The US Air Force is preparing a human versus AI dogfight

Posted on 08/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US Air Force has long been exploring the way artificial intelligence (AI) can assist in its operations — back in 2016 we saw combat AI beat some of the Air Force’s top tactical experts, for example. Now, researchers are working on an autonomous d...

Amazon and Microsoft are trash talking each other over a DoD contract

Posted on 08/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Department of Defense needs technology experts to migrate its roughly 500 disparate cloud environments into a unified system to help the military work better and faster. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract -- which has bee...

Pentagon officially releases ‘UFO’ footage

Posted on 28/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As if the world didn’t have enough to contend with at this point in time, we’ve now got another global challenge to add to the list: aliens. Well, maybe. The Pentagon has officially released three video clips showing “unidentified aerial phenomena” (...

Amazon’s JEDI lawsuit is on hold until mid-August

Posted on 18/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It might take quite a while before we hear about the court’s decision regarding Amazon’s JEDI lawsuit. US federal judge Patricia Campbell-Smith has put the case on hold until August 17th and has chosen to grant the Pentagon’s request to review and re...

Judge grants Amazon’s request to put Microsoft’s Pentagon contract on hold

Posted on 13/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For months, Amazon has been making a fuss over the Pentagon's decision to award Microsoft the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract. The company has said that President Trump's "personal vendetta" cost it the contract, a...

Amazon wants to question Trump over his role in the $10 billion DoD contract

Posted on 10/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It's no secret that Amazon was unhappy with the Pentagon's decision to award the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract to Microsoft. Now, Amazon wants to depose President Trump and six other officials, CNBC reports. The...

The Pentagon wants to catch rogue drones in nets

Posted on 03/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Pentagon already has permission to shoot drones out of the sky if they're deemed a threat, but it's not stopping there. The Department of Defense (DoD) has signed a contract with Fortem Technologies for what the company calls Drone Hunter, an AI-...

Pentagon tells military personnel to avoid commercial DNA tests

Posted on 25/12/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Pentagon has recently circulated a memo advising military personnel not to do at-home DNA tests, according to Yahoo News. It reportedly warned military members that mail-in commercial DNA tests are "largely unregulated and could expose personal a...

Amazon claims Trump’s ‘personal vendetta’ cost it $10 billion Pentagon contract

Posted on 09/12/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Last month, Amazon said it would formally challenge the US Department of Defense's decision to award the $10 billion JEDI contract to Microsoft, instead of Amazon Web Service (AWS). The lawsuit, unsealed today, reveals the details behind Amazon's arg...

Jeff Bezos: US is in ‘big trouble’ if Big Tech rejects military contracts

Posted on 08/12/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Don't expect Amazon to follow companies like Google in changing its mind on military contracts. Jeff Bezos told guests at the Reagan National Defense Forum that the US is in "big trouble" if large tech companies are "turning their back" on the Defen...

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