August 25, 2025

The Army is developing a system that uses LLMs trained on roughly 1,000 hours of maintenance video to power AI-enhanced smart glasses, enabling soldiers to diagnose and walk through vehicle repair steps in the field. The initiative aims to integrate these AI tools into soldiers’ smart glasses, phones, and vehicles.

The USAF is seeking $836M in FY26—a fivefold increase—to expand its Air Base Air Defense Systems, aiming to counter rising threats from drones and missiles with counter-drone units and a missile defense variant using the Army’s Long-Range Persistent Surveillance System. The investment supports Agile Combat Employment and broader U.S. missile defense initiatives such as Replicator 2 and Golden Dome.

DOD is officially retiring JCIDS, its long-criticized requirements process, in favor of a faster, more integrated approach. A new memo outlines plans for the RRAB and MEIA to streamline budgeting, engage industry earlier, and cut timelines from 800 days to five months.

POTUS signaled that after potential federal deployments to Chicago, he may extend similar operations to New York City and other urban areas in an effort to "make our cities very, very safe," despite unclear legal authority and pushback from local leaders. Federal agents and National Guard in Washington, D.C. has served as a controversial model that many argue cannot be directly replicated elsewhere.

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Ask Sage—a GovCon led by a former USAF chief software officer—is protesting GSA’s symbolic $1-per-agency AI agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic, arguing that they violate federal acquisition rules, lack essential security authorizations (such as FedRAMP and ITAR compliance), undermine competition, and risk vendor lock-in. The protest also claims that the agreements also flout commercial item pricing requirements, are inconsistent with GSA’s OneGov strategy, and could mislead agencies about costs and capabilities.

The OMB has released new guidance instructing federal agencies to expand the use of the Treasury’s “Do Not Pay” system to prevent improper payments, while also granting agencies a four-year waiver from the requirement to enter into formal computer-matching agreements for using that tool.

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