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🏛️ House passes a $1.15 trillion defense bill

Jun 5, 2026

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🏛️ House passes a $1.15 trillion defense bill

Congress moves on Ukraine aid and a containerized Navy laser as Apex doubles its valuation to $2.3 billion.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🌐 DISA to demo allied data-sharing network in Pacific

Jun 4, 2026

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🌐 DISA to demo allied data-sharing network in Pacific

Anduril joins Elbit's howitzer bid as the Air Force taps GE and Rolls-Royce for new drone engines.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛡️ Trump AI order puts NSA at center of model oversight

Jun 3, 2026

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🛡️ Trump AI order puts NSA at center of model oversight

Iran's strike on Kuwait suspends flights as a new report prices a Cyber Force at $10 billion and Saab rolls out the twin-seat Gripen F.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚀 Mach Industries hit a $1.8 billion valuation

Jun 2, 2026

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🚀 Mach Industries hit a $1.8 billion valuation

A new SOCOM rifle swaps calibers in a minute as Russian trucks adopt dazzle paint to beat AI drones.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚢 Saronic launched its first Marauder unmanned surface vessel

Jun 1, 2026

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🚢 Saronic launched its first Marauder unmanned surface vessel

L3Harris debuts a fail-proof battlefield intercom as FN Herstal refreshes its combat-proven MAG machine gun for modern optics.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 AimLock and FN America debut AI-powered drone-killing weapon station

May 29, 2026

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🤖 AimLock and FN America debut AI-powered drone-killing weapon station

China's desert nuclear complex now has 80+ launch pads, and the Army shipped jailbroken tech to CENTCOM this week.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🎯 Adversaries are buying data to target US troops

May 28, 2026

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🎯 Adversaries are buying data to target US troops

CENTCOM confirmed adversaries exploited commercial location data to target US troops, CSIS found the Iran war left a multi-year munitions deficit, and Reach Power is pitching perpetual drone flight to the Army.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 Tycho.AI's new VTOL drone hits 200 mph and navigates without GPS

May 27, 2026

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🤖 Tycho.AI's new VTOL drone hits 200 mph and navigates without GPS

SpaceX secures the Pentagon's backbone SATCOM network, Hermeus breaks Mach 1, and the Army rockets its logistics drone.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 GE Aerospace used generative AI to design a hypersonic engine in seconds

May 26, 2026

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🤖 GE Aerospace used generative AI to design a hypersonic engine in seconds

Self-defense strikes at Bandar Abbas, Saab's passive EW border wall, and GE's AI-designed hypersonic engine.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🌕 Space Force needs boots on the moon

May 25, 2026

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🌕 Space Force needs boots on the moon

Space Force guardians on the moon, a $30M autonomous vehicle challenge, and Anduril bringing AI to the soldier's vest.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛒 Army launching Amazon-style weapons marketplace for 25 allied nations in weeks

May 22, 2026

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🛒 Army launching Amazon-style weapons marketplace for 25 allied nations in weeks

Unified battlefield stacks, a nuclear warning from Oslo, and a new THAAD facility breaking ground in Alabama.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
⚛️ Atoms are replacing electronics on the contested spectrum

May 21, 2026

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⚛️ Atoms are replacing electronics on the contested spectrum

Sentrycs hijacks drones without jamming, SOCOM calls for an AI reality check, and the Pentagon CTO wants decisions in weeks, not years.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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