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🥽 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

Jan 22, 2026

🤖 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

Jan 21, 2026

🌎 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

Jan 20, 2026

🌊 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

Jan 19, 2026

🚤 ‘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

Jan 16, 2026

🎙️ DIU Offers $100M in Prizes for Voice-Controlled, AI-Enabled Drone Swarm Orchestrator

The Defense Innovation Unit launched a $100 million prize challenge to accelerate development of a voice-controlled, AI-driven system capable of orchestrating large, heterogeneous drone swarms.

Dallas Hartley

Jan 15, 2026

🧊 European Allies Dispatch Military Reinforcements to Greenland

Sweden and other NATO countries announced plans to send troops, aircraft, and ships to Greenland following a White House discussion that did not change U.S. officials’ posture on acquiring the Danish territory.

Dallas Hartley

Jan 14, 2026

🤖 ‘Grok Ethics Are Out’: Pentagon Unveils New AI Acceleration Strategy

Pentagon leaders signaled a sharp shift in tone on artificial intelligence, emphasizing speed and battlefield advantage over extended ethical deliberation as they roll out a new AI acceleration strategy.

Dallas Hartley

Jan 13, 2026

🌡️ Sixth-Gen Imaging: US Firm Rolls Out ‘Most Advanced’ Thermal Optics Yet

ATN is pitching its “sixth-generation” thermal optics line as a major leap driven by AI-enhanced processing, ruggedized designs, and higher-resolution sensors aimed at military and security users operating in degraded visual environments.

Dallas Hartley

Jan 12, 2026

🛰️ SpaceX to Launch Next SDA Missile-Tracking Satellites

SpaceX is set to launch the next batch of Space Development Agency missile-tracking satellites, advancing the Pentagon’s plan for a proliferated low-Earth-orbit architecture to detect and track advanced missile threats.

Dallas Hartley

Jan 09, 2026

🛢️ Marines, Coast Guard Seize Tanker Olina in Caribbean

U.S. forces boarded and took control of the oil tanker Olina in the Caribbean as part of an interdiction tied to enforcement against sanctioned maritime activity linked to Venezuela, according to U.S. officials and public reporting.

Dallas Hartley

Jan 08, 2026

👁️ Eyes Everywhere: US Army Combat Vehicles Set for 360° Vision Upgrade

The Army is moving to upgrade combat vehicles with a 360° situational awareness suite, built around rugged computing and visualization components that fuse multiple cameras/sensors into a continuous “around-the-hull” view.

Dallas Hartley

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