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USN Top Stories- Ships Set Sail During Phoenix Express 2026
- Freedom Edge 26 concludes, advancing trilateral readiness across the Indo-Pacific
- U.S. Navy Outreach to Conduct First Flagstaff Navy Week
- 2026 Commander's Awards honors innovative teams, individuals advancing naval aviation readiness
- U.S. Navy, JMSDF, ROKN, and RAN Conduct a Multilateral Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise
- MCPON PERRYMAN MARKS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE
- NPS Students Apply Graduate Research to Real-World Fleet Challenges During RIMPAC 2026
- Cincinnati Navy Week Brings Maritime Tradition and Public Performances to the Queen City
- Exercise Phoenix Express 2026 Begins in Tunisia
- USS Delaware Concludes Routine Port Visit in Norway
- Indo Pacific
- Hawaii National Guard helps Super Garuda Shield STAFFEX mark milestone, prepare for first CPX
- US, Indian Armies Open Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2026
- Royal Brunei Armed Forces, U.S. kick off CARAT Brunei 2026
- Pacific Partnership 2026 Concludes Fourth Mission Stop in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
- SGS26 ends with ceremony celebrating multinational partnership
- Camp Zama Soldiers, community honor 9/11 through fitness, readiness
- USAG Okinawa Warrior Challenge honors 9/11 anniversary
- Sustaining the Force during Super Garuda Shield 26
- Cyber Defense takes center stage at SGS26 with first integrated Cyber Defensive Operations Center
- Yama Sakura 91 comes to a close in Japan, demonstrating cohesive commitment to allies in the Pacific
- Pentagon News
- Three Navy Warships Carry 9/11 Legacy Sharing One Enduring Mission
- Development, Training Flight Shapes Future Airmen
- Medal of Honor Monday: Army Capt. Daniel W. Lee Sr.
- Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11
- Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Maryland, Part 1
- Fort Leonard Wood Soldier Reflects on Enlisting After 9/11 Attacks
- Steel and Stone: Army Corps of Engineers Reflects on 9/11 25 Years Later
- North Carolina National Guardsman Honors 9/11 Victims With Dual Service
- Airman Runs 2,977 Miles Honoring 9/11 Victims
- Memorials at Fort Knox Represent Daily Reminders of 9/11
- USAF Readiness
- USAFE-AFAFRICA concludes Exercise Northern Viking 26, strengthening Arctic readiness
- New app aims to unify military fitness training across branches
- Red Tails train to keep F-35s in the fight during Tuskegee Thunder
- 1 SOW sharpens joint readiness at Northern Strike 26-2
- Prior-enlisted Airman returns to England as KC-135 pilot
- Adapting to aerial threats: How ACC’s Point Defense Task Force is transforming installation defense
- ‘We are the ember’: Gen. Dale White demands speed on Air Force programs
- The maintainers behind global power
- Maintaining airlift effectiveness: 62nd AMXS stands up Phoenix AMU
- Wolf Pack executes Beverly Sentinel 26-4
- USAF Training
- DAF accelerates joint C2 with AI, Space Force integration in latest DASH experiment
- Patriot Forge II prepares Air National Guard engineers for contested operations
- 919th SOW proves mettle in new readiness inspection construct
- Tyndall tests emergency preparedness during annual hurricane readiness exercise
- Moody AFB Airmen sharpen personnel recovery skills
- Enduring Partners 2026 enhances US-Thai collaborative readiness through specialized exchanges
- Maintainers use innovative solutions for limited resources during Mosaic Tiger 26-1
- Around the Air Force: Air Task Force Deployment, Explosive Ordnance Robotics, First Guardian Officer Graduates
- US, Norway test maritime strike in High North
- Around the Air Force: Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Alternative Navigation Milestone, Testing Helicopters vs. Fighters
- Space Force
- Chief of Space Operations Schiess outlines priorities to strengthen Space Force combat power
- Remarks by CSO Gen. Douglas Schiess at the Air and Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space and Cyber Conference
- Acquisition leaders emphasize mission, speed, risk in changing acquisition culture
- DAF establishes space technology portfolio executive
- Space Force announces interservice transfer opportunities
- US, international partners to bolster global secure communications with updated multinational agreement
