May 5, 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz is heating up, the drone budget is skyrocketing, and the Army is forcing its biggest vendors to connect their systems.
May 4, 2026
Project Freedom launches in the Strait of Hormuz, Israel orders two new fighter squadrons, and ThinKom's truck-mounted HPM system counters drone swarms without firing a round.
May 1, 2026
Anthropic sits out as seven rivals get cleared for classified networks; plus mine-hunting AI, a new Space Force chief, and a stalled $152B spending rollout.
Apr 30, 2026
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Scout AI's $100M raise, Firestorm's containerized drone factories, and AeroVironment's new tile-based C-UAS system all point to the same thing: autonomous warfare is scaling fast.
Apr 29, 2026
SOCOM is integrating AI at every echelon; the MQ-25A flew for the first time and got delayed again; and True Anomaly crossed $1B raised.
Apr 25, 2026
Witkoff lands in Islamabad, Space Force names 12 Golden Dome awardees, and Ukraine targets 25,000 battlefield robots by midyear.
Apr 24, 2026
The Pentagon's L3Harris missile deal closed, 100,000 AI agents went live on DoD networks, and Golden Dome made its public debut in Norfolk.
Apr 23, 2026
Phelan ousted as Navy secretary, a second Iranian tanker seized in the Indian Ocean, and Shield AI enters an $800M Navy ISR program.
Apr 22, 2026
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Germany unveiled its most sweeping military overhaul in decades, Iran fired on two commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Navy Secretary put foreign shipbuilding on the table.
Apr 21, 2026
Navy laser kills drones from carrier deck, Pentagon cancels $6B GPS program, armed drone boats debut at Sea-Air-Space 2026.
Apr 20, 2026
USS Spruance fired on and Marines boarded an Iranian cargo ship, while AIRCO revealed a system that makes fuel from thin air.
Apr 18, 2026
Iran fired on merchant ships and closed the Strait again, the Army wants autonomous ground robots for the front, and Anduril's combat drone just passed its first hands-on operator test.
