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CIA Chief Puts Advanced AI in the Same League as Nuclear Weapons

The US is increasingly treating frontier artificial intelligence as a strategic national security asset, with Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe likening the most capable AI models to nuclear weapons.

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Finland and Estonia Forge AI Alliance for Future Warfare

Finland and Estonia have joined forces with defense AI company NestAI to accelerate the development of interoperable military artificial intelligence that can operate seamlessly across allied forces.

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Saudi Arabia Now Has Its Own Shahed-Style Drone With 1,500-Km Range

Saudi Arabia is expanding into the long-range strike drone segment with the SKYWASP, a one-way attack drone featuring a Shahed-style configuration

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China Debuts Truck-Mounted Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System

China has offered a rare glimpse into the future of drone launches, dropping a video demonstration of its truck-mounted electromagnetic aircraft launch system.

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US Firm Turns Cellular Networks Into Silent Drone Detectors

US soldiers may soon be able to detect an adversary drone silently after Cohere Technologies secured a contract to transform existing cellular networks into a smart sensing system.

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MBDA’s New Cruise Missile Pushes Past 1,000 Kilometers, Through Jamming

MBDA is pushing deeper into long-range strike capabilities with the introduction of its NCM-LCM MK2, a next-gen weapon designed to strike targets more than 1,000 kilometers away.

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Kratos Wins $36M Production Deal for Classified Air Defense Missile

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has signed a $36-million contract to produce a new secretive air defense missile system.

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Pentagon Moves 19 Firms to Next Round of $1.1B Kamikaze Drone Sprint

The US Department of Defense has selected 19 companies to advance to Gauntlet II of its $1.1-billion Drone Dominance program, bringing them a stage closer to competing for production orders totaling 60,000 small-class one-way attack unmanned aerial systems.

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Lithuanian Drone Kit Stretches FPV Control Reach Beyond 25 Kilometers

An airborne retransmission kit from Lithuanian firm RSI Europe aims to overcome a tactical limitation of first-person view drone operations in contested environments.

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Pentagon Centralizes Drone Programs Under ‘Autonomy Czar’

The Pentagon has centralized oversight of all unmanned and autonomous systems under a new “Autonomy Czar,” a move designed to accelerate the development, procurement, and fielding of US drone capabilities. 

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