Golden Dome’s layered architecture will have weapons and sensors in space for global coverage.| Breaking Defense
Russia is deliberately targeting Ukrainian civilians in a deadly drone strike campaign that aims to depopulate large parts of the country and constitutes a crime against humanity, according to a new United Nations report, writes Peter Dickinson. The post UN report: Russia targets civilians in systematic bid to depopulate Ukraine appeared first on Atlantic Council.| Atlantic Council
As traditional defense primes face mounting competition from agile “neoprimes” such as Anduril, Palantir and Helsing, the balance of innovation is shifting toward software-defined warfare and scalable, dual-use technologies, while global industry consolidation—marked by Boeing’s integration of Spirit AeroSystems and other strategic mergers—signals an intensified race to secure control over the defense technology value chain. Our Defense-Tech weekly report highlights these trends. Th...| Defense Update:
The escalating drone arms race has taken a new turn with Saab's introduction of its Project Nimbrix Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) missile – a low-cost fire-and-forget anti-small-drone and drone swarm weapon with a modest footprint.| New Atlas
Golden Dome’s cost: anywhere from billions to trillions, depending on design Golden Dome’s cost: anywhere from billions to trillions, depending on design| SpaceNews
During last month’s fighting between Israel and Iran, many Israeli families found themselves retreating to safe rooms or communal bomb shelters. The post Life in the Safe Room appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Well this story is just a pure delight. In 2017, the Chinese said that by 2030, they were going to be the world champions of AI. So in 2022, the U.S. put export controls on the fancy computer chips, especially Nvidia chips, that AI needed. Then in 2025, the Chinese announced an AI entity called DeepSeek that used, in part, outdated Nvidia chips but mostly inventive software. DeepSeek works as well as or better for AI’s LLMs, the large language models like ChatGPT. It uses 2,048 of those ol...| The Last Word On Nothing
On January 27, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that called for the creation of a missile defense shield protecting the United States that would, among other things, include b…| SpaceNews
In response to the return to large-scale peer-to-peer warfare, Anduril has unveiled its new Barracuda family of autonomous cruise missiles, which can be built to "hyper-scale" for intelligent swarm attacks against hardened targets.| New Atlas