🧠 Thales wants AI C2 handling 1,000 targets a day

German Special Forces Command (KSK) and Flensburg Technology Systems (FTS) unveiled the TAHR, a 3.2-ton light airborne vehicle that carries nearly its own weight in payload.

Built on the Israeli ZD platform with a diesel engine and redesigned roll cage, it fits Bundeswehr CH-53s, and a CH-47 Chinook carries two.

FTS delivered the first pre-series vehicle ahead of schedule, giving KSK combat and support variants designed to be operational within minutes of landing.

Thales launched HexaForce, a multi-domain command and control (C2) platform that links national and allied systems through secure data and communications architecture.

Live trials target 1,000 processed targets per day, up from 100, using large language models and agentic AI from Thales' 800-person cortAIx accelerator.

Tested at NATO's CWIX 2026 interoperability exercise and available now, the platform is sized for operations above 100,000 personnel and pitched as a sovereign coalition C2 option.

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) launched Everest, a three-part zero trust portfolio built to secure legacy military networks without replacing existing infrastructure.

Clarity maps an agency's path, Flex closes gaps alongside current systems, and Unified secures new ones; GDIT says it is the first portfolio to clear a government red-team assessment.

With the Pentagon prioritizing zero trust against AI-accelerated threats, a no-rip-and-replace route could speed adoption for agencies already years into modernization.

ARX Robotics and General Dynamics Land Systems are exploring how Hector uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) can operate alongside Ajax using Generic Vehicle Architecture.

The common digital standard lets platforms share data without bespoke modifications, while Hector runs remotely or with supervised autonomy in low-signature electric and combustion variants.

Pairing robots with Ajax, due for full operational capability between October 2028 and September 2029, moves the British Army closer to its hybrid fleet.

Space Force Mission Delta 2 plans to launch a prototype software environment this fall that automatically fuses commercial and military space tracking data.

Commercial data now sits in the Unified Data Library on a parallel system; the prototype will favor faster, lower-fidelity commercial observations over peak accuracy.

Col. Barry Croker wants a minimum viable product running quickly, giving operators faster reads on new debris clouds and freshly launched satellite clusters.

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