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Stars&Str. The House on Thursday unanimously approved a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the 76-day shutdown. Source link

WASHINGTON — Couldn’t personally attend the annual gathering of Marines and defense industry reps hawking their latest wares at Modern Day Marine 2026? Don’t worry, Breaking Defense has your back. The conference, set in the sprawling Washington Convention Center, featured prime contractors wheeling in full-sized armored vehicles or models of aerial drones to smaller firms presenting bespoke systems. Check out a few sights from the show floor below. Heavy vehicle producer Oshkosh rolled in its MTRV 4×4 for Modern Day Marine 2026. (Breaking Defense) A Modern Day Marine attendees tests his skills at a virtual firing range. (Breaking Defense) Anduril…

Seven leading AI developers have deals to install tools in classified Defense Department networks, a wide spread meant to prevent “vendor lock,” Pentagon officials said Friday.Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Reflection, and SpaceX are cleared for Impact Level 6 and Impact Level 7 network environments, part of a bid to streamline data synthesis, improve warfighter decision-making, and increase situational understanding and awareness.“Together, the War Department and these strategic partners share the conviction that American leadership in AI is indispensable to national security,” a press release said. “This leadership depends on a thriving domestic ecosystem of capable model developers that enable the full and effective use…

Axon Vision EDGE ClearSky drone detection system. Credit: Axon Vision. Axon Vision has successfully completed operational demonstrations for its EDGE ClearSky drone detection system. The Israeli defence technology firm confirmed on 30 April 2026 that a defence force conducted detailed testing of the system, focusing on its ability to counter first-person view (FPV) drone threats, which pose considerable risks to mobile military units. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more EDGE ClearSky, part of Axon Vision’s range of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered computer vision tools,…

The United States Embassy in India has highlighted remarks by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, underscoring the depth and breadth of the India-US partnership.Sharing a picture of Rubio with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the Embassy recalled his statement from India’s Republic Day on 26 January 2026.Rubio had emphasised that cooperation between the two nations spans defence, energy, critical minerals and emerging technologies, while their multi-layered engagement through the Quad delivers tangible results for both countries and the wider Indo-Pacific region. The Embassy described this as a powerful moment of shared vision and collaboration.Earlier in April, India and the…

John J. Waters, RealClearDefense The Arcadian follows the mystical journey of one man and asks whether a warrior can ever stop fighting Source link

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced this morning that it has made agreements with seven leading tech firms to deploy their AIs on its classified networks. The seven firms are Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, SpaceX, NVIDIA and Reflection, a newer startup backed by NVIDIA. “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the announcement says. The seven companies’ AIs are now approved for networks classified as Impact Level 6, which refers to networks handling secret data,…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, speaking at the ANI National Security Summit 2.0, underscored the growing dual-use dilemma of Artificial Intelligence in the defence sector.He warned that deep fakes, cyber warfare, and autonomous weapon systems are emerging as challenges that will intensify rather than diminish in the future.To illustrate the risks, he drew a parallel with the mythological figure Bhasmasur, noting that a powerful general-purpose AI model capable of strengthening banking systems, hospitals, and power grids could equally be used to destroy them if misused. He likened this to Lord Shiva’s boon to Bhasmasur, which ultimately became a threat.Singh stressed that…

Irina Tsukerman, RealClearDefense The UAE’s departure from OPEC represents an opening move in… Source link

WASHINGTON — The White House has nominated Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess as the third-ever Chief of Space Operations, setting him up to succeed Gen. Chance Saltzman as the head of America’s youngest military service. Schiess currently serves as the Space Force’s deputy chief of operations, with overall responsibility for development and implementation of service policy, and acts as Saltzman’s deputy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was previously double hatted as head of Space Forces–Space, the Space Force’s component command to US Space Command, and head of the command’s Combined Joint Space Force Component at Vandenberg SFB, Calif. Thus,…