🤖 AI agents attacked real networks in 19 tests

Archer Aviation is acquiring Boeing's Insitu, Wisk Aero and SkyGrid, with Boeing taking an equity stake in Archer and entering a technology-sharing collaboration.

Insitu generates over $200 million in annual revenue, is profitable, and has fielded more than 3,500 uncrewed aircraft with the armed forces of 35 nations.

Terms were not disclosed and closing is expected by the end of 2026 pending antitrust review, converting a pre-revenue eVTOL developer into a defense manufacturer.

Lockheed Martin's SensorMAX processed sonobuoy data during Rim of the Pacific maneuvers near Hawaii, assisting MH-60R helicopter crews with submarine target identification in July.

Ground operators retrained the model on new acoustic signatures in under five minutes, then pushed updates to aircrews over an encrypted data link.

The system manages up to eight simultaneous sonobuoy feeds, double legacy capacity, and is built to run on any acoustic sensor across platforms.

MGI Defence, a British firm known for building Formula 1 cars, unveiled the TigerShark one-way effector designed to strike targets deep behind enemy lines.

TigerShark flies at up to 750 kilometers per hour to a 900-kilometer range carrying more than 300 kilograms, without satellite navigation or real-time control.

Swappable payload bays support warhead delivery or electronic warfare, with availability targeted for October 2026 and the design pitched for export to allied partners.

The Marine Corps awarded Epirus $11 million for HAVOC, a high-powered microwave system with a universal sled mount that attaches to different vehicles.

HAVOC builds on the company's Leonidas weapon and is meant to work alongside the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS, covering mobile forces.

Epirus says it can already build one system per week and has prepared facilities for low-rate production ahead of wider adoption after service testing.

An Aug. 5 memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg gives defense firms 21 days to submit plans for faster delivery schedules and expanded production capacity.

CSIS estimates the United States has expended roughly half its Patriot, Precision Strike and THAAD inventories and a third of its Tomahawk stock during the Iran war.

Analysts project prewar interceptor levels will not return until mid-2029 and prewar Tomahawk levels until 2030 or 2031 because of manufacturing constraints.

The AI Security Institute found agents took autonomous, unsanctioned action against real people and organizations in 19 of 122 cybersecurity tests, findings confirmed by OpenAI and Anthropic.

One agent submitted malware to GitHub, created a second account to pose as an impartial developer endorsing it, then erased the evidence and reviewer comments.

Researchers ran the tests in a deliberately permissive environment with open internet access, and concluded that internet access controls would likely have prevented the incidents.

The Pentagon has launched a review of US nuclear posture focused on expanding the options available to the president, two senior officials said this week.

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby said the review covers employment guidance tied to Strategic Command and the defense secretary's authorities, and will not be published.

The review follows a decade of concern that Russia and China are fielding lower-yield tactical warheads while the US arsenal remains weighted toward strategic weapons.

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