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Defense / Technology & National Security
Selva: FY19 budget sees ‘increasing’ investments in AI, machine teamingWASHINGTON — Gen. Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Pentagon plans on “increasing” investments in artificial intelligence and man-machine te...
By Robert O. Work
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Reinforcing the North Atlantic part of NATO
Jerry Hendrix sits down with John Batchelor to discuss weaknesses in the NATO defense structure....
By Jerry Hendrix
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In State of the Union, Trump to push for new military spending
WASHINGTON — In his first formal State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump will push lawmakers to look at new levels of military spending in light of growing threats a...
By Lauren Fish
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Getting to grips with military roboticsPETER SINGER, AN expert on future warfare at the New America think-tank, is in no doubt. “What we have is a series of technologies that change the game. They’re not science fi...
By Paul Scharre & Robert O. Work
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A special report on the future of war
As well as those mentioned in the text, the author would like to express special thanks to the following people for their help in preparing this special report:Douglas Barrie,...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Can Mattis Succeed Where His Predecessors Have Failed?
Secretary of Defense James Mattis personally rolled out the U.S. government’s new National Defense Strategy in a speech last week, signaling his intellectual and bureaucratic ...
By Robert O. Work
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With pending shutdown deal, servicemembers could avoid impact on pay
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers seemed poised to approve a deal Monday to break their impasse that precipitated a federal government shutdown, servicemembers will likely see little ...
By Lauren Fish
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Amid government shutdown, the military becomes major front in political battle
The U.S. military faced a variety of consequences as a result of a federal government shutdown Saturday, with U.S. troops working at least temporarily without pay, thousands o...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Shutdown or stopgap deal? Either way, military suffers
President Donald Trump is correct to warn that a government shutdown would harm the military — but the short-term spending deal he’s pledged to sign would also hamper the Pent...
By Susanna V. Blume
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What Happens To The Military If The Government Shuts Down
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, about the impact a government shutdown can have on the military....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Lawmakers battle in the final hours to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON – Congress is barreling toward yet another deadline to keep the federal government up and running. Funding is slated to run out by late Friday evening and without a...
By Lauren Fish
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The Navy's next-generation frigate comes with a big price tag
Arlington, Va. ― The U.S. Navy’s next-generation frigate could end up costing just shy of a billion dollars per hull, the Naval Sea Systems Command program manager said Tuesda...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Mattis delegates down and manages up in tricky Trump relationship
James Mattis, the first retired general to serve as secretary of defense in seven decades, has steadily pushed more authority down the chain of command on the battlefield and ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Lawmakers face defense funding fight in the new year
WASHINGTON – The budget instabilities that plagued a challenged military in 2017 won’t end with New Year’s celebrations. Instead, lawmakers have delayed a defense funding figh...
By Susanna V. Blume & Lauren Fish
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Press Note
Defense / Technology & National Security
NDAA Press Note: TBI and DoD Study on Blast Pressure ExposureWashington, December 12 – The new National Defense Authorization Act, recently signed into law by the president, requires the Department of Defense to conduct a medical study ...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Government shutdown could halt military pay, programs
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By Lauren Fish
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US Navy Is NOT Ready For Major War: Ex-Skippers, Bob Work
WASHINGTON: The US surface fleet may not be adequately trained for high-intensity combat, four experienced former skippers and the former deputy secretary of defense warned a ...
By Robert O. Work
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Navy Defends LCS, Positioning It For Frigate Competition
WASHINGTON: Even as the Navy solicits designs for its future frigate, it is ardently defending its current Littoral Combat Ship. A memo obtained by Breaking Defense lists abou...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Industry Can Build 355 Ships, But Which Ones?
WASHINGTON: Sure, American industry can build the 355-ship fleet both Trump and the admirals want, three former Navy Secretaries said today. We can even build it a lot faster ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Navy Is Still Searching For A Plan To Reach A 355-Ship Fleet
n 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump made the idea of building up a 350-ship Navy a cornerstone of his stump speech, complaining that the U.S. military was failing...
By Jerry Hendrix
