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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Pentagon plan to Americanize drone warfare

At drone experiment outside Indianapolis, various elements came together to reveal the way forward.

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New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day

Participants, and a Pentagon briefing deck, describe new roles for AI, new ideas for defensive satellites.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.