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Germany funds 50,000 strike drones for Ukraine, source saysGermany is funding fifty thousand attack drones for Ukraine. These Shrike FPV drones feature advanced tracking software to autonomously tra...
America’s battlefield dominance is under serious threatThe article argues that warfare is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by drones, artificial intelligence and cheaper technologies tha...
US military to build war-ready stockpile in Australia: documentsThe US military is planning a permanent war-ready stockpile of weapons for its Marine Corps on Australia's southeast coast, tender document...
Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran warWithin weeks of the United States launching its bombing campaign, SpaceX executives met Pentagon officials and argued the military had been...
Google drops out of $100 million Pentagon drone swarm contest after advancingGoogle abruptly withdrew from a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge for autonomous drone swarms after an internal ethics review. The comp...
Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon's growing reliance on SpaceXUS Navy tests of unmanned vessels were disrupted by Starlink outages, highlighting the military's growing reliance on Elon Musk's satellite...
Copycat drone wars: Iran copied the US, then the US copied IranIn a striking turn of events, US forces are now deploying a drone, LUCAS, reverse-engineered from an Iranian design. This follows Iran's ow...
OpenAI’s 'sloppy' Pentagon pact; Sedemac IPO to mint gainsSam Altman admitted that OpenAI swooping in for a deal with the Pentagon after the Anthropic controversy was “opportunistic”. This and more...
US debuts low-cost suicide drone LUCAS in Iran after Pentagon procurementThe United States has successfully deployed a new low-cost suicide drone, LUCAS, in combat in Iran. This rapid deployment occurred just eig...
Anthropic made pitch in drone swarm contest during Pentagon feudAnthropic submitted a proposal for a $100 million Pentagon prize to develop voice-controlled drone swarms, during negotiations with the Def...
SpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech: ReportTexas-based SpaceX recently acquired xAI in a deal that combined Musk's major space and defense contractor with the billionaire entrepreneu...
US Congress would target China with new restrictions in massive defense billCongress is pushing for tougher measures against China. A defense bill proposes blocking US investments in sensitive Chinese tech sectors. ...
Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing US nuclear weapons, Trump orders ahead of meeting with XiPresident Trump has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, ending a 33-year moratorium. This decision, announced ahead of ...
US Navy’s sea drone program to challenge China is hitting setbacksRecent U.S. Navy tests of autonomous drone boats faced setbacks, including collisions and software glitches, raising concerns about the Pen...
US Navy's new fighter jet threatened by funding dispute, sources sayThe US Navy and Congress are in disagreement with the Trump administration. The disagreement is about building the Navy's next-generation f...
Trump awards Boeing $20 billion contract for Air Force’s next-gen F-47 fighter jet to counter China’s military advancesBoeing has been awarded the contract to develop the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter jet, a move aimed at main...
US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms raceThe planners envision a scenario in which hundreds, even thousands of the machines engage in coordinated battle. A single controller might ...
Pentagon's AI initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weaponsYhe Pentagon is intent on fielding multiple thousands of relatively inexpensive, expendable AI-enabled autonomous vehicles by 2026 to keep ...
Pentagon's AI initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weaponsPentagon is intent on fielding multiple thousands of relatively inexpensive, expendable AI-enabled autonomous vehicles by 2026 to keep pace...
Trump aims to sidestep another arms pact to sell more US dronesThe policy change, which has not been previously reported, could open up sales of armed U.S. drones to less stable governments such as Jord...