate is part of a case the administration is making for further Ukraine aid as a supplemental bill stalls in Congress.
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Australian defense industry concern grows over export controls
Australian defense industry has growing concern over upcoming changes to the country's export policy required as part of the terms of the AUKUS pact.
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Pentagon’s Replicator effort will focus on software next
The effort will emphasize the software needed to connect the systems the Pentagon is looking to field over the next 18 months, a DIU official said.
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Opinion
How to end China’s chokehold on the Pentagon’s supply chains
Countless China-based firms remain deeply embedded in Defense Department supply chains across 12 critical technologies.
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Senate passes Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid amid Trump-fueled opposition
The Senate passed Biden's aid request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. But it faces strong headwinds in the House amid opposition from Trump.
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Biden doesn’t plan to stop Israel aid after human rights order
Biden's new memorandum requires human rights assurances for arms transfers, but the White House says it won't restrict military aid for Israel.
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Chinese tech company threatens to sue US over claim of military links
Hesai Technology’s core product is LiDAR road sensing equipment, used in passenger and commercial vehicles, autonomous driving vehicles, and more.
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Senate moves forward on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid bill
The Senate cleared its first procedural vote on a giant foreign aid bill, but its fate in the House remains unclear.
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