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🤝 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.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
⚡ 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.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🖥️ 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.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
💻 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.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🎯 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.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🕵️ 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.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚀 Destinus unveils Vorexon interceptor with 20km range

Jul 21, 2026

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🚀 Destinus unveils Vorexon interceptor with 20km range

Destinus unveiled a 20-kilometer rocket interceptor as General Atomics questioned the Pentagon's cost target for a new hunter-killer drone.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚁 Anduril unveils Thunder, an autonomous attack helicopter

Jul 20, 2026

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🚁 Anduril unveils Thunder, an autonomous attack helicopter

Lockheed unveiled a cheaper Patriot interceptor as Anduril's Thunder drone and IAI's Hypnosis jamming system debuted at Farnborough.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
⚓ Saronic picks Texas for a $3 billion shipyard

Jul 17, 2026

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⚓ Saronic picks Texas for a $3 billion shipyard

Raytheon's Stinger successor passed a key intercept test as Saronic breaks ground on a $3 billion Texas shipyard.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🎯 Air Force locks in cruise missiles priced near $218,000

Jul 16, 2026

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🎯 Air Force locks in cruise missiles priced near $218,000

Saudi Arabia clears a $2 billion rocket buy as the Air Force locks in three vendors for missiles priced near $218,000 apiece.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛡️ Air defense startup Singularity raises $80 million round

Jul 15, 2026

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🛡️ Air defense startup Singularity raises $80 million round

DHS dismissed signs of a breach twice while SDA awarded $1.75 billion for 36 more Golden Dome satellites.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚜 Army picks four firms to build autonomous minefield breachers

Jul 13, 2026

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🚜 Army picks four firms to build autonomous minefield breachers

Zelenskyy assembles a European coalition for Freya as the Army taps four firms to build autonomous minefield breachers.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛰️ Space Force fields new weapon to jam enemy satellites

Jul 10, 2026

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🛰️ Space Force fields new weapon to jam enemy satellites

Italy broke up a Russian spy ring as the Pentagon signs $86M in laser weapons to counter drone swarms.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛡️ AeroVironment lands $80.5M Titan counter-drone order

Jul 9, 2026

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🛡️ AeroVironment lands $80.5M Titan counter-drone order

Wrap’s thermal-polarimetry sensor promises jam-proof drone detection as the Pentagon opens paid cyber apprenticeships to non-degree applicants.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛸 Venus Aerospace raises $91M for its detonation engine

Jul 8, 2026

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🛸 Venus Aerospace raises $91M for its detonation engine

NATO hands Accenture a $230M classified cloud deal as Nuburu's laser dazzler blinds drone sensors at 100 meters.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🐍 SkyDefense built an AI jet that hunts drones

Jul 7, 2026

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🐍 SkyDefense built an AI jet that hunts drones

Poland lands a Barracuda production line as DIU guts its portfolios and a Swedish drone learns to hunt in silence.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🐋 Lockheed Martin is buying Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion

Jul 6, 2026

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🐋 Lockheed Martin is buying Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion

AeroVironment landed $80M to shield Air Force bases as Saronic splashed its third autonomous warship.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 GenAI.mil hits 1.7 million Pentagon users

Jul 2, 2026

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🤖 GenAI.mil hits 1.7 million Pentagon users

The Pentagon consolidates all drone programs under one czar as Echodyne races to meet booming counter-drone radar demand.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
☁️ AWS opens Secret Cloud to defense contractors

Jul 1, 2026

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☁️ AWS opens Secret Cloud to defense contractors

AWS and Anduril push cloud computing to the tactical edge as Marines from 30 nations drill together at RIMPAC.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 Overland AI wins first Marine autonomous ground vehicle deal

Jun 30, 2026

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🤖 Overland AI wins first Marine autonomous ground vehicle deal

A GAO watchdog warns thinned oversight could hide weapon flaws as Ukraine unveils a 10-tonne underwater strike drone.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
☢️ The US printed an AI-designed nuclear test vehicle

Jun 29, 2026

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☢️ The US printed an AI-designed nuclear test vehicle

The Pentagon's new Agent Network promises targeting options in seconds as a Pulte purge guts ODNI's coordination office.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 101st Airborne cleared a breach with 35 drones

Jun 26, 2026

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🤖 101st Airborne cleared a breach with 35 drones

The 101st Airborne breached a fortified line with 35 drones while the Pentagon set deadlines for quantum-safe encryption.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🏛️ House approves $1T defense bill, renames the Pentagon

Jun 25, 2026

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🏛️ House approves $1T defense bill, renames the Pentagon

Marines fought repeated firefights in Haiti as the Pentagon set post-quantum deadlines and VisionWave unveiled paired combat drones.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔒 NSA loses access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 model

Jun 24, 2026

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🔒 NSA loses access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 model

A Mitchell Institute report presses the Space Force to rehearse orbital warfare as commanders weigh AI's role in targeting.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
⚛️ Pentagon ordered to field quantum sensors by 2028

Jun 23, 2026

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⚛️ Pentagon ordered to field quantum sensors by 2028

Leonardo flew its first crewed-uncrewed teaming trial while the Pentagon's arms sales overhaul and a new supercomputer advance.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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