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18 August

Soldiers with the 123rd Engineer Battalion of the Illinois National Guard operate at a tactical training area Aug. 4, 2020, on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The battalion’s Soldiers were among approximately 4,000 service members training at Fort McCoy during the first week of August 2020. Transient troop training like this resumed at Fort McCoy in July 2020 after being stopped for several months because of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Over months of planning, however, Fort McCoy training officials were able to reopen the training with COVID-19 safety measures built in. Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Invests in Texas Firm’s Secure Wireless System to Keep Troops Moving

Texas-based Forward Edge-AI has landed a US Army contract to create a secure wireless system for predictive logistics.

18 August

U.S. Space Force Capt. Coleen O'Hara, weapons and tactics flight commander of the 6th Space Warning Squadron (6 SWS), poses in the Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) facility at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts, May 9, 2024. 6 SWS, located at Cape Cod Space Force Station in Sagamore, Massachusetts, is a geographically separated unit of Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. "Team 6" includes U.S. Space Force Guardians, U.S. Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen and civilian employees. Their mission is "To surveil air and space to detect missile launches and high-interest satellites while operating, maintaining, and protecting New England’s first Space Force installation.” (U.S. Space Force photo by Dave Grim)

Rojoef Manuel

Anthropic Puts Tighter Leash on Claude AI to Stop Hackers, Weapons Builders

Anthropic, the California firm behind Claude AI, has updated its usage rules to prevent the chatbot from being used to create or acquire weapons.

18 August

Joe Saballa

Coyote Interceptors Seen Aboard US Navy Burke-Class Destroyer for First Time

The US Navy appears to have deployed Coyote drone interceptors on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, adding a dedicated layer of protection against drone swarms.

18 August

Christine Casimiro

US Army LTAMDS Radar Scores Firsts in Missile Flight Test

The US Army’s Patriot radar replacement, the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), has achieved a series of milestones during a recent missile flight test at the White Sands Missile Range.

18 August

Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, pictured at a press conference

Staff Writer With AFP

Zelensky Says Russia Must End War, After Trump Pressures Ukraine

Zelensky said it was up to Russia to end its invasion ahead of high-stakes talks with Trump, who is pressuring Ukraine to give up Crimea and abandon its NATO ambitions.

16 August

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands behind him

Staff Writer With AFP

US Proposed NATO-Style Joint Defense Guarantees for Kyiv: Source

The US has proposed security guarantees for Ukraine similar to the collective defense agreement between NATO member countries, sources said.

16 August

Staff Writer With AFP

Trump Rules Out Immediate Ceasefire, Pushes for Peace Deal

Trump ruled out an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine after his inconclusive summit with Putin, saying a direct peace agreement would end the war.

15 August

Christine Casimiro

USAF Wants to Move From Tabletop Maps to AI-Driven War Drills

The US Air Force is seeking industry input on an AI-powered software-as-a-service wargaming platform for training service members.

15 August

Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovilė Šakalienė with American defense and tech firm leaders

Rojoef Manuel

Lithuanian Defense Chief Visits Pittsburgh to Boost AI, Robotics Cooperation With US

Lithuanian Defence Minister Šakalienė has visited Pittsburgh to deepen cooperation in AI and robotics with American defense leaders.

15 August

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Clemson Grad Students Roll Out Most Advanced ‘Deep Orange’ Rescue Vehicle Yet

The latest and most advanced iteration of Clemson University’s Deep Orange project has just rolled out: a rugged, all-terrain rescue vehicle built for disaster relief and military rescue missions.

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