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☀️ AFCENT's $270M solar drone can fly in 10 minutes

Apr 10, 2026

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☀️ AFCENT's $270M solar drone can fly in 10 minutes

AFCENT locks in a $270M solar ISR drone contract, Trump floats a European troop drawdown, and Cummings validates an anti-armor warhead that fits in a soldier's pack.

🚀 Kratos wins $447M to track hypersonic missiles from space

Apr 9, 2026

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🚀 Kratos wins $447M to track hypersonic missiles from space

Appeals court backs the Pentagon on Anthropic, Iran's ceasefire stumbles on day one, and Kratos lands a major missile warning contract.

🚀 Hermeus is worth $1B and building Mach 3 drones

Apr 8, 2026

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🚀 Hermeus is worth $1B and building Mach 3 drones

A last-minute ceasefire, Russian spy satellites feeding Iran targeting data, and Hermeus crossing $1B to race toward Mach 3.

🎯 Iran deadline expires tonight

Apr 7, 2026

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🎯 Iran deadline expires tonight

Trump's Kharg Island strikes and a midnight deadline, a $709M StormBreaker buy, and the DIU solicitation triggered by a string of aircraft losses over Iran.

🚁 Night Stalkers went 200 miles into Iran

Apr 6, 2026

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🚁 Night Stalkers went 200 miles into Iran

U.S. commandos rescued a downed F-15 crew member from inside Iran while cluster-warhead missiles continue beating Israel's air defenses.

🤖 Palantir is now officially baked into the Pentagon

Apr 4, 2026

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🤖 Palantir is now officially baked into the Pentagon

Two American aircraft downed over Iran in a single day, a $65.8B Navy shipbuilding request, and Palantir locked into the Pentagon's C2 architecture.

✈️ One rescued, one missing after Iran downs U.S. F-15E

Apr 3, 2026

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✈️ One rescued, one missing after Iran downs U.S. F-15E

Iran downed a U.S. F-15E over enemy territory, Hegseth fired the Army chief of staff, and Trump dropped a $1.5T defense budget.

🚀 SpaceX just filed for the biggest IPO ever

Apr 2, 2026

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🚀 SpaceX just filed for the biggest IPO ever

SpaceX targets a $1.75T IPO, Pratt & Whitney locks in $6.6B for F-35 engines, and Trump's Iran address signals harder hits are coming.

🛡️ Iran split a $500M radar plane in half

Apr 1, 2026

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🛡️ Iran split a $500M radar plane in half

B-52s are flying over Iran for the first time, 348 troops have been wounded, and the Pentagon is racing to replenish the interceptors keeping them alive.

🚢 Saronic just raised $1.75B at a $9.25B valuation

Mar 31, 2026

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🚢 Saronic just raised $1.75B at a $9.25B valuation

Iran struck an oil tanker off Dubai, Airbus' Bird of Prey intercepted a kamikaze drone in its first flight test, and Saronic closed a $1.75B round at a $9.25B valuation.

🪖 Pentagon draws up weeks of Iran ground operations

Mar 30, 2026

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🪖 Pentagon draws up weeks of Iran ground operations

Oil hits $116 a barrel, a Virginia-class sub enters service, and the Pentagon's AI targeting architecture gets a hard look.

🔓 Iranian hackers just breached the FBI director's inbox

Mar 28, 2026

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🔓 Iranian hackers just breached the FBI director's inbox

Tomahawk stocks are alarmingly low, bases are being hardened on the fly, and Silicon Valley's moment of truth has arrived.

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