<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Defense - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Defense news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:53:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Russia is weaponizing US-built AI to make killer drones, cyberattack bots, and fake news]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kremlin-backed actors used Anthropic&rsquo;s Claude AI to program autonomous lethal drones, improve hacking and influence operations, and avoid detection, the company said Thursday.The report from the U.S.-based AI company is only the latest warning from firms, think tanks, and others that Russia, China, Iran and others are using made-in-America tools to attack targets around the world.Anthropic reports that a Russian &ldquo;freelance&rdquo; group known as GTG-27005 used Claude to build an AI mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/russia-is-weaponizing-us-built-ai-to-make-killer-drones-cyberattack-bots-and-fake-news/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/russia-is-weaponizing-us-built-ai-to-make-killer-drones-cyberattack-bots-and-fake-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Digital employees’ are coming to the Defense Logistics Agency]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Defense Logistics Agency is piloting AI agents that work autonomously&mdash;bots that its CIO calls &ldquo;digital employees.&rdquo;&ldquo;This is a new frontier for everyone,&rdquo; DLA&nbsp;chief information officer Adarryl Roberts told reporters&nbsp;at DLA&rsquo;s Industry Collider Day on Sept. 9 in Alexandria, Va.The move builds on DLA&rsquo;s increasing use of robotic process automation, or RPA, and the generative AI tools available to its 25,000 or so military and civilian personnel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/digital-employees-are-coming-to-the-defense-logistics-agency/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/digital-employees-are-coming-to-the-defense-logistics-agency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon eyeing tech testbed expansion along US-Mexico border]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We want to do as much as we can; I would love to continue to bring on new projects, new programs to the border and try it out, but we want to do it in a responsible way that&rsquo;s safe,&rdquo; Mark Ditlevson, assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs, told Breaking Defense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/pentagon-eyeing-tech-testbed-expansion-along-us-mexico-border/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/pentagon-eyeing-tech-testbed-expansion-along-us-mexico-border/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada, Ukraine to jointly produce defense tech, part of ‘100-year partnership’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ottawa also pledged to invest approximately $350 million to purchase air defense interceptors via the Joint Ukraine Multinational Program, also known as JUMPSTART.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/canada-ukraine-to-jointly-produce-defense-tech-part-of-100-year-partnership/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/canada-ukraine-to-jointly-produce-defense-tech-part-of-100-year-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After suspicious incidents, European group urges ‘vigilance’ for defense firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The call from the Aerospace, Security &amp; Defence Industries Association of Europe comes as European officials increasingly point the finger at Moscow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/after-suspicious-incidents-european-group-urges-vigilance-for-defense-firms/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/after-suspicious-incidents-european-group-urges-vigilance-for-defense-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now is the wrong time for the Pentagon to pull back from Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hudson Institute&rsquo;s Daniel Kochis argues in this op-ed that Russia must remain convinced that America&rsquo;s presence, combined with European NATO members&rsquo; firepower, is enough not to risk a direct confrontation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/now-is-the-wrong-time-for-the-pentagon-to-pull-back-from-europe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/now-is-the-wrong-time-for-the-pentagon-to-pull-back-from-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CEO of Ukraine’s Fire Point: Freyja anti-ballistic missile program seeks ‘best players’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iryna Terekh said that when working with European companies, she prefers those that &ldquo;work and think in Ukrainian speed and [with a] Ukrainian mindset.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/ceo-of-ukraines-fire-point-freyja-anti-ballistic-missile-program-seeks-best-players/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/ceo-of-ukraines-fire-point-freyja-anti-ballistic-missile-program-seeks-best-players/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 years after 9/11, spy agencies face old lessons and new threats ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Air Force One returned to Washington, D.C., on the night of Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Morell looked out a window and saw an F-16 off the aircraft&rsquo;s wingtip. Beyond it, the Pentagon was smoldering.Morell, then-President George W. Bush&rsquo;s intelligence briefer, had spent the day answering the president&rsquo;s questions and relaying intelligence as the country tried to understand the attacks that had hit the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. A quarter-century later,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/25-years-after-911-spy-agencies-face-old-lessons-and-new-threats/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/25-years-after-911-spy-agencies-face-old-lessons-and-new-threats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we’re watching for at AFA 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Breaking Defense&rsquo;s Aaron Mehta and Michael Marrow preview anticipated developments at this year&rsquo;s AFA conference.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/what-were-watching-for-at-afa-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/what-were-watching-for-at-afa-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Force picks Texas as US home for trinational DARC space radar network]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Space Force expects the US site, the third and final one in the multi-nation DARC network, to complete civil construction in 2029, and begin operations in 2030.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/space-force-picks-texas-as-us-home-for-trinational-darc-space-radar-network/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/space-force-picks-texas-as-us-home-for-trinational-darc-space-radar-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why propulsion could be the critical piece in Golden Dome’s architecture]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Sponsored] Throttleable systems, boost-phase interception, and new manufacturing capacity expand missile defense options.