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🧪 Pentagon forms new science & innovation board as research budgets tighten

🧪 Pentagon forms new science & innovation board as research budgets tighten

The Pentagon is standing up a new Science and Innovation Board to advise senior leaders on technology priorities as parts of the defense research budget face reductions.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🧠 Pentagon CTO taps six defense-tech veterans to lead critical technology areas

🧠 Pentagon CTO taps six defense-tech veterans to lead critical technology areas

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer announced six new senior technology leads and assigned them to oversee priority areas such as cyber, space, AI, and biotechnology.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
💸 York Space Systems Goes Public in $629M IPO to Fund “Proliferation at Scale”

💸 York Space Systems Goes Public in $629M IPO to Fund “Proliferation at Scale”

York Space Systems raised $629 million in an upsized IPO, with CEO Dirk Wallinger framing the funding as a push to “proliferation at scale” by manufacturing satellites at an affordable cost.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔐 U.S. developed non-kinetic cell ahead of Venezuela mission to push cyber ops

🔐 U.S. developed non-kinetic cell ahead of Venezuela mission to push cyber ops

U.S. military leaders told lawmakers that a “non-kinetic effects cell” was created to integrate cyber, electronic warfare, and other non-physical tools into planning and execution of global operations.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
💸 Boeing takes $565M hit on KC-46 tanker

💸 Boeing takes $565M hit on KC-46 tanker

Boeing posted another $565M loss on KC-46 in Q4 2025, pushing total program losses to roughly $8B, per executives on an earnings call.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🧠 U.S. Army awards Salesforce $5.6B contract for modernization push

🧠 U.S. Army awards Salesforce $5.6B contract for modernization push

The U.S. Army awarded Salesforce a potential $5.6 billion contract to support enterprise IT modernization, data integration, and readiness initiatives across the Department of the Army.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
💥 Pentagon releases National Defense Strategy, with homeland defense as top priority

💥 Pentagon releases National Defense Strategy, with homeland defense as top priority

The Pentagon’s unclassified 2026 National Defense Strategy elevates homeland defense as the department’s top priority, ahead of the Indo-Pacific, and signals allies should expect sharper burden-sharing expectations.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🥽 NATO Preps AI-Driven Augmented Reality Headborne System for Field Trials

🥽 NATO Preps AI-Driven Augmented Reality Headborne System for Field Trials

A new head-mounted augmented reality system—the Field Operator HUD—is being developed by Distance Technologies to improve battlefield visualization for military vehicle operators.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 MQ-20 Avenger Drone Demos Autonomous Intercept of Piloted Aircraft

🤖 MQ-20 Avenger Drone Demos Autonomous Intercept of Piloted Aircraft

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems said its MQ-20 Avenger completed demonstrations showing it can autonomously perform an airborne intercept.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🌎 Trump Calls for “Immediate Negotiations” for Greenland, Ties Island to “Golden Dome”

🌎 Trump Calls for “Immediate Negotiations” for Greenland, Ties Island to “Golden Dome”

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Donald Trump called for “immediate negotiations” to acquire Greenland, framing the island as a strategic national security imperative.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🌊 US SeaGuardian Drone Drops Sonobuoys to Hunt Submarines

🌊 US SeaGuardian Drone Drops Sonobuoys to Hunt Submarines

The MQ-9B SeaGuardian has demonstrated the ability to deploy sonobuoys, expanding its role into anti-submarine warfare and maritime domain awareness.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚤 ‘No Longer Experimental’: Navy to Deploy Drone Boats This Year, Official Says

🚤 ‘No Longer Experimental’: Navy to Deploy Drone Boats This Year, Official Says

Senior Navy officials said unmanned surface vessels are transitioning out of the experimental phase, with operational drone boats set to deploy this year as part of fleet operations.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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