MELBOURNE, July 15 (UPI) -- Global artificial intelligence companies will battle it out in Australia's outback to be one of the winners of a competition to design next-generation combat robots.

WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- The success of the mission in Afghanistan is encouraging despite modest setbacks as the military surge unfolds, the U.S. Defense Department said.

WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- Four training brigades are set for deployment to Iraq as part of a shift in the U.S. mission to a stability and reconstruction operation, the Pentagon said.

PARUN, Afghanistan, July 15 (UPI) -- Afghan and NATO forces seized control over the village of Barge Matal in the northern Afghan province of Nuristan following a battle with Taliban insurgents.

KIRKUK, Iraq, July 14 (UPI) -- The situation in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk is improving, but further concessions are needed before U.S. troops pull out, the top U.S. military official said.

FALLS CHURCH, Va., July 14 (UPI) -- Information technology enterprise company CSC has been invited to join a U.S. Defense Department pilot program for cybersecurity initiatives.

TEHRAN, July 13 (UPI) -- Israel plans to purchase at least 50 U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, giving it the ability to penetrate air-defense systems intended for Iran and Syria.

PHOENIX, July 13 (UPI) -- U.S. company Antenna Technology Communications Inc. has launched its new satellite monitoring system designed to support the law enforcement community.

FAIRFAX, Va., July 10 (UPI) -- General Dynamics has been contracted by the Ohio-based National Air and Space Intelligence Center to support the Advanced Technical Exploitation Program.