NDAA provisions would reshape Pentagon’s use of ownership stakes in private companies

A Senate defense panel aims to place guardrails on direct equity investments, create an oversight board, and require briefings.

Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakes

One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. The information was revealed only after ProPublica went to court to obtain it.

Defense Business Brief: Tech Summit recap; Invoking the Defense Production Act; and INDOPACOM’s name change

Anduril, General Atomics get Air Force contracts to build first drone wingmen

Six other companies will compete to develop its autonomy software.

CISA now has full Mythos Preview access, people familiar say

The cyberdefense agency got access to the model about a week ago, but remains without clear guidance from the White House.

Intelligence director hearing cancelled as Trump pushes voter-restriction bill

The move sets up an inexperienced loyalist to become acting national intelligence director on Friday.

Want to join NGA? Bring AI skills, agency leader says

Even current National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency workers are getting new training.

Peace deal unlikely to stem Iran's hackers, US officials say

Cyber operations are “definitely part of warfare that keeps going,” one said.

ChatGPT to debut on Pentagon's GenAI.mil in ‘early July’, OpenAI says

It will be the latest model available for sensitive but unclassified work on the platform.

Navy preps science-and-tech strategy built for speed and focus

Two service leaders in technology development spoke at the Defense One Tech Summit.

AI is taking some parts of background checks from 'months to hours,' clearance agency says

'We're trying to use AI...to make these little tiny decisions, and then bring that up to a human," says Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official.

NATO has 'changed a lot' in four years, transformation leader says

The alliance has pivoted on standards, experimentation, doctrine, and more, Maj. Gen. Dominique Luzeaux said

Shaped charges from coffee grounds? Pentagon science chief describes future of war

Joseph Jewell sees AI, biotech, new ways of production, as key to military capability.

Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model

30-plus industry and academic professionals signed a letter citing international competition and the need to patch network vulnerabilities.

Pentagon’s use of JAGs in civilian roles would be probed under NDAA provision

Sen. Warren’s National Defense Authorization Act provision had bipartisan support.

Removal of Iranian nuclear materials to be worked out as war deal nears

The Trump administration is 80% to 85% sure a memorandum of understanding will be signed to end its war this month, a U.S. official said.

Anthropic suspends top AI models after US export-control order

U.S. officials ordered the company to limit foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

A powerful spying ability will sunset on Friday — here’s why

Congress has refused to reapprove Section 702 during a months-long standoff over privacy and the future of the nation’s top spy office.

Push for new Cyber Force service branch narrowly fails in the Senate

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s amendment aimed to place a new service under the Army.

The Army wants to build a better data center. Can they do it?

A call for industry ideas pulled in 200 proposals. The service is moving ahead with data centers, manufacturing upgrades, and more.

House vote puts Section 702 on brink of lapse amid fight over acting spy chief

Trump taps Jay Clayton as ODNI, but Democrats want a promise that Bill Pulte won't even be acting spy chief.

Senators want a new robot warfare-focused combatant command

A 4-star general would lead the effort, should SASC’s version of the NDAA become law.

Mystery GPS outages traced to Russian satellite

Occasional 10-second bursts of radio energy have knocked out antennae from Romania to Greenland.

China used websites to target security-clearance holders, officials say

Prosecutors said fake consulting companies persuaded U.S. officials to sell sensitive government information.

Defense Business Brief: Reactors for military bases?; NDAA update; Drone-boat rescue

Feds want Mythos—and clear usage guidance from the White House

The White House, slapped down for its attempt to ban Anthropic products, has remained mum as agencies clamor for new AI tools.

‘A terrible risk’: Senate appropriators dim prospects of another defense reconciliation bill

Trump’s shipbuilding, munitions, and Golden Dome efforts rely on extra-budgetary funding maneuver.

New calls for lawmakers to override Trump’s anti-union EO at the Pentagon

Last year, the Senate blocked a House measure to halt ban on collective bargaining at the Defense Department and other agencies.

In apparent first, Navy drone boat rescues helicopter crew downed at sea

The unmanned vessel, made by Texas-based Saronic, was sent to the region in March.