[ad_1] The Pentagon has unveiled plans for the next stage of the U.S. defense-technology pact with Britain and Australia, including loading AI on submarine-hunting planes and launching exercises to test out unmanned gear. This second “pillar” of AUKUS will aim to develop a host of new technologies, including AI and autonomy, electronic warfare, hypersonics, and ...

[ad_1] UFP Industries Inc. is launching B2B marketplace TimberBase. The company supplies products primarily manufactured from wood, wood and non-wood composites, and other materials. UFP Industries generates annual sales of $7.6 billion and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It has launched TimberBase.com, a B2B marketplace for buying and selling lumber and building materials. UFP ...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI—The Pentagon’s innovation arm is going international.  Doug Beck, the new head of the Defense Innovation Unit, arrived in New Delhi to co-host an event with his Indian counterpart, Vivek Virmani, the chief operating officer for Innovations for Defence Excellence in the Indian defense ministry on Nov. 8. The India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem, ...

[ad_1] Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “studenting,” but not learning much. At that critical moment when a teacher chalks a problem on the board and asks everyone to write out an answer, for instance, one kid might stall by sharpening a pencil, another might doodle ...

[ad_1] The U.S. Navy must 3D-print more parts if it is to build three submarines per year, a top program manager said Wednesday. Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker, the Navy’s lead buyer for attack submarines, said additive manufacturing has become essential for meeting construction schedules—and then keeping those new subs operating. “Absolutely we need to have ...

[ad_1] Happy earnings call week! Five major defense companies will report their quarterly earnings this week. These calls are about more than revenue made—or lost. Defense One will look at how global threats and conflicts—from Israel to Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific—affect priorities, new initiatives, spending, and long-term projections. Here’s the schedule: Tuesday: Raytheon Technologies Wednesday: ...

[ad_1] As the Army rushed to send weapons and munitions to Ukraine in February last year, it had some helpful factors in its favor: ample equipment already stored in Europe, civilian transportation companies eager to help, and relatively short distances to move the gear.  In the Pacific, it’s another story.  From how the Army gets ...

[ad_1] Since the release of ChatGPT late last year, the essay has been declared dead as an effective way to measure learning. After all, students can now enter any assigned question into an AI chatbot and get a perfectly formatted, five-paragraph essay back ready to turn in (well, after a little massaging to take out ...