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Pentagon awards $80M task order for AI-enabled tech to defend Air Force bases against small drones

The task order will be executed under a new $500 million IDIQ contract.

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Sysdig clocks first documented case of agentic ransomware

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Rob Lehman: Reflections on the Saronic-Powered Rescue Mission in the Strait of Hormuz

Rob Lehman, Co- Founder and COO of Saronic, shares lessons learned from the rescue mission as well as his insights on the changing nature of the defense…

US lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable

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AWS, Anduril debut new tactical data center offering listed on DOD’s cloud marketplace

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President Donald Trump laughs with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, Commecre Secretary Howard Lutnick, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and OMB Director Russell Vought during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

OMB eyes AI tool to flag grants that don’t align with Trump’s agenda

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Russell Vought says there are no plans for a DOGE after-action report

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US lifting export control restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos, Fable

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CIA restructures tech, acquisition offices for the age of AI

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IT experts from Defense Intelligence Agency and GDIT discuss AI modernization — Defense Intelligence Agency CIO E.P. Mathew (right), speaking with GDIT SVP Aaron Bedrowski, discusses DIA’s shift to policy-driven, data-centric computing environments, during GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. (Scoop News Group photo)

How the Defense Intelligence Agency is fast-tracking data and AI modernization

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Panelists at a defense conference. — Defense security leaders discuss the growing convergence of cyber and kinetic assets at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group’s Billy Mitchell, U.S. Space Force’s Charlene Laughlin, U.S. Army’s Brandon Pugh, DOW’s Katherine Sutton and GDIT’s John Sahlin. (Scoop News Group photo)

The defense sector confronts the growing convergence of cyber and kinetic domains

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Dr. Paul Rodrigues, Chief AI Officer for Microsoft Federal’s National Security Group, speaking at AITalks, April 14, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Why governing agentic AI is the next mission for federal agencies

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Zero trust, zero guesswork: Securing the defense workforce platform

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DOW’s Hon. Joseph Jewell on operationalizing defense research

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Resolute’s Chris Cadle on modernizing joint logistics with AI

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Rob Lehman: Reflections on the Saronic-Powered Rescue Mission in the Strait of Hormuz

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Russell Vought says there are no plans for a DOGE after-action report

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The Department of Education’s IT shop lost more than half of its employees to Trump’s reduction in force last year

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Funding AI-powered building-code permitting

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Following new quantum EOs, Energy launches Quantum Genesis initiative

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Gavin Newsom — California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2026. (Nathan Posner / Anadolu via Getty Images)

California agencies get access to Anthropic’s AI tools at half price

Spc. Byron Clutier, assigned to 3rd Mobile Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), operates a Hunter Wolf Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) during a training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 13, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mariam Diallo)

101st Airborne unit put ‘steel’ between soldiers and the breach, tested limits of AI in recent exercise

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University of Utah board approves state’s first AI bachelor’s degree

Congressional Research Service Director Karen Donfried testifies on the service’s artificial intelligence usage before the House Administration Committee on June 25, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)

CRS tried to use AI, but less than 3% of results met their standards, director says

A quantum computer at The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate in Rome, New York is used to conduct experiments to improve quantum computing and networking. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

Uncertain quantum future presents ‘existential threat’ to US military missions, DOD warns

Gina Raimondo — Former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during the 2026 Semafor World Economy conference in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2026. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

New group headed by former governors promises national AI workforce ‘people strategy’

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Just having a ‘human in the loop’ is not AI governance

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How states, cities can use federal funds to fix permitting delays with AI

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Pentagon taps Casepoint’s AI products to enhance classified legal ops

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In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once

People walk past the headquarters of the Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House passes bill to force SBA’s hand on AI reporting

U.S. Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, and 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, observe Marines conducting a live fire platoon attacks at Range 410A as part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-26, MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, June 11, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lainey Brummett)

Marine Corps mandates use of new digital app for SITREPs

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DIA considering new AI-powered platform to streamline procurement system

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