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31 July

Pentagon Begins Hunt for USVs That Can Deploy Attack Drones

The Pentagon is seeking an unmanned surface vessel capable of launching small attack drones, aiming to expand America’s asymmetric capabilities against low-cost threats at sea.

30 July

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edson M. Rangelcano, left, and Lance Cpl. Nathan-Zachary M. Decena, both field radio operators assigned to Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion inspect gear during a gear inventory at the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan. 7, 2018. NTC 18-03 is a simulated combat training exercise in which Marines with 2nd LAAD conducted Ground Based Air Defense in defense of Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Koby I. Saunders)

Rojoef Manuel

US Marines Seeks Optical AI System to Automate Armories

The US Marine Forces Special Operations Command is seeking an artificial intelligence powered image-based system to automate stockpile inventory, eliminating manual recordkeeping with no detectable radio frequency emissions.

30 July

(Representative only.) A counter-unmanned aircraft system sensor platform tracks a drone during the Joint Interagency Field Experimentation event at Camp Roberts, California, on Sept. 9, 2025. Photo: Dan Linehan/DVIDS

Samantha Alexa

US Startup Reimagines Military Sensing by Letting AI Control the Optics

Silicon Valley startup Elio has introduced an adaptive optical technology that could help military systems identify small drones and other difficult-to-track threats.

30 July

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Fish, a unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operator from the 173rd Airborne Brigade prepares to fly a Skydio X10 for a M67 grenade drop in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 25, 2025. Soldiers from 7th Army Training Command, the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine and 173rd Airborne Brigade all worked together to make this the first live grenade drop from a UAS in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Collin Mackall)

Rojoef Manuel

NorthStrive Advances Drone Tech for Towing Payloads Across Air and Water

NorthStrive Defense Tech has finalized an exclusive licensing agreement with the Florida State University Research Foundation for patented drone technology capable of transporting payloads across both air and water.

30 July

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Starfighters Creates Reusable Flying Lab to Test Defense Tech at Mach 2+

Starfighters Space wants to give emerging defense and aerospace technologies longer exposure to sustained Mach 2+ flight conditions, paving the way for improved testing of future hypersonic systems.

30 July

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Australian Tech Helps Warfighters Detect Drones They Have Never Seen Before

A Sydney-based firm is developing a new approach to drone detection, helping military operators respond to threats they have not encountered before.

30 July

The French Army's P3TS military satellite navigation receiver now incorporates Thales' Galileo Public Regulated Service capability through an integration with Eviden's positioning system.

Jodesz Gavilan

Eviden and Thales Strengthen French Army Navigation Against Jamming

Eviden and Thales have integrated Galileo Public Regulated Service navigation into a positioning system used by French Army vehicles.

29 July

Ukrainian military commanders meet at a command center in Odesa region in November 2023. hoto: Office of the President of Ukraine/Wikimedia Commons

Samantha Alexa

Ukraine’s Military Is Getting Its Own ChatGPT: Meet Marichka AI

Ukrainian troops are developing an AI-powered system that can reduce operational planning from hours to minutes.

29 July

Ethan M. Encarnacion

China’s New Robot Dog Comes With an Unexpected Feature: Wheels

Chinese troops could soon gain an unusual new battlefield companion: a robot dog that breaks from conventional quadrupedal designs by combining legs with wheels

29 July

Supercomputer 1. High-performance computing systems support AI-driven scientific research and large-scale data analysis for national security applications. Photo: US Department of Energy

Samantha Alexa

Pentagon Taps AI to Turn Decades of Defense Data Into Scientific Breakthroughs

The US Department of Defense will feed decades of validated military research data into a new AI-driven scientific platform under the White House-led Genesis Mission.

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