Ukraine says a sudden Starlink speed limit disrupted its most important drone missions
Ukraine's military relies heavily on Elon Musk's Starlink for battlefield communications and drone operations.
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Ukraine wants to use AI to predict where Russian drones will hit the battlefield with 'high probability'
Dubbed Model No. 13, it's trained to forecast the time, location, and intensity of the strike, as well as which Russia might use, per officials.
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Ukraine’s ex-defense minister unveiled a new interceptor built for Russia's fastest drones. He wants AI to help fly it.
Mykhailo Fedorov told Business Insider that he plans to make the new interceptor drone autonomous by integrating artificial intelligence.
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Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi shows why artillery still matters in a drone fight
Drones dominate Ukraine's battlefield, but Operation Vivaldi shows artillery remains essential to holding gains and stopping Russian counterattacks.
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Russia is copying cruise missile tech onto its $50,000 drones to deal with Ukraine's jamming
Ukrainian intelligence says the Susanin system helps Geran-4s and Geran-5s use cameras to navigate the skies without a radio or satellite system.
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More than 80 US military aircraft have been damaged so far in the Iran war. Equipment losses could be over $3.3 billion.
A new report says 81 US military aircraft have been damaged or destroyed in the Iran war. Losses include F-35s, tankers, drones, and helicopters.
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Ukraine showed deep-strike drones must work offline. NATO's interested in cheap versions that can swarm airfields.
NATO recently hosted a challenge for defense firms to present systems that can be used to deny enemy airfield operations.
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Trump says Iran could ‘take out’ LA. Its missiles can’t reach that far.
Iran lacks a nuclear program to build weapons capable of reaching California, proliferation watchers say, despite Trump's talk about LA and San Diego.
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Palmer Luckey's Anduril and the US Navy are investing billions in a new shipyard to build parts for critical submarines
The Maryland shipyard will produce parts for the Virginia-class submarine in an effort to boost capacity and production.
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Russia’s drones are getting faster and deadlier. The West is racing to catch up.
Jet-powered drones are wreaking havoc in Ukraine. Defense companies are building a new class of interceptors to defeat them.
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The US Army created a new robotics job for special operations. Now, the service wants to go bigger.
After its first technicians graduated, the Army anticipates scaling the course across the service to train more experts.
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Inside America's $66 billion bet to beat China's shipbuilding empire
We went inside a US naval shipyard to explore what it will take to rebuild American shipbuilding and catch up with China's growing navy.
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The US Navy needs more ships. The workers building them are winning bigger paychecks.
Recent union contract wins in California and Maine are delivering pay bumps and better benefits and may reflect new industry trends, members said.
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Elite Navy special warfare boat crews may be returning to duty with undiagnosed brain injuries, Pentagon watchdog warns
The report said that sending service members back into high-risk environments with an undiagnosed brain injury could negatively affect operations.
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Pete Hegseth's got a vision for the military. It leans on drone swarms, chaplains, and tech leaders like Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey.
The defense secretary's newly unveiled plan to get the US military ready for future wars turns in part on autonomous warfare and big names in tech.
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Russia lost one of its irreplaceable Tu-95 nuclear-capable bombers in a deadly training crash
Six of the seven crew members on board died in the crash in Far Eastern Amur, the defense ministry said.
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A US military task force just showed it's ready to bet billions of dollars on answers to the drone problem
Military officials have said they see no silver bullet for stopping all drones. Instead, a layered defense of different counter-UAS systems is needed.
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More NATO countries are buying a US-made interceptor that has downed thousands of Russian drones in Ukraine
NATO allies, especially those along the Eastern flank, are looking to harden their defenses against repeated drone incursions.
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