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Army looks to artificial intelligence to enhance future Golden Dome

The U.S. Army is looking to increase autonomy through AI solutions to reduce the manpower needed to manage Golden Dome.

DARPA Publishes Scoring System for AI Cyber Challenge Final Round

Read about the final round of the challenge, which will assess systems on their ability to find and fix intentionally introduced synthetic and real world vulnerabilities.

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The Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

Strengthening and securing America's AI dominance is crucial for U.S. national security and economic competitiveness

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Forcepoint to acquire Getvisibility, expanding AI-driven data security and risk visibility

The agreement builds on a successful multi-year partnership, further integrating Getvisibility's AI-driven risk visibility and remediation.

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Scale AI awarded 'prime' multimillion-dollar DOD contract for automated military ops

The artificial intelligence giant Scale AI announced Wednesday a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense on a flagship program to deploy AI agents for military use.

DARPA continues work on technology to combat deepfakes

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is taking a multi-pronged approach to combat the risks associated with synthetic media.

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Center strategizing artificial intelligence and machine learning

In 2024, the Army reported that it had invested $50 million in small and nontraditional businesses to develop AI and machine learning solutions. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center is no stranger to utilizing AI but has now consolidated those efforts into its ongoing modernization.

THAAD 6.0: US plans hypersonic-killing, AI-driven, laser-armed missile defense system

In a significant move to bolster the United States' missile defense capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a substantial contract to develop the next-generation Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.