defense

DoD Releases Previously Unseen Document Detailing “NIGHT TRAIN 84” Nuclear War Exercise Scenario

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The Black Vault,…

June 18, 2025

DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Background The DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (or DOD Dictionary) sets forth standard US military and associated terminology…

November 22, 2022

Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Program Plan, April 1994

The Congressional Authorization Conference in November 1993 sent a message that was clearly received by the Department of Defense (DoD).…

November 13, 2021

Mobile Force Protection Program Concludes with Successful Demonstration

On June 7, 2021, DARPA released the following press release, with the video above. In recent tests at Eglin Air…

June 8, 2021

U.S. Army Lab Explores AI/ML Potential in Development of Chemical Biological Defense Solutions

Background Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) is a next-generation computer capability that holds the potential for changing everything from…

December 22, 2020