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US Air Force aircraft operate in a contested electromagnetic environment. Photo: Pacific Defense.

US Air Force Wants AI to Find, Follow, and Fight Hostile Emitters

A new contract will mature AI algorithms for airborne emitter tracking and electronic attack, with flight testing planned in contested electromagnetic environments.
Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi. Photo: Prime Minister's Office of Japan.

Japan Puts AI at the Center of Record $55.6B Defense Push

Tokyo is accelerating military modernization with AI-driven decision-making, unmanned attack platforms, and expanded strike capabilities as regional tensions grow.
Vantor satellite imagery shows a sanctioned Venezuelan oil tanker moving through the Caribbean Sea north of Guadeloupe. Photo: Vantor

Indian Navy Brings AI Into the Hunt for ‘Dark Vessels’

Vantor’s satellite-based system combines AI, radar and optical imagery to identify vessels that evade conventional tracking.
US Army and Air Force personnel participate in the 2021 Joint Forces Contracting Exercise at Joint Base-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, June 24, 2021.

US Army Tests Army MAX AI Tool to Speed Up Military Procurement

Army MAX brings mission requirements, solicitation drafting, documentation, and contracting workflows into a single AI-assisted platform aimed at reducing administrative delays.
US service members work at computer stations. Photo: Pentagon

Grok and ChatGPT Join Pentagon’s GenAI.mil Platform

The Pentagon is widening access to commercial AI tools for sensitive defense work, assigning different roles to Grok and ChatGPT Mil across military operations.
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Lance Cpl. Lynsee Avila-Ramirez/DVIDS

Trump Posts AI-Generated Video Claiming Iran’s Kharg Island Was Destroyed

The footage raises fresh questions about AI-generated imagery in wartime messaging as Washington and Tehran face another escalation around the Strait of Hormuz.
Philippine Marine Corps and US Marine Corps personnel speak during the MARFORPAC–PMC Staff Talks at Camp HM Smith, Hawaii, Feb. 5, 2026. Photo: Lance Cpl. Moses S. Lopez Franco/DVIDS

US Marine Corps Turns to AI for Theater-Level Logistics in Indo-Pacific

The Manifest platform will help planners integrate fragmented logistics data and weigh readiness, cost, risk, and self-sustainment as conditions shift across the Indo-Pacific.
Close-up of a judge’s gavel striking a sound block during a courtroom proceeding.

Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Anthropic Ban on Military AI

A federal court has halted the government’s effort to exclude Anthropic from federal business, finding its actions over AI safeguards crossed constitutional limits.
Palladyne AI's SwarmOS is designed to enable multiple autonomous systems to coordinate and share information as a collaborative swarm. Image: Palladyne AI

Palladyne AI, NORDA Team Up on Autonomous Drone Swarms

The partnership brings together decentralized drone coordination and terminal guidance technology, with the combined system built to keep operating under electronic warfare conditions.
US Space Force Guardians assigned to Space Delta 5 conduct military planning Dec. 18, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Photo: David Dozoretz/DVIDS

US Space Force Uses AI to Track Space Programs in Real Time

The platform is designed to help space acquisition teams manage complex schedules, resources, risks, and dependencies across organizations and security levels.