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🎯 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.

🤖 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.

🤖 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.

🌕 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.

🛒 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.

⚛️ 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.

🤖 Shield AI takes the controls on America's Iran war swarm drone

May 20, 2026

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🤖 Shield AI takes the controls on America's Iran war swarm drone

Counter-drone contracts balloon, undersea autonomy partnerships take shape, and the CIA weighs in on Mythos.

📦 Armada raised $230M to build AI factories for the battlefield

May 19, 2026

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📦 Armada raised $230M to build AI factories for the battlefield

Perennial Autonomy secures $500M in drone-hunting contracts, Armada closes $230M to scale battlefield AI, and Raytheon reinvents naval radar software.

🤖 Anduril's AI gets the mission to wire up Pacific air defense

May 18, 2026

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🤖 Anduril's AI gets the mission to wire up Pacific air defense

Anduril's Lattice AI lands its first Pacific battle manager contract as the Army restructures its Indo-Pacific command and Space Force protects comms from jamming.

🤖 OpenAI launches Daybreak, a three-tiered GPT-5.5 program built for cyber defenders

May 15, 2026

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🤖 OpenAI launches Daybreak, a three-tiered GPT-5.5 program built for cyber defenders

OpenAI's Daybreak program, CENTCOM's Iran assessment, and 24 British F-35s dispatched to the Middle East without enough spare parts.

💸 CNO warns Navy could run out of money by July

May 14, 2026

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💸 CNO warns Navy could run out of money by July

From a Navy funding alarm on Capitol Hill to Britain's Hormuz commitment and a 10,000-missile procurement push.

💰 Anduril raises $5B, doubles its valuation to $61B in under a year

May 13, 2026

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💰 Anduril raises $5B, doubles its valuation to $61B in under a year

Anduril doubles its valuation, the Navy officially budgets drone boats, and CBO prices Golden Dome at $1.2 trillion.

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