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The US Department of Defense has contracted OpenAI to run a pilot program that will create "frontier AI," but it's not clear what they're building together. Evidence of the deal appeared on Monday in the Department’s (DoD’s) daily list of newly-awarded contracts. That document mentions an award of up to…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on…

GAO report exposes performance failures, weak oversight, and schedule slips, up to four years, across major defense systems. The US Department of Defense is struggling to adequately track performance and secure its major IT business systems despite planning to spend $10.9 billion on these programs through fiscal year 2025, according…

1 of 7 | U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the budget request is 13% higher than the current fiscal year's budget and would "put America first" while ensuring NATO allies do more to help end current wars and ensure lasting peace. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo June…

The Trump administration’s chainsaw approach to federal spending lives on, even as Elon Musk turns on the president. On May 28, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced he’d be gutting a key office at the Department of Defense responsible for testing and evaluating the safety of weapons and AI systems.…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 20 Starlink satellites is seen in the evening sky above Lawndale, Calif., after being launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images SpaceX…

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth speaks May 21 at the 2025 GEOINT Symposium. Credit: USGIF WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is dramatically increasing spending on artificial intelligence for military operations, raising the contract ceiling for Palantir Technologies’ Maven Smart System to nearly $1.3 billion through 2029. The Defense…

The Department of Defense (DoD) faces new questions about dubious charges on government-issued cards. This has led lawmakers to ask for a wide-ranging federal probe into how all agencies use these cards. Ernst and Comer Call for GAO Review Amid $40B in Questionable Spending Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa and…

Eutelsat is closely reviewing needs for future GEO satellites, which are increasingly playing a supporting role for LEO connectivity. Credit: Eutelsat Group TAMPA, Fla. — The sudden loss of a large U.S. Department of Defense contract has added to Eutelsat’s geostationary challenges as the French operator shifts greater focus to…