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✈️ US Startup Developing ‘World’s Largest Cargo Plane’ Able to Carry Four F-35 Jets

Sep 24, 2025

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✈️ US Startup Developing ‘World’s Largest Cargo Plane’ Able to Carry Four F-35 Jets

Colorado-based Radia revealed its WindRunner for Defense, a 356-foot-long cargo plane capable of transporting four F-35s or 12 Apaches without disassembly, seven times the volume of a C-5 and twelve times that of a C-17.

✈️ Anduril’s Fury Drone Set for Button-Push First Flight

Sep 23, 2025

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✈️ Anduril’s Fury Drone Set for Button-Push First Flight

Anduril confirmed its Fury collaborative combat drone is designed to take off with the press of a single button, advancing ease-of-use and operational simplicity.

✈️ Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Vectis’ Combat Drone Concept

Sep 22, 2025

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✈️ Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Vectis’ Combat Drone Concept

Lockheed Martin introduced the Vectis combat drone, a concept aimed at delivering stealthy, multi-role unmanned strike capability.

📈 Small U.S. Defense Stocks Soar On Demand For Next-Gen Battlefield Tech

Sep 19, 2025

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📈 Small U.S. Defense Stocks Soar On Demand For Next-Gen Battlefield Tech

Shares of Kratos, AeroVironment, Mercury Systems, and other smaller defense firms have surged as investors bet on next-generation battlefield technologies.

🔎 Elbit’s “Frontier” Uses AI to Fuse Multi-Sensor Feeds and Prioritize Threats

Sep 18, 2025

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🔎 Elbit’s “Frontier” Uses AI to Fuse Multi-Sensor Feeds and Prioritize Threats

Elbit unveiled “Frontier,” an AI-driven command-and-control platform that integrates radar, EO/IR, EW, and other feeds into a unified picture.

🏛️ State Dept Eyes “Agentic AI” To Take Actions For Staff

Sep 17, 2025

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🏛️ State Dept Eyes “Agentic AI” To Take Actions For Staff

State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher outlined plans to move beyond current chatbots toward “agentic AI” that performs tasks for employees.

🛰️ Anduril & Impulse To Demo Maneuvering Satellite For Space Force Use-Cases

Sep 16, 2025

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🛰️ Anduril & Impulse To Demo Maneuvering Satellite For Space Force Use-Cases

Anduril and Impulse announced a jointly funded demo satellite for rendezvous and proximity operations.

⚡ Epirus Leonidas Microwave System Defeats 49-Drone Swarm

Sep 15, 2025

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⚡ Epirus Leonidas Microwave System Defeats 49-Drone Swarm

In a live-fire demo, Epirus’ Leonidas high-power microwave system defeated 61 drones across five scenarios, including a 49-drone swarm neutralized with a single electromagnetic pulse.

🌊 HII & Babcock Team To Launch UUVs From Submarine Torpedo Tubes

Sep 12, 2025

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🌊 HII & Babcock Team To Launch UUVs From Submarine Torpedo Tubes

HII and Babcock signed an MoU to integrate HII’s REMUS UUVs with Babcock’s submarine weapon-handling and launch systems for autonomous launch/recovery via torpedo tubes.

⚔️ Switchblade-600 Makes First-Ever Air-Launch From MQ-9A Reaper

Sep 11, 2025

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⚔️ Switchblade-600 Makes First-Ever Air-Launch From MQ-9A Reaper

AeroVironment and GA-ASI achieved the first air-launch of the Switchblade-600 loitering munition from a Block 5 MQ-9A at Yuma Proving Ground.

⚔️ Video Shows MQ-9 Reapers Attempting To Hit Aerial Target Off Yemen

Sep 10, 2025

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⚔️ Video Shows MQ-9 Reapers Attempting To Hit Aerial Target Off Yemen

Rep. Eric Burlison shared video at a House Oversight UAP hearing that he said shows an October 30, 2024 attempt by U.S. MQ-9 Reapers to intercept an unidentified object off Yemen.

🛰️ Varda, LeoLabs & Anduril Demo On-Orbit Maneuver Tracking with AI Integration

Sep 9, 2025

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🛰️ Varda, LeoLabs & Anduril Demo On-Orbit Maneuver Tracking with AI Integration

Varda Space, LeoLabs and Anduril integrated commercial space-domain awareness data with AI-enabled software to track on-orbit maneuvers.

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