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After combat success, AFSOC wants new Leidos cruise missile on ‘every type’ of platform
The 200-pound class Havoc Spear has a range of over 400 nautical miles (460 miles), according to Leidos. …
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Reading the Kremlin’s Mind: Ukrainian Writers Attempt to Understand Putin
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spec…
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[Sponsored] A commitment to long-term operational value.…
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Northrop drops off SNC-led Navy trainer team
SNC will continue moving forward with its Freedom trainer offering for the Undergraduate Jet Training System program. …
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Space Force has ‘space control weapons’ on orbit, Air Force secretary reveals
Troy Meink didn’t elaborate on what “weapons” the US deployed, but revealed new info on other space an…
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Textron, Merlin offer unmanned Cessna Skycourier for Pacific island resupply
“We can’t devote C-130s and C-17s to do a lot of these little shuttle missions,” said retired Maj. Gen. Kyle Kreme…
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US military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary reveals
Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia.…
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Swarm Aero debuts Gamera drone in bid to succeed Reaper
“What we’ve done cuts against the conventional wisdom,” Swarm co-founder and chief revenue officer Oliver Palmer t…
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Lockheed boosts bet on Skunk Works’ Vectis stealth drone
Lockheed now plans to build five Vectis prototypes, with the first on track to fly in 2027.…
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Lockheed’s Skunk Works plans to build four more of its multirole combat drones
The firm’s top secret research arm shared new Vectis images, but few key details.…
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This Is Not Your Father’s Nuclear Flight Test Vehicle
For decades, the United States’ nuclear weapons enterprise has wrestled with an institutional paradox. On one hand…
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The Big Bet on the Emerging Space Economy
The space economy has surpassed $600 billion in annual value, with some projecting it will reach a trillion by the 2030s…
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The Age of Strategic Exclusion
Major powers are increasingly trying to shut out their rivals. Russia invaded Ukraine in part to prevent the latter̵…
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Cold comfort
A Polish naval commando walks into a bar…in the latest Fictional Intelligence column.…
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Russia is weaponizing US-built AI to make killer drones, cyberattack bots, and fake news
AI companies are sounding alarms, but the Trump administration isn’t acting on them.…
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Concurrent attacks across multiple domains force rethinking of air-and-missile-defense
While overall effectiveness is high, damage to US bases and assets in the Iran conflict shows gaps in air-and-missile-de…
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‘Digital employees’ are coming to the Defense Logistics Agency
Nearly 200 agentic-AI bots are already running autonomously as the combat support agency pushes ahead with AI-powered to…
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Support for Patriot air-and-missile defense is a case study for the industrial base
[Sponsored] Manufacturing scale, global sustainment, and next-gen tech are becoming inseparable.…
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Pentagon eyeing tech testbed expansion along US-Mexico border
“We want to do as much as we can; I would love to continue to bring on new projects, new programs to the border and try …
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Canada, Ukraine to jointly produce defense tech, part of ‘100-year partnership’
Ottawa also pledged to invest approximately $350 million to purchase air defense interceptors via the Joint Ukraine Mult…
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After suspicious incidents, European group urges ‘vigilance’ for defense firms
The call from the Aerospace, Security & Defence Industries Association of Europe comes as European officials increa…
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25 years after 9/11, spy agencies face old lessons and new threats
Former intelligence officials describe a nation better equipped to disrupt terrorist plots, but still wrestling with the…
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Now is the wrong time for the Pentagon to pull back from Europe
The Hudson Institute’s Daniel Kochis argues in this op-ed that Russia must remain convinced that America’s presenc…
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CEO of Ukraine’s Fire Point: Freyja anti-ballistic missile program seeks ‘best players’
Iryna Terekh said that when working with European companies, she prefers those that “work and think in Ukrainian speed a…