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💥 DOD Draft Memo Points to Sweeping Acquisition Reform

💥 DOD Draft Memo Points to Sweeping Acquisition Reform

A leaked draft memo obtained by Breaking Defense shows the Pentagon preparing to overhaul its acquisition system, prioritizing speed and accountability over bureaucratic process.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛩️ Anduril Drone Wingman Prototype Completes First Flight for U.S. Air Force

🛩️ Anduril Drone Wingman Prototype Completes First Flight for U.S. Air Force

Anduril’s YFQ-44A prototype achieved its first flight under the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, joining General Atomics’ YFQ-42A as the second drone to reach flight testing.

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Dallas Hartley
🕸️ Florida Firm Conducts ‘World’s First’ Non-Lethal Human Takedown With Drone

🕸️ Florida Firm Conducts ‘World’s First’ Non-Lethal Human Takedown With Drone

Florida-based Wrap Technologies successfully completed the first-ever non-lethal human takedown using a drone, employing its Merlin-Interdictor to deploy a BolaWrap device that safely entangled a human target from above.

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Dallas Hartley
🚁 Army’s New 3D-Printed FPV Drone Can Put Lethal Effects on Target “Right Now”

🚁 Army’s New 3D-Printed FPV Drone Can Put Lethal Effects on Target “Right Now”

The Army’s 25th Infantry Division unveiled its first 3D-printed first-person-view drone armed with a detonation system, marking the first in-house design capable of delivering lethal effects in theater.

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✈️ NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Makes Historic First Flight

✈️ NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Makes Historic First Flight

NASA’s X-59 demonstrator completed its first flight, testing low-sonic-boom signatures and aero/flight regimes to validate technologies aimed at enabling routine overland supersonic flight with reduced environmental impact.

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Dallas Hartley
⚡ The Railgun Returns: General Atomics Unveils a Reinvented Electromagnetic Weapon

⚡ The Railgun Returns: General Atomics Unveils a Reinvented Electromagnetic Weapon

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is reviving its railgun initiative with new electromagnetic weapons capable of launching tungsten-pellet payloads at hypersonic velocities.

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🎯 “American Shahed”: Griffon’s Low-Cost Kamikaze Strike Drone Pitches Massed One-Way Attack Capacity

🎯 “American Shahed”: Griffon’s Low-Cost Kamikaze Strike Drone Pitches Massed One-Way Attack Capacity

Griffon Aerospace is converting its MQM-172 Arrowhead target drone into a low-cost, one-way strike weapon, pitching a U.S.-made alternative to attritable “Shahed-style” attack drones.

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🔫 Avenger Drone Concept Pairs High-Energy Laser for Counter-Air Missions

🔫 Avenger Drone Concept Pairs High-Energy Laser for Counter-Air Missions

A new Avenger drone variant concept integrates a high-energy laser payload for counter-air and missile defense missions, combining directed energy with traditional munitions for flexible engagement.

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🚤 Saronic & NVIDIA Partner to Accelerate Edge AI Autonomy for Unmanned Naval Vessels

🚤 Saronic & NVIDIA Partner to Accelerate Edge AI Autonomy for Unmanned Naval Vessels

Texas-based Saronic announced a partnership with NVIDIA to integrate high-performance edge computing aboard its unmanned surface vessels, bringing AI model training and inference directly to sea.

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Dallas Hartley
⚔️ Shield AI Unveils X-BAT, a VTOL Stealth Loyal Wingman Drone

⚔️ Shield AI Unveils X-BAT, a VTOL Stealth Loyal Wingman Drone

Shield AI revealed X-BAT, a Group 5 unmanned “drone fighter” designed to take off and land vertically and operate with the firm’s Hivemind autonomy in comms-denied environments.

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🌊 Seasats Unveils High-Speed Interceptor “Quickfish” for Maritime Surface Warfare

🌊 Seasats Unveils High-Speed Interceptor “Quickfish” for Maritime Surface Warfare

California-based Seasats debuted Quickfish, a 17-ft unmanned surface vessel designed for high-speed maritime interception and positive video ID of targets at sea.

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Dallas Hartley
💥 SOCOM Wants a Drone-Launched Fire-and-Forget Missile

💥 SOCOM Wants a Drone-Launched Fire-and-Forget Missile

U.S. Special Operations Command’s SCBDS effort seeks a small, jam-proof, fire-and-forget missile that Group 2/3 drones can carry to enable multiple autonomous strikes.

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