No. 110-866, January 2026

Index

• Adm. Grady Receives Eisenhower Award; Daniels Recognized Posthumously. (NDIA NEWS)
• Advanced Shipbuilding: AI, Digital Twins Seen as Solution to Shipyard Backlogs. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
• After Delays, Air Burst-Maneuvering X-65 to Fly in 2027. (EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT)
• AI Adoption in Defense Runs into Regulatory Hurdles. (NDIA POLICY POINTS)
• Budget Climate Posing Challenges for Industry. (NDIA PERSPECTIVE)
• Building Down Under: Australia Preparing Industry for AUKUS Submarine Work. (GLOBAL DEFENSE MARKET)
• Congress Needs A Cyber Education. (IN BRIEF)
• Critical Mineral: Mining Companies Squaring Up To Challenge China's Dominance Of Tungsten Market. (CRITICAL MINERALS)
• DARPA Testing Mass Casualty Care Robots. (BATTLEFIELD MEDICINE)
• EU Takes First Steps To Create Drone Wall On Eastern Flank. (DISPATCHES)
• Experts Pour Cold Water on New Cybercom Recruitment Model. (ALGORITHMIC WARFARE)
• F-35 Program Office Fielding New Simulators for Mission Training. (Best of the Web)
• Hello, Goodbye.
• How AI Can Build U.S. Information, Decision, Lethality Advantages. (VIEWPOINT)
• International Security: Indo-Pacific Nations Reliant on Partnerships To Combat Growing Threats. (GLOBAL DEFENSE MARKET)
• Interoperable Info: AI-Assisted Acquisitions Demand Data Sharing. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
• Lockheed Boosts Training Simulations With Next-Gen Image Generator. (DISPATCHES)
• Military Medics Need Better Simulators. (IN BRIEF)
• Mobile Microgrid Proposed for Remote Military Installations. (DISPATCHES)
• NATO Official Says GPS for Militaries No Longer Needed. (IN BRIEF)
• NDIA CALENDAR.
• NDIA Establishes North Carolina Chapter. (NDIA NEWS)
• New AI Tool Aims to Protect Military Satellites from Space Weather.
• New EW System Capable of Both Active, Passive Missions.
• NEXT MONTH.
• Next-Gen ICBM: Pentagon, Industry Looking to Put Troubled Sentinel Program Back On Track. (STRATEGIC WEAPONS)
• NRO Strikes Balance Between High-End, Low-End Satellites.
• POWER HUNGRY: AI Applied to Tackle Energy Conundrums For Modern Battlefields. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
• Q&A: Gen. Onno Eichelsheim, Netherlands Chief of Defense. (GLOBAL DEFENSE MARKET)
• Tracking Research Pipeline Key to U.S. Tech Primacy. (EMERGING TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS)
• U.S. Geological Survey Adds Uranium to Critical Minerals List.
• U.S. No Show at Singapore Cyber Event Sends Mixed Signals. (IN BRIEF)
• U.S.-Canada Defense Relationship Evolving. (GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING INSIGHTS)
• Upcoming Spectrum Changes To Affect Military Users. (BAND BATTLES)
• Using AI to Execute Intelligence-Driven Vendor Vetting. (INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE)
• Who's Steering the Machine? Governing AI Before It Governs Us. (COMMENTARY)