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Defense
What does Russia’s launch of an ‘experimental’ weapon at Ukraine mean for allies?
The new missile “would certainly be a hard thing to defend against,” one expert said.
Defense
Biden allows Ukraine to use ATACMS to strike Russia
The move comes after what one former Ukrainian official called a “a significant and extremely painful delay.”
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Science & Tech
Rocket startup debuts with record-breaking supersonic flight
Dawn Hypersonics' rocket drone could shake up the hypersonic missile game.
Science & Tech
Trump’s climate skepticism could hurt military operations
Proposals to “dismantle” NOAA and roll back energy efforts pose “a huge risk,” said one expert.
Defense
US-made jam-resistant drones helped Ukrainians cut through Russia EW
Shield AI’s V-BATs are giving Kyiv new range, capabilities.
Defense
In Ukraine, a US firm tests a promising tool against GPS jammers: cell phones
Could “networking phones together as one big distributed antenna” help foil Russian electronic warfare?
Science & Tech
Air Force braces for new nuclear-war scenarios
With more nuclear players and weapons around the world, U.S. forces need to be ready, a top service leader says.
Defense
Pentagon may find itself short of GPS receivers, GAO reports
More delays bedevil the two-decade effort to move to a secure signal.
Science & Tech
Navy still bullish on lasers but widely-deployed directed-energy ship defense remains years away
Quest gains urgency as enemy drones and missiles get better, cheaper, and more widely used.
Science & Tech
Pentagon planning huge experiment for its connect-everything concept
“We see significant progress,” in opening up DOD data, one observer said. But a bigger, multinational test is coming.
Defense
A boom in space-based intelligence is coming. Can ground networks keep up?
Companies that used to sell pictures and pixels are selling analysis—and looking for ways to move faster.
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Defense
New sat images show Russian vessels fleeing Black Sea ports
Ukrainian drone attacks have also prompted Russian patrols and harbor defenses, according to BlackSky images.
Science & Tech
How AI is turning satellite imagery into a window on the future
What can a picture from space tell you? “You're likely to have a drought here that might lead to civil unrest.”
Defense
Missile threats are proliferating. Here’s how the Pentagon is trying to keep up
A booster tweak might improve an anti-ICBM weapon while a next-gen missile-spotting constellation comes online.
Defense
As space gets more crowded, Pentagon looks to AI to spot weapons
A new DARPA contract aims to identify satellites behaving strangely.
Defense
Chinese space, nuclear development is ‘breathtakingly fast,’ DOD officials warn
Heads of STRATCOM, Space Command discuss growing nuclear, space dangers.
Defense
Is Russia putting an anti-satellite nuke in space?
A long-ago U.S. test showed the kind of havoc that could wreak in orbit.
Defense
CNO: US Navy is having a 1930s moment
Franchetti highlights “warfighting” and “warfighters” as key priorities.
Defense
High-Powered microwave weapon may have just passed a critical test
RTX’s CHIMERA shows it can track and attack targets at "tactically relevant ranges"
Defense
Pentagon Looking to Make Sure SpaceX Doesn’t Abandon Them in War
Spooked by the company’s new limits in Ukraine, military leaders are mulling new types of contracts.
