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Gonna need a bigger boat: what the Navy does when whales go rogue
While there has indeed been an uptick in Orca interference near Spanish and Portugese waters, they are exceedingly rare.
By Sarah Sicard
VA has a ‘broken culture’ regarding patient safety, watchdog warns
Department leaders have promised more training and reforms on the issue in the next year.
Can Veterans Affairs officials spot another serial killer hiding in their midst?
In the wake of a former staffer being imprisoned for murdering seven patients, VA watchdogs warn that changes need to be made across the department's health system.
Whales found dead under Australian Navy ship at Naval Base San Diego
The destroyer HMAS Sydney has been holding joint exercises with the U.S. Navy in the area since early April.
Former VA health worker sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven patients via insulin poisoning
Investigators found multiple failings within the VA medical system that contributed to her crimes going unnoticed.
VA physician charged with sexually assaulting fellow staffers
The criminal case is the latest scandal for the VA hospital in West Virginia.
Inside the Army’s futuristic test of its battlefield artificial intelligence in the desert
At Project Convergence, U.S. Army Futures Command tested a number of emerging AI capabilities, including Prometheus, Dead Center, FIRESTORM and more.
By Nathan Strout
Pentagon to pit AI against human pilots in live fighter trials
Still, the Defense Department is likely years away from AI-controlled fighters seeing combat.
By Aaron Mehta and Andrew Eversden
US Navy sends warship near disputed islands a day after China’s ’carrier killer’ missile test
The guided-missile destroyer Mustin “asserted navigational rights and freedoms" in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands.
Report: China test-fires ‘carrier killer’ missile in disputed sea
China’s military test-fired two missiles into the South China Sea, including a “carrier killer” military analysts suggest might have been developed to attack U.S. forces, a newspaper reported Thursday.
DoD developing ‘best practices’ for AI programs
The Department of Defense has many artificial intelligence programs, but has yet to develop a cohesive set of standards for them.
By Aaron Mehta