🎯 Congress hears AI targeting may outpace human verification

Indra unveiled SQUALL, a cruise missile built to strike command centers, air defenses, and high-value infrastructure hundreds of kilometers behind enemy lines.
Low-altitude flight and jam-resistant navigation help it evade radar, and it launches from ramps, containers, or tactical vehicles on land or at sea.
Designed for both surgical strikes and saturation salvos, SQUALL joins Indra's layered air defense portfolio alongside its DRIZZLE interceptor drone and Tarsis ISR drones.

Focused Support launched Cavok STRIKE, licensed software that connects battlefield platforms to the Link 16 tactical data network without dedicated hardware.
The tool plugs into the Cavok Mission Ecosystem, letting assets exchange tactical data and feed a shared picture without becoming command-and-control nodes.
Group 1 to 3 drones, often kept off Link 16 by size, weight, and power limits, stand to gain most as unmanned systems proliferate.

Witnesses told the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission that AI-assisted targeting can compress kill chains faster than operators can verify recommendations.
Pentagon policy requires appropriate human judgment over force, but witnesses argued a sign-off alone does not prove meaningful control when one operator supervises multiple systems.
Proposed fixes include flagging AI involvement in annual civilian-casualty reports, after-action reviews of AI target accuracy, and targeting-specific AI training for personnel.

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Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon revealed the Space Force's Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) constellation is Resilient Radar System-Ground (RRS-G), with Northrop Grumman as prime.
Launches begin by 2028, backed by $1.02B in FY27 baseline GMTI procurement and a separate research effort of roughly $1.1B.
US Space Command will oversee and defend the satellites once operational, and is coordinating air and ground moving-target missions with the National Reconnaissance Office.

The Air Force is creating Megatron, a multi-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network command and control.
The vehicle will span multiple programs and appropriations across an architecture of roughly 50 programs of record, covering commercial buys and continuous software delivery.
Ceiling and period of performance remain open, and Brig. Gen. Joshua Williams's office will use requests for information to finalize the acquisition strategy.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine told the Air, Space & Cyber Conference the Joint Force must be ready to fight from the seabed to cislunar space.
The 18th and 19th Space Defense Squadrons now share the cislunar mission, which Space Force leaders tie to growing Chinese activity in the region.
The Outer Space Treaty bars military bases and weapons testing on the moon, and a Senate provision in the 2027 defense bill orders a review of military space-law capacity.

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