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NASA is reaching out to former SR-71 Blackbird staffers to help restart the program and return to flight, as reported by Aviation Week.
The article explains how the US lost its dominance in rare earth processing to China, leading to dependence and providing China with significant geopolitical leverage in technology and defense sectors.
A NATO-backed startup, Scaleout Systems, is using small AI models and federated learning to enable drones to autonomously identify and attack targets in battlefield settings, leveraging edge computing for real-time updates.
RAG-CT is a novel defense method that identifies malicious queries by analyzing entropy and margin distributions to mitigate privacy risks in Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems, significantly reducing PII leakage.
The UAE is redesigning a 5 GW AI data center project to include blast-resistant structures and air defenses following Iranian attacks, highlighting the growing need for military protection of AI compute infrastructure.
Mass Magnetics, a Y Combinator startup, recycles rare earth magnets from electric vehicle motors for defense and robotics applications, reducing dependence on mining.
Mass Magnetics recycles rare earth magnets from electric vehicle motors into new ones for robotics and defense, avoiding the capital-intensive refining required by mining.
The article discusses the emerging AI cybersecurity arms race, where AI agents are employed for both malicious attacks and defensive measures, supported by recent incidents and research highlighting the growing threat and response.
Miles Brundage defends his actions by stating he thought the website he attacked was simulated.
The Pentagon affirmed that its ban on Anthropic remains in effect, pushing back against recent remarks by Howard Lutnick that suggested otherwise.
Defense Innovation Unit and Honeywell demonstrated GPS-free aircraft navigation using quantum magnetic navigation on a four-hour flight from Seattle to Alaska, advancing navigation capabilities for jammed environments.
This paper introduces Counter-Swarm Doctrine, a framework for identifying and containing coordinated attacks by AI agents, with incident analysis and proposed defenses that require further testing.
An interview with EthanrThornton, founder of Mach Industries, discussing starting a solid rocket motor factory, defense industry challenges, manufacturing scaling, and company growth strategies.
The Department of War has launched ChatGPT Mil, a secure version of OpenAI's ChatGPT, on the GenAI.mil platform for over 3 million military personnel. This deployment aims to enhance efficiency in tasks like planning and administration within a secure environment.
Market winds shift, with ETF capital inflow themes transitioning from 2020's clean energy, innovation, healthcare, cloud computing, and emerging market tech to 2026's AI, infrastructure, defense, space, and nuclear energy.
Elon Musk shared a tweet quoting Ukraine's Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who praised Musk and SpaceX for their crucial role in protecting Ukraine's air defense and saving civilian lives.
The US Air Force is exploring agentic AI to help manage maintenance data for its aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles, whose replacement remains delayed. The AI would unify data from ~60 fragmented sources to speed up repair and replacement decisions.
The US Navy confirmed that a frontline destroyer used a ship-mounted laser weapon to defeat multiple uncrewed aerial threats during an at-sea demonstration.
Top US officials warn that AI risks necessitate stronger cyber defenses, urging enhanced security measures to counter emerging threats.
The article discusses gallium's critical role in defense technology, highlighting US supply-chain vulnerabilities that impair precision missile and F-35 production.