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The 21 spacecraft could start providing operational capability to combatant commands and other users within four to six months, according to SDA.

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Space Development Agency director leaves post for academia
The agency’s deputy director, Gurpartap Sandhoo, will lead SDA in an acting capacity.

US Army intel office plots AI development with Project Linchpin
More than 685 artificial intelligence projects are underway at the Defense Department, with at least 230 traced back to the Army.

Indo-Pacific could serve as model for combatant command info sharing
Within the INDOPACOM region, military exercises have served as proof of concepts for new ways of sharing data and information across different scenarios.

US closely tracking China’s space activities for potential risks
The secretive Chinese program is run by the ruling Communist Party’s military wing, precluding it from participating in the ISS or cooperating with NASA.

Move over, Tempest: Japan pact takes UK-Italy fighter plan ‘global’
The Global Combat Air Programme envisions fielding a 6th-generation fighter aircraft by 2035, merging the Europeans' work on Tempest and Japan's F-X plans.

US sending drone-fighting tech to Ukraine in $275M package
Drone attacks by both sides have been increasing, making detection of the unmanned explosives critical for Ukrainian forces.

White House AI ‘Bill of Rights’ may risk national security
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning may address core concerns of the blueprint without slowing the pace of U.S. innovation

Pentagon wants competition within $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud contract
The Pentagon on Dec. 7 picked Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle for the highly anticipated cloud computing deal.

US Central Command’s new hub seeks to quickly push battlefield tech
CENTCOM's new chief technology officer wants to develop a regular cadence of experimentation within the command.

US Army faces physical space limits in adding electronic warfare tech
The service is embracing a swappable, plug-and-play approach known as CMOSS, or C5ISR Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Standards, to fit the tech.
