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The Pentagon’s acting acquisition executive has ordered a review of the Space Development Agency’s progress toward fielding a proliferated constellation of missile tracking and data…
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The MCM Unmanned Surface Vehicle is central to this effort, a diesel-powered craft designed for various operational launching platforms.
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In 2024, U.S. Navy warships received their first ever over-the-air software updates in combat. In the Red Sea, these upgrades improved the Aegis combat systems’ capabilities against cruise and ballistic missile attacks by Houthi militants. Over-the-air software updates are nothing new. In the commercial world, they happen every night — on your laptop, phone, car, or even refrigerator. These updates work on any hardware that runs software, but have the most impact on software-defined platforms.
The Pentagon still lacks clear ways to measure if the organizations charged with innovation in the Department of Defense actually work. In 1964, the federal government funded 67 percent of research and development in the United States. By 2020, that figure had fallen to 21 percent. With defense budgets remaining relatively flat, it is more important than ever for the Department of Defense to adopt commercial technology. For 10 years, the Department of Defense has been standing up defense innovation organizations to make itself a better partner to tech companies.
Today is Super Bowl LIX. In a few hours fans will find out if the Kansas City Chiefs can secure their third championship in three years, or if Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles can break their streak. There’s a lot to look forward to, even outside of Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show. But the game also features a matchup between two U.S. Military Academy graduates.
Cole Christiansen plays as a linebacker for the Chiefs while Brett Toth is an offensive lineman with the Eagles. Both will be at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans when the Super Bowl starts at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
The Marine who died in a “routine” mission when the plane he was in crashed in the southern Philippines this past week has been identified as Sgt. Jacob M. Durham, Marine Corps officials announced Sunday.
Durham, who was trained as an electronic intelligence/electromagnetic warfare analyst was one of four people onboard a Beechcraft King Air 350 plane that was flying over a southern Philippine province when it crashed on Thursday, Feb. 6. Durham along with three Pentagon contractors were killed in the incident at Maguindanao del Sur, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
It’s winter and winter means a surge of seasonal flu infections in the northern hemisphere. This year, however, Americans are looking at not just a surge in seasonal flu infections but it is coupled with a surge in three other infections:
A quadruple-whammy of viruses are hitting the US as millions go back to work after the holidays, data shows.