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Qatar looks to bolster its military power with new hub, partnerships
The Kingdom has spent decades cultivating its reputation as a place where enemies can sit down and talk. Apparently, even that requires an air-defense system.
Fast-flying Shahed drones spur new class of interceptors
Drone tech company Powerus eyes rocket or jet-powered interceptors as the next product target.
The most important alliances will lead to critical minerals
In the 21st century, geopolitical and economic advantage will depend on forging new links in strong supply chains.
Army plans ‘rodeo’ to round up supply-chain problems
The service’s “biggest acquisition program” is fostering new companies, acting secretary says.
The Pentagon awarded $350M to a firm tied to a senior DOD official
Experts expressed shock at a $281 million contract that was no-bid, enormous for consulting work, and set up as an OTA deal.
Army’s new command plans to streamline autonomous warfare acquisition
Experts weigh in on what it will take to be successful.
Shield AI expects to fly its unmanned fighter jet within months
The Navy is kicking in $150 million to further develop the X-BAT.
Anduril wades into traditional shipbuilding arena with major submarine play
The defense tech company plans to build submarine components at a shipyard outside of Baltimore in which the government will have an approximate 40 percent stake, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
China-linked hackers posed as former US officials, Anthropic employee to target AI experts
Proofpoint identified phishing campaigns that borrowed prominent figures’ identities to approach U.S. policy researchers before attempting to steal access to their cloud accounts.
Army awards counterdrone contracts worth more than $4B
But there’s room for more—up to $7 billion.
White House unveils ‘super intelligence’ executive order and industry accord
The vice president heralded the administration’s preference for working with, instead of regulating, artificial intelligence companies during Tuesday remarks.
Treat operational feedback as a strategic resource, new paper argues
And view software as a continuously developing capability, rather than a completed product.
Anthropic loses legal fight to shed DOD's designation as a 'supply-chain risk'
The label is more typically assigned to companies suspected of ties to adversarial governments.
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Trump's FBI shut down investigation into defense contractor's alleged bribes
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NATO’s thumbs-up for AWS shows Europe still needs America
The company has become the first cloud provider to win approval to handle sensitive data for all alliance members.
