NATO's Communications and Information Agency signed a deal worth up to 200 million euros, about $230 million, with Accenture to build the Protected Business Network for classified operations.

Over seven years, Accenture and Leonardo will design and operate a multi-cloud platform serving roughly 29,000 users across the alliance under task orders.

The award anchors NATO's digital transformation push from the Ankara summit, standardizing engineering practices and speeding secure cloud services across member nations.

President Trump said the US will license Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors, the only weapon in Kyiv's arsenal able to down Russian ballistic missiles.

Specifics remain unsettled, including whether Ukraine builds the simpler PAC-2 or more capable PAC-3, with prime contractor Lockheed Martin not yet informed.

The pledge lands as Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles a third time in a week, exploiting Ukraine's critical interceptor shortage.

US Central Command struck more than 80 targets in Iran, including over 60 IRGC small boats, retaliating for attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump declared the three-month-old ceasefire "over" and called further talks a waste of time, as Iran launched strikes on US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait.

The breakdown threatens the corridor carrying about 20% of the world's oil, leaving negotiations toward a broader settlement in serious doubt.

US firm Nuburu tested its laser dazzler as a non-kinetic counter-drone option, disrupting drones' electro-optical sensors at ranges up to 100 meters.

In one scenario, a drone tasked with locating an operator failed as the person moved within 20 meters undetected, across continuous-wave and pulsed modes.

Nuburu and Italy's Tekne formed a joint engineering team to refine a combined green, blue, and infrared system for day and night operations.

Peraton unveiled Peraton[x], an enterprise agentic AI platform that pulls reports, documents, and spreadsheets into a single operational view queryable in plain English.

The system builds live digital models tracking projects across time and location, with AI outputs traceable to their sources to reduce unverifiable information.

Built on Zero Trust with end-to-end encryption, it targets high-security missions spanning intelligence analysis, situational awareness, compliance, and operational automation.

Houston-based Venus Aerospace closed a $91 million Series B, anchored by Mercury Fund with Lockheed Martin Ventures, to mature its rotating detonation rocket engine.

The engine uses a ring-shaped chamber with a continuous detonation wave, producing higher pressure and thrust while burning less fuel than conventional rockets.

Venus flew the first US RDRE-powered test from American soil in May 2025 and envisions Mach 6 aircraft, orbital transfer vehicles, and lunar landers.

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