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Pentagon Turns to AI to Achieve Clean Audit by 2028

The Defense Department is accelerating AI-driven financial oversight to resolve longstanding audit challenges.
Artificial Intelligence Tabletop Exercise 2.0.

US Army, Tech Firms Test AI Cyber Defenses to Outpace Human Response

Pentagon and major tech companies officials tested how agentic AI tools could respond to large-scale cyberattacks faster than human operators.

Pentagon Advances AI-First Strategy, Opens Classified Access to 8 Tech Firms

New agreements bring frontier AI tools into sensitive military networks and operations.
ORNL researchers conduct strain scanning and weld analysis as part of advanced manufacturing and qualification efforts supporting defense production initiatives. Photo: ORNL, US Department of Energy

US Defense Manufacturing Gets AI Boost With Exascale Foundry

ORNL and ARC aim to scale defense production through AI-driven manufacturing networks and automation.
U.S. Navy sailors pipe ashore Capt. James Prouty during a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tennessee, May 1, 2026.

US Navy Sees 40% Retention Boost From AI Job Matching

Pilot program uses data-driven matching to improve retention and assignment efficiency.
Soldier operating a laptop connected to a large screen displaying a battlefield map with targeting overlays and mission coordination interface.

Scout AI Builds ‘Fury’ AI Brain for Orchestrating Unmanned Systems

Funding signals accelerating shift toward scalable, coordinated autonomy in modern operations.
Gemini-ii | US Army soldier operates a GETAC rugged laptop connected to an AN/PRC-160(V)1 radio during signal training at the 173rd Airborne Brigade Communicators Academy in Italy.

US Army Taps GSI Technology for Tactical Edge AI Powered by Gemini-II

Compute-in-memory enables frontline AI decisions under strict power and connectivity constraints.
President Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China

China Is Quietly Rewiring Warfare Around AI. The US Is Still Catching Up

Beijing is embedding AI into warfare, while Washington still struggles to integrate it at scale.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Aaron Tate enters data into his portable maintenance computer in front of an F-22A Raptor aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 21, 2009. Tate and the jet are deployed from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force. (Released))

US Air Force Ramps Up AI Talent With New Hiring Blitz

The AI Hiring and Talent Development Plan aims to turn the service into an “AI-first force” and keep a decisive edge over rivals.
Marine operating radio equipment and laptop for signal communication and monitoring

Infleqtion Advances Quantum-Inspired AI for RF Signal Processing Under US Navy Contract

Context-aware ML reduces RF data loads while preserving operational signal insight.