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🛰️ Space Force fields new weapon to jam enemy satellites

Jul 10, 2026

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🛰️ Space Force fields new weapon to jam enemy satellites

Italy broke up a Russian spy ring as the Pentagon signs $86M in laser weapons to counter drone swarms.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛡️ AeroVironment lands $80.5M Titan counter-drone order

Jul 9, 2026

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🛡️ AeroVironment lands $80.5M Titan counter-drone order

Wrap’s thermal-polarimetry sensor promises jam-proof drone detection as the Pentagon opens paid cyber apprenticeships to non-degree applicants.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛸 Venus Aerospace raises $91M for its detonation engine

Jul 8, 2026

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🛸 Venus Aerospace raises $91M for its detonation engine

NATO hands Accenture a $230M classified cloud deal as Nuburu's laser dazzler blinds drone sensors at 100 meters.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🐍 SkyDefense built an AI jet that hunts drones

Jul 7, 2026

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🐍 SkyDefense built an AI jet that hunts drones

Poland lands a Barracuda production line as DIU guts its portfolios and a Swedish drone learns to hunt in silence.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🐋 Lockheed Martin is buying Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion

Jul 6, 2026

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🐋 Lockheed Martin is buying Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion

AeroVironment landed $80M to shield Air Force bases as Saronic splashed its third autonomous warship.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 GenAI.mil hits 1.7 million Pentagon users

Jul 2, 2026

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🤖 GenAI.mil hits 1.7 million Pentagon users

The Pentagon consolidates all drone programs under one czar as Echodyne races to meet booming counter-drone radar demand.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
☁️ AWS opens Secret Cloud to defense contractors

Jul 1, 2026

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☁️ AWS opens Secret Cloud to defense contractors

AWS and Anduril push cloud computing to the tactical edge as Marines from 30 nations drill together at RIMPAC.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 Overland AI wins first Marine autonomous ground vehicle deal

Jun 30, 2026

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🤖 Overland AI wins first Marine autonomous ground vehicle deal

A GAO watchdog warns thinned oversight could hide weapon flaws as Ukraine unveils a 10-tonne underwater strike drone.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
☢️ The US printed an AI-designed nuclear test vehicle

Jun 29, 2026

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☢️ The US printed an AI-designed nuclear test vehicle

The Pentagon's new Agent Network promises targeting options in seconds as a Pulte purge guts ODNI's coordination office.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 101st Airborne cleared a breach with 35 drones

Jun 26, 2026

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🤖 101st Airborne cleared a breach with 35 drones

The 101st Airborne breached a fortified line with 35 drones while the Pentagon set deadlines for quantum-safe encryption.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🏛️ House approves $1T defense bill, renames the Pentagon

Jun 25, 2026

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🏛️ House approves $1T defense bill, renames the Pentagon

Marines fought repeated firefights in Haiti as the Pentagon set post-quantum deadlines and VisionWave unveiled paired combat drones.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔒 NSA loses access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 model

Jun 24, 2026

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🔒 NSA loses access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 model

A Mitchell Institute report presses the Space Force to rehearse orbital warfare as commanders weigh AI's role in targeting.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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