- US Space Force selects Texas as preferred location for third DARC site
- CMSSF visits National Space Defense Center
- Schiess sworn in as the Space Force’s highest-ranking uniformed leader
- CSO notice to Guardians: Day One message to the force
- Space Agency
- NASA Visits Schools Strengthening Florida’s Skilled Workforce
- NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman to Join NFL Fans in Baltimore
- NASA’s Integrated Medical Model (IMM)
- Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 5002-5009: Tough Planning To Learn More About Wind-Blown Sediments
- APOD: 2026 September 16 – Webb’s View of M64
- NASA Ames Stars of the Month: September 2026
- NASA Invites Media to International Observe the Moon Night
- Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with NASA
- Artemis III Crew Visits NASA Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building
- Cyber Security
- USCYBERCOM conducts annual Cyber Flag exercise, gathers military cyber leaders for Multi-National Symposium
- USCYBERCOM’s new Cyber Talent Management Organization hosts inaugural hiring event
- Posture Statement of General Joshua M. Rudd
- Cyber National Mission Force conducts change of command
- USCYBERCOM Hosts Cyber Flag 25-2
- USCYBERCOM Demonstrates Global Cyber Superiority with Cyber Guard 25-2
- Posture Statement of Lieutenant General William J. Hartman
- U.S. Cyber Command Wraps Up Largest-Ever Cyber Guard Exercise
- Reserve Cyber and Signal Intelligence Summit at U.S. Cyber Command: Bridging Connections, Building Futures
- Sweden Cyber Command and Air Forces Cyber align cyber compatibility
- NIST
- Back to the Future: Why Agentic AI Needs a Strong Identity Foundation
- NIST Releases Tips & Tactics for Building Automation & Control System Cybersecurity
- Stronger Cybersecurity Programs Start with People: NIST Wants Your Input on the Path Forward for Human-Centered Cybersecurity
- Shaping the NVD for the Future: We Need Your Feedback on AI-Enabled Vulnerability Management
- Verifiable Digital Credential Presentment
- Advancing Product Security: New IoT Guidance and New Engagement
- Stronger Cybersecurity, Stronger Business: NIST Celebrates 2026 National Small Business Week
- From DMV to Wallet: Understanding Verifiable Digital Credential Issuance
- Reflections from the Second NIST Cyber AI Profile Workshop
- All aboard: the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program is headed to our next stop! Share your input on where we’re headed during our Future Directions Two-Day Workshop on March 31st.
- DARPA
- $3.5M to advance autonomous trauma robotics
- $1M to advance AI medical documentation and decision support
- Lift Challenge results
- It’s about time for quantum manufacturing
- With personal protective gear, best defense is a good offense
- Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites lifts off
- DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16
- Meet the DARPA Lift Challenge teams
- Bio-Attribution Challenge yields tools to define biothreat origins at speed, scale
- Spark a connection with DARPA’s Multi X Office
- Research and Engineering
- LUCI Fellows found a way to predict which "forever chemicals" can actually be broken down, and which ones can't, in milliseconds instead of hours
- Save the Date: 2027 Defense Basic Research Exchange
- LUCI Fellow Helps Pioneer a New Era of Programmable Smart Materials
- Dr. Qimiao Si, Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow and Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess awarded a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship for the 2026-27 Academic Year!
- Dr. Maxwell Gregoire (LUCI 2024) and Dr. Luke A. Baldwin (LUCI 2021, 2026) receive the 2025 Air Force Research Laboratory Science and Engineering Early Career Award
- Calling all DoW Scientist for the FY2027 LUCI Webinar
- Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, Prof. Qimiao Si has Pioneered a new Quantum State of Matter
- Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, Prof. Tuomas Sandholm, has received the prestigious Alfred Kordelin Prize for AI for Societal Good!
- Dr. John Lyons, LUCI Fellow (Class of 2024), elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society!
- Prof. Rein Ulijn and His Team Has Designed a Protein Preservation Method Could Transform Global Health!
