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SF politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
5 days ago

The Navy is changing the way it does business and its still pretty pricey

The USS Boise has been inactivated to reallocate resources towards new submarine classes and improve fleet readiness.
DevOps
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week ago

The US Army is test-driving a new hotline for soldiers overwhelmed with too much data both in and out of combat

The US Army Data Operations Center aims to enhance data management and support soldiers with data-related issues during a transformative phase.
EU data protection
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

The most important defense regulation you've never heard of

CMMC mandates new cybersecurity standards for the defense industrial base, impacting thousands of businesses and transforming the defense supply chain.
#military-deployment
Washington DC
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

How Army paratroopers heading to Iran are trained to jump from airplanes

The Pentagon is deploying 2,000 Army paratroopers to the Middle East amid diplomatic efforts to end the war with Iran.
Washington DC
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

How Army paratroopers heading to Iran are trained to jump from airplanes

The Pentagon is deploying 2,000 Army paratroopers to the Middle East amid diplomatic efforts to end the war with Iran.
US news
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

At least 1,000 US troops from 82nd Airborne set to deploy to Mideast, AP sources say

The US is deploying at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East amid ongoing tensions with Iran.
Science
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Why the military is obsessed with the myth of the 'infinite magazine'

Laser weapons' 'infinite magazine' advantage is misleading because dwell time—the seconds required to disable each target—creates a finite engagement capacity that limits effective fire rate.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

US Army hopes AI can slash troops' paperwork burden

The US Army's biggest AI gamble may not be on autonomous weapons, but instead whether Silicon Valley software can tackle the service's most tedious and, more often than not, grueling administrative jobs. Think less uncrewed aircraft and more behind-the-scenes tasks like recruiting, equipment maintenance, and endless gear inventories. Through a mix of new tools, redesigned workflows, and data integration, logisticians
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoWorld
2 months ago

Stop treating force multiplication as a side gig. Make it intentional

Lead without authority. You may not have direct reports, yet you shape architecture, quality and the roadmap. Your leverage comes from artifacts, reviews and clear standards, not from title.I started by publishing a lightweight architecture template and a rollout checklist that the team could copy. That reduced ambiguity during design and cut review cycles by nearly 30 percent
DevOps
US news
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

A US Army general says new command tech lets him ditch the 'hourlong staff meeting'

Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) integrates battlefield sensors, weapons, and staff systems to speed commanders' decisions and eliminate lengthy staff briefings.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

US Army leaders say soldiers are drowning in so much battlefield data that AI is needed to make sense of it all

Army AI prototype processes vast battlefield sensor data, retaining context and patterns humans miss, to reduce information overload and improve decision-making.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Thousands of military families are stuck on childcare waitlists. More spots may not be enough to fix the deeper problems.

About 7,800 children are on US military childcare waitlists, revealing broader shortages that limit access to evening, weekend, and specialized care and strain families.
fromThe American Conservative
2 months ago

Commander-in-Tired

Though the 83-year-old (who will turn 84 in two weeks) is rarely spotted in the Capitol these days, his vocal opposition to President Donald Trump on a myriad of issues is louder and more present than ever when deemed useful for the motivated liberal press. For instance, McConnell was quoted far and wide last month after he criticized Trump's desire to acquire Greenland, a move the Kentuckian suggested would "incinerate" the threadbare alliance that remains between the United States and NATO.
Right-wing politics
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

There's a new US Army office 'getting in the dirt' with soldiers and trying to quickly turn their ideas into real battlefield tech

Number one is speed takes priority over perfection. We can iterate to get to operational capability. And the second is that early soldier feedback is critical in order to make sure we're getting the right technology for the future fight, and then we want to be able to prove the demand signal before we spend big dollars on programs.
US news
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