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🏭 Hadrian raised $1.37B at a $7.87B valuation

Aug 6, 2026

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🏭 Hadrian raised $1.37B at a $7.87B valuation

Also in: Rheinmetall cut its naval forecast $346M as Lockheed's AI sonar tracked submarines at RIMPAC.

🤖 Salesforce AI agents cleared for Pentagon IL5 networks

Aug 5, 2026

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🤖 Salesforce AI agents cleared for Pentagon IL5 networks

Space Force added $615M in tracking satellite deals as the Army moves to field base-defense lasers.

🌊 Saildrone gets $16.3M to keep patrolling the Caribbean

Aug 4, 2026

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🌊 Saildrone gets $16.3M to keep patrolling the Caribbean

Also in: Kaizen's $15M counter-drone marketplace, a stopgap without battleship money, and AI headed for military prison phones.

🧠 Chinese military labs distill US AI models

Aug 3, 2026

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🧠 Chinese military labs distill US AI models

Plus: Space Force opened a $981M training pool, and Northrop landed $1.2B for three more E-2D Hawkeyes.

🧠 Leonardo DRS is buying Raft for $450M

Jul 31, 2026

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🧠 Leonardo DRS is buying Raft for $450M

Also in: CACI takes a $500M counter-drone contract as the Air Force's next-generation fighter engine slips to 2030.

🚀 Lockheed's PAC-3 agreement grows to $58.6 billion

Jul 30, 2026

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🚀 Lockheed's PAC-3 agreement grows to $58.6 billion

Plus: SpaceX takes 18 Falcon 9 launches, and NATO opens its first counter-drone grants with Ukraine.

🤝 Centcom forms first bilateral AI task force with UAE

Jul 29, 2026

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🤝 Centcom forms first bilateral AI task force with UAE

NVIDIA lines up 37 companies behind open-source AI while NIST opens a blind model testbed.

⚡ Lockheed says laser air defenses arrive this decade

Jul 28, 2026

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⚡ Lockheed says laser air defenses arrive this decade

The Coast Guard is hunting counter-UUV technology as the Army picks Ford, GM, and BC Customs for prototypes.

🖥️ Naval Postgraduate School fields military's first AI supercomputer

Jul 27, 2026

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🖥️ Naval Postgraduate School fields military's first AI supercomputer

The Naval Postgraduate School commissioned the military's first NVIDIA AI supercomputer as DIU named its first active-duty deputy.

💻 Pentagon awards Oracle $7 billion software consolidation deal

Jul 24, 2026

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💻 Pentagon awards Oracle $7 billion software consolidation deal

BAE unveiled a modular warhead family as the Pentagon signed a $7 billion Oracle software consolidation deal.

🎯 Skyfall unveils faster interceptor for jet-powered Shaheds

Jul 23, 2026

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🎯 Skyfall unveils faster interceptor for jet-powered Shaheds

The House passed a $1.15 trillion NDAA as Northrop Grumman launched new satellite-servicing spacecraft into orbit.

🕵️ China's spies are targeting America's top AI labs

Jul 22, 2026

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🕵️ China's spies are targeting America's top AI labs

BAE unveiled its first autonomous fighter drone as Lockheed and RTX explore building Patriot interceptors in Ukraine.

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