The Defense Department is soliciting ideas for how artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities can assist in the zero-trust assessment process as the deadline to reach target-level compliance approaches.
According to a request for information posted Tuesday, the DOD’s Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office is interested in leveraging “automation, AI and ML to accelerate and scale [zero trust] assessments” across the entire department — specifically for “purple team assessments.
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A trio of federal watchdog reports found conditions at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals that posed risks to mental health patients. Referred to as “suicide hazards” in the reports, investigators identified issues ranging from loose wires to sharp edges, as well as malfunctioning equipment and insufficient training, which they said put mental health patients at greater risk.
In late December, the department’s Inspector General published the findings of three separate investigations on the state of medical facilities in West Virginia, New York and Massachusetts.
Special operators are looking for new technology to help their non-standard commercial vehicle fleet — often modified civilian trucks — keep a low profile during missions as advances in sensors and telematics open the door for enemy exploitation.
U.S. Special Operations Command is asking industry, cybersecurity, academic and government lab experts to develop or acquire existing solutions to minimize electronic signatures emitted by advanced telematics, sensors, GPS and communications systems that have become common in commercial vehicles, according to a special notice released Monday.
The British Army men’s rugby league team
On Dec. 18, President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, authorizing approximately $900 billion in spending. The expansive bill covers many topics, including lifting sanctions on Syria, approving important but relatively small amounts of funding to help Ukraine, reforming defense acquisition, and directing policy on a wide range of military issues. We asked four experts to identify and assess a key measure in the act and its implications for U.S. defense and national security.Read more below.
Armed Forces Minister Al Carns – a former col
There are so many rich, incredible facts surrounding the World War II-era Netherlands American Cemetery near the Dutch city of Maastricht. It lies along a highway that saw some of history’s most memorable names—Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon, just to name a few.
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In the 20th Century, Hitler’s Wehrmacht also used the road to capture the Netherlands and Belgium and bring them into the Nazi Reich.
The Pentagon is looking to launch a new Enterprise Command and Control Program Office in a move that would consolidate and refresh its long-standing efforts to provide common operating panes and user-specific AI tools to track and target enemies in real time.
US president Donald Trump said that Washington
The German Armed Forces has awarded Rheinmetall a new order for 30mm ammunition intended for its infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).