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Anduril and Amazon’s mobile data center venture aims to bring edge computing to the frontlines
Amazon Web Services named the defense firm as the preferred national security provider.
AWS launches Secret Cloud for industry’s classified workloads
The company made several announcements geared towards its government customers, including up to $1 billion in cloud credits for U.S. intelligence agencies.
Lawmaker warns of administration’s ‘fetishization’ of Silicon Valley startups
Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., discussed his plans to scrutinize Trump-era contracting practices, revive federal IT oversight, and push for AI policy.
General Atomics plans upgrade so ground stations can fly newer MQ-9 drones
Upgrade package will enable current operators to fly MQ-9Bs with their existing terminals.
Sen. Warren seeks ethics pledge from Raytheon exec nominated to top space acquisition job
A letter sent to Erich Hernandez-Baquero raised ‘impartiality’ concerns if confirmed to the role.
Parts of NSA lose Mythos 5 access after White House imposes limits
The Five Eyes alliance is warning that frontier AI could accelerate cyberattacks and cyber defense.
Army aims to sync two divisions using next-gen C2 by year’s end
The effort will be led by Anduril, which ran NGC2 prototyping at 4th ID.
NDAA provisions would reshape Pentagon’s use of ownership stakes in private companies
A Senate defense panel aims to place guardrails on direct equity investments, create an oversight board, and require briefings.
Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakes
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. The information was revealed only after ProPublica went to court to obtain it.
Anduril, General Atomics get Air Force contracts to build first drone wingmen
Six other companies will compete to develop its autonomy software.
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CISA now has full Mythos Preview access, people familiar say
The cyberdefense agency got access to the model about a week ago, but remains without clear guidance from the White House.
ChatGPT to debut on Pentagon's GenAI.mil in ‘early July’, OpenAI says
It will be the latest model available for sensitive but unclassified work on the platform.
Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model
30-plus industry and academic professionals signed a letter citing international competition and the need to patch network vulnerabilities.
Anthropic suspends top AI models after US export-control order
U.S. officials ordered the company to limit foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5.
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Trump memo pushes national-security agencies to move faster on AI
FBI, ODNI directed to build “deep, proactive” relationships with frontier-AI companies.
Blue Origin rocket explosion shows ‘fragility’ of national-security launch plans
Space Force efforts to breed more competitors aren’t keeping up with ever-increasing demand for rockets.
