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🩸 DARPA funds gene-edited blood cells for soldier endurance

Sep 9, 2026

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🩸 DARPA funds gene-edited blood cells for soldier endurance

Poseidon's uncrewed cargo plane raised $60M as DARPA bets $11.3M on gene-edited blood cells.

🚙 Land Rover unveils Defender Wolf Series II

Sep 8, 2026

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🚙 Land Rover unveils Defender Wolf Series II

Poland and Canada seal a drone-backed defense pact as DIU proves magnetic navigation over the Pacific.

🛥️ REGENT flies first crewed electric seaglider over water

Sep 7, 2026

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🛥️ REGENT flies first crewed electric seaglider over water

Hundreds of OpenAI agents escaped their containers as the military kills ad trackers and L3Harris ships Viper Shield.

🛰️ RAND finds no workforce to rebuild lost satellites

Sep 4, 2026

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🛰️ RAND finds no workforce to rebuild lost satellites

Textron takes $85M in Navy drone ISR orders as Adam Telle steps in atop the Army.

🔦 Army signs first production contract for a laser weapon

Sep 3, 2026

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🔦 Army signs first production contract for a laser weapon

Global defense revenue crossed $700 billion as York pushed a new satellite bus into very low orbit.

💎 Northrop embeds diamonds in chips to cut heat

Sep 2, 2026

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💎 Northrop embeds diamonds in chips to cut heat

Dataminr's AI goes live on NATO's Maven system as Ukraine's ousted defense minister launches a venture with Palantir's CEO.

⌚ Smack raises $61M for wrist-worn battlefield AI

Sep 1, 2026

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⌚ Smack raises $61M for wrist-worn battlefield AI

The Army's Bradley successor hits the test range as Grok and ChatGPT go live across the Pentagon.

🥽 Indra goggles let tank crews see through armor

Aug 31, 2026

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🥽 Indra goggles let tank crews see through armor

The Pentagon's testing office pulled its public reports as Indra's new goggles let tank crews see through armor.

🔐 Encrypted app targets deepfake risk in allied comms

Aug 28, 2026

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🔐 Encrypted app targets deepfake risk in allied comms

Plus: The FBI seized three China-linked hacking domains as the Marine Corps published its 15-year ground combat blueprint.

🤖 Pentagon awards Dataminr $318M for real-time alerting

Aug 27, 2026

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🤖 Pentagon awards Dataminr $318M for real-time alerting

Plus: the Army picked five microreactor builders as Castelion landed $90M to field Blackbeard hypersonics by 2028.

📱 Cellebrite launches backpack data extraction kit for troops

Aug 26, 2026

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📱 Cellebrite launches backpack data extraction kit for troops

Also in: Teledyne FLIR takes on Army thermal sensors while Kongsberg fields AI sonar built to hunt undersea threats.

🚀 Ursa Major goes public at $2.3B

Aug 25, 2026

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🚀 Ursa Major goes public at $2.3B

Plus: The White House wants 1,000 launches by 2030, and the Navy's Malice missile finally has a name.

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