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• Defense Business Brief: SECARMY’s dream marketplace; USARPAC + USVs; and Quantum EOs

  25-06-2026 14:00 via defenseone.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Va.—From rockets to tanks, the Army wants to expand its current Amazon-esque marketplace where soldiers, allies and partners now buy drones and counter-UAS tech. “The grand strategy of conflict going forward is compatibility,” Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters Tuesday during the Army’s industry day for low-cost interceptors. “The way that small nations like Finland are going to be able to partner with large nations like the United States, an
  
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• RIMPAC kicks off in Hawaii with a focus on experimentation

  25-06-2026 10:07 via defenseone.com
  
  JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii—The 30th iteration of RIMPAC will feature 30 to 35 experiments that involve unmanned systems, the Pacific Fleet’s second-in-command said Wednesday.The experiments are “a major part” of this year’s edition of the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific, Vice Adm. Jeffrey Jablon told reporters at a press conference. He declined to provide specifics.Along with the drones, RIMPAC also  includes 30 countries, 31 surface ships, fiv
  
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• ODNI deputy director pushed out amid Pulte shakeup

  25-06-2026 04:00 via defenseone.com
  
  Will Ruger, the deputy director of national intelligence for mission integration, was placed on administrative leave as part of a broader personnel shakeup at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that has removed roughly 50 career and political staffers from their roles since Bill Pulte became acting director Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.Around 15 to 20 mission integration personnel detailed to ODNI from other U.S. intelligence units are believed to have
  
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• Pentagon's quantum strategy ‘a first step’ in preparing for the future, CIO says

  25-06-2026 00:30 via defenseone.com
  
  The Pentagon’s new strategy for defending against quantum computers will ensure “the integrity of our systems for decades to come,” its IT lead said Wednesday, but network modernization “is only a first step” in readying the U.S. military for the threat. Speaking at the SAP NOW summit in Washington, D.C., Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies said the Defense Department's new guidance for “accelerating our adoption of post-quantum cryptography&rdq
  
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