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/why-propulsion-could-be-the-critical-piece-in-golden-domes-architecture/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/why-propulsion-could-be-the-critical-piece-in-golden-domes-architecture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond prototypes: Army readies operational NGC2 tech for I Corps]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the Army begins fielding NGC2 to I Corps, software tools will be critical to enable interoperability and getting new capabilities to units faster.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/beyond-prototypes-army-readies-operational-ngc2-tech-for-i-corps/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/beyond-prototypes-army-readies-operational-ngc2-tech-for-i-corps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact]]></title><description><![CDATA[In August, government investigators subjected roughly 50 military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an&nbsp;inquiry into press leaks&nbsp;about the Iran war and depleted U.S. munitions, according to The New York Times. The newspaper described the scope of the investigation as unprecedented in the modern military.This is not the first time the Trump administration&nbsp;has used polygraphs&nbsp;in this way; in 2025, it directed that a wave of tests be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/the-pentagon-is-using-polygraphs-to-hunt-leakers-but-the-tests-are-more-theater-thanfact/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/the-pentagon-is-using-polygraphs-to-hunt-leakers-but-the-tests-are-more-theater-thanfact/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US absent as western powers meet on wartime protections for civilians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three years ago, the Defense Department led an ambitious international effort to better protect civilians during combat, a movement built on the bloody lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq.The Pentagon created a network with European partners, driving the creation of shared standards. Civilian harm experts&nbsp;described the moment&nbsp;as a &ldquo;unique opportunity&rdquo; for American leadership by example.Today, those efforts continue &mdash; without the United States, after Defense Secretary Pete]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/us-absent-as-western-powers-meet-on-wartime-protections-for-civilians/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/us-absent-as-western-powers-meet-on-wartime-protections-for-civilians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Pentagon picked an Indiana Navy base to host a nuclear microreactor]]></title><description><![CDATA[The program is driving hard to meet President Trump&rsquo;s 2028 deadline, officials said, but they have yet to release a formal solicitation, let alone pick a specific vendor and design.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/why-the-pentagon-picked-an-indiana-navy-base-to-host-a-nuclear-microreactor/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/why-the-pentagon-picked-an-indiana-navy-base-to-host-a-nuclear-microreactor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army selects Lockheed, Boeing-Anduril team for next phase in IFPC Inc 2 competition ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The companies&rsquo; solutions will move into the developmental phase, an Army spokesperson told Breaking Defense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/army-selects-lockheed-boeing-anduril-team-for-next-phase-in-ifpc-inc-2-competition/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/army-selects-lockheed-boeing-anduril-team-for-next-phase-in-ifpc-inc-2-competition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We have to throw technology at the cyber problem,’ Pentagon CIO says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is shifting its cybersecurity posture to rely more on new capabilities to maintain its digital defenses rather than just bolstering its operational manpower, the department&rsquo;s IT head said on Wednesday.&nbsp;Speaking at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, D.C., Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies said, &ldquo;We can't continue to throw people at the cyber problem; we have to throw technology at the cyber problem.&rdquo;Given DOD&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/we-have-to-throw-technology-at-the-cyber-problem-pentagon-cio-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/we-have-to-throw-technology-at-the-cyber-problem-pentagon-cio-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Air and Space Force leaders will gather amid unresolved Iran war, budget uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just three days after top military leaders left the Air and Space Force Association&rsquo;s February conference in Colorado, the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, commencing Operation Epic Fury. Now, more than six months later, service officials are scheduled to gather again outside Washington D.C. to pitch their top budget priorities as the unresolved war wages on.The Air and Space Force Association's Air, Space &amp; Cyber conference next week comes as the services chug along on major acquisitions]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/top-air-and-space-force-leaders-will-gather-amid-unresolved-iran-war-budget-uncertainty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/top-air-and-space-force-leaders-will-gather-amid-unresolved-iran-war-budget-uncertainty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli military creates new branch focused on AI, drones and robotics]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The battlefield is changing at a dizzying pace, and we are changing with it,&rdquo; Israeli military Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/israeli-military-creates-new-branch-focused-on-ai-drones-and-robotics/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/israeli-military-creates-new-branch-focused-on-ai-drones-and-robotics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DoD cyber strategy aims for ‘something big, something muscular’ in offensive ops]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;It&rsquo;s about driving big outcomes and giving the secretary and the president options, more options. We want to move away from things that look like persistent engagement,&rdquo; according to Brig. Gen. William Wilburn, deputy principal cyber advisor for the DoD.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/dod-cyber-strategy-aims-for-something-big-something-muscular-in-offensive-ops/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/dod-cyber-strategy-aims-for-something-big-something-muscular-in-offensive-ops/</guid></item></channel></rss>