The Commerce Department reclassified the UAE to Country Group A:5 on July 10, easing export controls on AI chips and military technology.

The change lifts restrictions on UAE drone programs and eases license-free access to advanced computing hardware for firms like G42.

Analysts say it could accelerate a General Atomics and Calidus Aerospace MQ-9 co-production proposal and boost the Anduril-EDGE drone joint venture.

BAE Systems unveiled BlackThorn, a modular warhead family in 40mm, 70mm and 120mm variants for drones, missiles and counter-drone systems.

Frankenburg Technologies selected the 40mm enhanced-fragmentation version for its Mark I short-range air defense missile, the first platform to integrate it.

The design targets rapid, low-cost mass production, positioning BAE to supply warheads across a widening range of attritable weapons platforms.

Saronic and Samsung Heavy Industries announced a partnership to accelerate autonomous maritime systems, unveiled at the launch of the Korea-US Shipbuilding Partnership Center.

The deal pairs Saronic's autonomy and manufacturing technology with Samsung's shipbuilding and production automation expertise for government and commercial vessels.

It builds on Saronic's $3 billion Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, part of a broader push to reindustrialize American shipbuilding.

The Pentagon awarded Oracle a nearly $7 billion Enterprise Software Agreement consolidating all DOD, Coast Guard and Intelligence Community software licenses into one contract.

The Navy negotiated the 10-year deal, which officials say will save at least $441 million by cutting fragmented procurement.

It follows a $9.7 billion Dell Federal deal in May, part of Hegseth's broader push to rein in duplicative IT spending.

President Trump signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to use AI to map vulnerabilities in defense supply chains.

Hegseth has 180 days to require contractors to submit complete bills of materials tracing components back to raw material origins.

The order restricts waivers for sourcing materials from adversary nations and threatens fraud referrals for contractors who mislead the government.

A Ukrainian F-16 shot down a Russian fighter jet for the first time since the aircraft arrived in 2024, Gen. Dan Caine told Congress.

Ukraine's Air Force said it downed a Russian Su-35 despite the jet's longer-range radar and missiles outmatching Ukraine's older F-16 variants.

The kill adds to growing allied confidence in Kyiv's air defenses, as Washington nears a multibillion-dollar weapons-production deal with Ukraine.

The Office of Naval Research released a new science and technology strategy centered on a "research by AI" initiative.

ONR plans to use AI to compress research problems, assist program officers, and validate results through independent AI critique.

The push aligns with Hegseth and Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao's broader effort to expand AI across warfighting and back-office functions.

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