The Defense Department is moving to comply with President Biden's recent executive order on artificial intelligence, establishing a pilot program to spot malicious cyber activity in IT systems. Last week, the White House released a statement marking notable actions taken in the 180 days following Biden’s executive order focusing on the safe and responsible use and development of artificial intelligence. The statement noted that federal agencies completed all of the 180-day action items on schedule. “As the White House task...

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced today that the first tranche of Replicator capabilities includes uncrewed aerial systems like AeroVironment's Switchblade-600 loitering munition, uncrewed surface vehicles and counter-uncrewed aerial systems. The Replicator initiative, which Hicks announced in August , focuses on fielding thousands of all-domain, attritable autonomous (ADA2) systems by August 2025 to counter China’s increasing military mass. Though Hicks has staked her reputation on the success of the initiative, the Defense Department has been tight lipped about the Replicator...

A legislative proposal brought forward by the Navy will potentially allow the service to acquire foreign, used vessels to bolster sealift capacity. “The proposal increases the Secretary of Defense's authority to acquire foreign-built, used vessels, to support effort to cost-effectively recapitalize the Ready Reserve Force,” a Navy spokesperson told Inside Defense . The proposal was discussed by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti at Wednesday’s House Armed Services Committee Navy budget hearing, where she detailed solutions the service is...

Japan, Australia and the United States announced plans for a trilateral air and missile defense live-fire exercise -- an "inaugural" event -- that will be folded into the 2027 Talisman Sabre exercise that simulates a highly contested combat scenario in the Indo-Pacific region. On May 2, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru, and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced plans for the event in a joint statement following a Trilateral...