- Border Security
- ICE removes Cuban intelligence agent who fraudulently obtained lawful permanent resident status
- ICE Charleston, partners arrest West Virginia man for making terroristic threats
- Despite being attacked by rioters, ICE Arizona and federal partners successfully arrest dozens illegal aliens in major Arizona operation targeting a transnational criminal organization
- ICE arrests illegal alien from Haiti connected to criminal terrorist organizations
- Long Beach man arrested on federal criminal complaint charging him with sending a dozen payments to suspected ISIS terrorists
- Engineer pleads guilty to stealing trade secret technology designed for missile launch detection
- Homeland Security Task Force created in Houston
- ICE Los Angeles special agents arrest Iranian national for violation of US sanctions
- ICE San Antonio, federal partners lead to Treasury sanctions of high-ranking members of Cartel del Noreste, a foreign terrorist organization
- ICE, joint partner investigation results in illegal alien, alleged human smuggler from Mexico indictment for first material support of terrorism charges against CJNG member
- Infrastructure Security
- CISA and NIST Release Guidelines to Protect Federal Cloud Identity Systems from Token Theft, Forgery, and Misuse
- CISA Releases Updated Insider Threat Guide With New Insights to Mitigate Physical and Cyber Threats
- CISA, NSA and FBI Warn of China-Based AI Companies Targeting US AI Models with Industrial-Scale Knowledge Distillation Campaigns to Shortcut AI Development
- CISA Advisory Highlights Red Team Findings to Help Organizations Assess Risk, Identify Threats and Enable Effective Incident Response
- CISA Releases Foundational, Flexible Guidance to Help Federal Agencies Implement Effective Logging, Visibility and Operational Standards
- CISA Unveils New Cybersecurity Resources for K-12 Schools and Districts
- CISA, FBI and Partners Warn Organizations of Gunra Ransomware Actors Targeting Multiple Critical Infrastructure Sectors
- CISA Guide Helps Federal Agencies Securely and Effectively Use Open Source Software
- CISA and Partners Unveil Updated Software Bill of Materials Resource That Improves Transparency, Security and Risk-Informed Decision Making
- CISA Joins Australia and Others to Publish Guidance to Isolate Operational Technology and Enabling Systems in Critical Infrastructure
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- DoW Award Winners
- GAO Bid Protests
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- Senate
- Hawley rules out 2028 White House bid
- Hawley to push GOP officeholders, candidates to sign ‘Declaration for Life’
- Senate Republican on Trump claim AI threat is 'hoax': 'Come on'
- Sanders: 'Embarrassing' how 'ignorant' Trump is on AI
- Patel rips Democrats after clashes at hearing: 'Buffoons'
- Lawmakers scramble to catch up on AI
- 7 biggest surprises from the 2026 primary cycle
- Trump’s allies eye big spending cuts as part of postelection agenda
- Coons to face off against Katz in solid blue Delaware Senate race
- Rogers set to skip Michigan Senate debate over outlet's 'favoritism' toward El-Sayed
- House
- 2 Iowa GOP reps support Iran war powers resolution for first time
- House cuts week short, will leave DC on Wednesday
- Massie says he hid Hegseth impeachment resolution from GOP leaders
- 7 biggest surprises from the 2026 primary cycle
- House passes Iran war powers resolution
- Beatty reveals heated discussion with Trump over Kennedy Center
- Democratic defectors rescue Republicans — again
- Benchmark bond yield reaches highest level in nearly 20 years
- House Oversight votes to hold Leon Black in contempt over Epstein deposition
- 2 Democrats cross aisle to help tee up final vote on Russia sanctions bill
- War
- Service members must meet weight, grooming standards for Hegseth event: Report
- 2 Iowa GOP reps support Iran war powers resolution for first time
- Trump leaves Saudis in the lurch with hands-off response to Houthi advances
- Massie says he hid Hegseth impeachment resolution from GOP leaders
- House passes Iran war powers resolution
- Iran war likely to drive up inflation next year, CBO says
- Massie launches effort to impeach Hegseth
- Pentagon tells Congress Iran war cost at least $42B
- Wyndee Parker: National security adviser, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Iran strikes on US diplomatic facilities in 4 Gulf countries cost $184M: IG report
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