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The Pentagon issued new guidance this week focused on implementing the Trump administration’s so-called “truth-seeking” and “ideological neutrality” principles in AI procurements.

A memorandum dated Oct. 20 from Principal Director for Defe...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum this week barring Pentagon and military personnel from placing financial wagers — specifically “including traditional betting platforms and prediction markets such as ‘Polymarket’ or ‘Kalshi’” — using non-public, government information.

The directive, dated Oct. 20, was obtained by DefenseScoop on Thursday. A source...

U.S. Special Operations Command is conducting market research as it looks to fulfill a requirement for a common platform-as-a-service environment near its headquarters.

The command is eyeing an “integrated contracting vehicle” for the initiative, according to a draft performance work statement published Wednesday night on a

After Army Special Forces graduated the first batch of robotics-focused warrant officers earlier this month, hopes — and demand — for the new job are high.

Ten warrant officers became Robotics Technician Integrators on Oct. 2, heralding a new class of experts charged with galvanizing the Army’s technological crusade by embedding with units and guiding commanders on ...

A bipartisan group of 17 former senior national security officials, diplomats and intelligence professionals filed a legal brief on Tuesday urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear Anthropic’...