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U.S. Air Force Plans Fleet of 500 Collaborative Combat Drones by Decade's End

Air Force procurement officials are accelerating plans to field hundreds of autonomous aircraft designed to operate alongside crewed fighters as the Pentagon modernizes its air-combat capabilities.
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White House Accepts Tougher Ethics Rules to Advance Cryptocurrency Legislation
Pentagon Seeks New Encryption Architecture to Prepare for Quantum Computing Threats
Army Cyber Command Deploys Autonomous AI Agents to Hunt Military Network Intrusions
U.S. Air Force Accelerates MQ-9 Reaper Replacement After Middle East Combat Losses
Pentagon Adds Grok and ChatGPT to Military AI Portal Alongside Google Gemini
U.S. Air Force Plans Fleet of 500 Collaborative Combat Drones by Decade's End
U.S. Space Force Confirms Deployment of Offensive Space-Control Systems
Pentagon Expands Generative AI Use in Military Software Development
China Commits to $17 Billion in U.S. Agricultural Purchases as Tariff Talks Advance
Senate Democrats Demand Answers After Iranian Drone Strike Kills Six U.S. Service Members in Kuwait
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Relocate FBI Headquarters to Ronald Reagan Building
EPA Finalizes Repeal of Major Federal Climate Protections
Pentagon Watchdog Says Iran Conflict Has Cost More Than $33 Billion and Depleted Munitions
Trump Administration Repeals U.S. Power-Plant Greenhouse Gas Limits
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