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Science & Tech
Counter-drone warfare at scale? Army demo shows it’s getting closer
In just a few days, Project Flytrap stood up a defensive network in northern Germany.
Defense
Can quantum sensing improve magnetic navigation? Pentagon thinks one company is on the right track
The Defense Department is looking to speed up deployment of new GPS alternatives.
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Science & Tech
Draft list of attendees for Hegseth acquisition-reform speech shows wide industry interest
The guest list for the Pentagon’s new policy roll-out reveals the rapidly changing face of defense tech.
Science & Tech
As space weapons proliferate, spy satellites are getting new duties
Space Force signs selects Vantor to watch for naughty satellites, space threats.
Defense
Inside Europe's crash effort to create a 'drone wall'
More sensors, more maneuverable, less expensive: How the Ukraine war is shaping the future of drone air defense.
Science & Tech
How the rapid pace of AI connects to China’s threats toward Taiwan
A hearing Wednesday explored why Taiwanese chips are more prized than ever.
Defense
Ukraine’s milestone shows drones prevent defeat, but don’t secure victory
Drone innovation is speeding up, but war has not followed. Is this the future?
Science & Tech
The Pentagon plan to Americanize drone warfare
At drone experiment outside Indianapolis, various elements came together to reveal the way forward.
Defense
New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day
Participants, and a Pentagon briefing deck, describe new roles for AI, new ideas for defensive satellites.
Science & Tech
How Trump’s DC takeover could supercharge surveillance
The emergency declaration, combined with new tech, will give government broad new abilities to watch and monitor citizens.
Defense
Lockheed Martin aims to test a missile-killing satellite by 2028
The company’s Golden Dome strategy mixes established missile defense tech with new concepts.
Science & Tech
AI, satellites, and Golden Dome shine in new House-passed defense bill
The House version of the NDAA takes aim at acquisition and requirements processes that have long bedeviled both Congress and the military.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon will host a ‘Top Gun’ school for Ukraine-style attack drones
The Defense Department is hoping for “American drone dominance”—but that’s easier said than done.
Defense
Drones are now bullets: How a new Pentagon policy may accelerate robot warfare
The new policy also allows more units to buy drones, which should boost the demand signal to industry.
Defense
Allies struggle to work with US military in space operations, GAO finds
An excess of overlapping roles, classification, and unfilled jobs are hurting U.S. collaboration with partners in space.
Defense
Kremlin gloats about US weapons pause to Ukraine
The halt in aid speaks to a shifting view of the threat Putin poses.
Science & Tech
China is bringing gray-zone warfare to space
Space is increasingly looking like the South China Sea.
Defense
Air Force brings ARRW hypersonic missile program back from the dead
“Diversity imposes costs on the adversary,” one expert explained.
Science & Tech
Pentagon pushes US dronemakers to innovate as quickly as Ukraine does
DIU’s Project GI initiative aims to embed frontline insights into a perpetual loop of design, testing, and deployment.
Science & Tech
Hegseth halves staff of Pentagon’s testing-oversight office
The move may reduce the quality of DOT&E’s second opinions, but may not affect safety, former officials said.
