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A poster at the Pentagon, Dec. 12, 2025, lets employees know that a new artificial intelligence tool is available to use at the War Department, and that employees are highly encouraged to use it. (Credit: C. Todd Lopez, DOW)

How can we trust AI in national defense missions?

You can’t evaluate what you can’t inspect. You can’t defend a decision you can’t explain. You can’t correct a failure you can’t see. And an answer you…
A close-up view shows a solar-powered Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) public safety surveillance camera mounted on a utility pole in a commercial parking lot in American Fork, Utah, United States, on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Charles-McClintock Wilson/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

U.S. military building resilience against emerging OPSEC risks from automated surveillance networks

Frontier AI and other advanced technologies are making it easier for adversaries to find and exploit vulnerabilities associated with those interconnected capabilities.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine prepares for a training mission in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sep. 28, 2026. During his visit, Caine, a 16th Weapons Squadron graduate, recognized the squadron’s influence in building combat readiness and training elite tactical instructors to lead joint air operations against peer adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Heather Amador Paulino)

Gen. Caine urges defense logistics leaders to be ‘creative and entrepreneurial’ ahead of future fights

America’s top-ranking military officer spoke on the opening day of the annual Fall Meeting co-hosted by the National Defense Transportation Association and U.S. Transportation Command.
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US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as he arrives to speak at Anduril Industries in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon issues guidance on AI procurements to support Trump’s ‘truth-seeking’ and ‘ideological neutrality’ directives

The memo to acquisition leaders came from the principal director for Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy.
U.S. Airmen assigned to the Collaborative Combat Aircraft Experimental Operations Unit inspect a YFQ-44A Fury aircraft at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, July 20, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Renee Blundon)

Air Force starting to game out sustainment framework for CCA drones

Once the AI-enabled uncrewed systems are fielded, the Air Force will need its maintenance enterprise to help keep them flying and ready for combat.
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