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...
27 May, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
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...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.03 AM IST
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...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
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...
06 Mar, 2026, 06.05 PM IST
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...
03 Mar, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
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...
03 Mar, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
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...
03 Mar, 2026, 11.48 AM IST
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...
17 Feb, 2026, 08.09 AM IST
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. ...
11 Dec, 2025, 08.12 AM IST
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 ...
30 Oct, 2025, 09.17 AM IST
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...
20 Aug, 2025, 10.22 PM IST
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...
14 May, 2025, 05.07 PM IST
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...
24 Mar, 2025, 03.24 PM IST
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 ...
12 Apr, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
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 ...
26 Nov, 2023, 09.52 AM IST
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...
25 Nov, 2023, 11.05 PM IST
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...
12 Jun, 2020, 05.30 PM IST