🔐 Lockheed Martin, Microsoft Push “Sanctum” Secure Cloud Tech for Classified Missions

📬 In Today’s Defense Brief

🛡️ CHAOS Industries Selected for U.S. Army GTEAD Marketplace, Expanding Counter-UAS Support to U.S. and NATO Forces — Read More

🌊 Thales Positions Advanced Sonar as a Cornerstone of the Undersea Fight — Read More

🧵 NDAA Flags Fiber-Optic FPV Drones as Emerging Battlefield Priority — Read More

🔐 Lockheed Martin, Microsoft Push “Sanctum” Secure Cloud Tech for Classified Missions — Read More

🚁 Army Launches Challenge to Find Division-Level Gray Eagle Replacement — Read More

🎱 Plus 12 other news stories you may like

📰 Full Breakdown

🛡️ CHAOS Industries Selected for U.S. Army GTEAD Marketplace, Expanding Counter-UAS Support to U.S. and NATO Forces — Read More

• CHAOS Industries has been selected for the U.S. Army’s Ground-based Tactical Air Defense (GTEAD) Marketplace, positioning the company to provide scalable counter-UAS sensing and tracking capabilities to U.S. and allied forces.

• The selection allows Army units and NATO partners to procure CHAOS systems more rapidly, reducing friction in fielding counter-drone technology as small UAS threats proliferate across theaters.

• CHAOS says its approach emphasizes modular radar and sensor fusion that can integrate into layered air-defense architectures, supporting both fixed-site and maneuver-force protection missions.

🌊 Thales Positions Advanced Sonar as a Cornerstone of the Undersea Fight — Read More

• Thales is highlighting its next-generation sonar technologies as critical enablers for undersea dominance, particularly as submarine operations grow more contested and complex.

• The company’s focus includes improved detection ranges, better discrimination in noisy environments, and AI-assisted processing to shorten the sensor-to-decision loop for naval operators.

• Thales argues that undersea warfare is entering a renewed era of strategic importance, making advanced sonar as decisive to modern navies as radar is to air and missile defense.

🧵 NDAA Flags Fiber-Optic FPV Drones as Emerging Battlefield Priority — Read More

• The latest NDAA language highlights fiber-optic-controlled FPV drones, reflecting growing interest in systems that can operate without RF links, which are vulnerable to jamming or detection.

• These drones use physical fiber spools to maintain control, making them particularly effective in dense electronic-warfare environments where traditional FPV systems struggle.

• Lawmakers’ attention signals potential future funding and experimentation as militaries seek resilient, low-cost strike-and-reconnaissance options against peer adversaries.

🔐 Lockheed Martin, Microsoft Push “Sanctum” Secure Cloud Tech for Classified Missions — Read More

• Lockheed Martin and Microsoft are promoting “Sanctum,” a secure cloud and data-isolation technology designed to handle classified workloads while maintaining modern cloud flexibility.

• The system aims to allow defense users to run sensitive missions on cloud infrastructure without risking data leakage, insider threats, or cross-domain contamination.

• Officials frame Sanctum as part of a broader push to modernize classified computing, enabling faster development cycles while preserving strict security requirements.

🚁 Army Launches Challenge to Find Division-Level Gray Eagle Replacement — Read More

• The U.S. Army has launched a formal challenge seeking alternatives to the MQ-1C Gray Eagle for division-level intelligence, surveillance, and strike missions.

• Leaders say future platforms must survive contested airspace, integrate with joint fires, and offer greater resilience than legacy MALE UAVs.

• The effort reflects a broader reassessment of how the Army employs unmanned aviation against peer threats, with openness to new concepts, vendors, and architectures.

🌏 Other Important News

✈️ Air

• UK invests in next-generation military drone technology — Read More

• Korean Air unveils open-architecture drone concept — Read More

• Kyiv modifies Geran drones to improve effectiveness — Read More

🛰️ Space

• New European partnership aims to prevent a post-quantum “apocalypse” — Read More

• France, US operate military space satellites together under Operation Olympic Defender — Read More

• NDAA gives new counter-drone office veto over service programs — Read More

🌊 Sea

• U.S. military strikes three boats in Pacific Ocean, killing eight — Read More

• Future USS Idaho delivered to U.S. Navy — Read More

• New bill authorizes $26B for shipbuilding, adds acquisition flexibility — Read More

• Navy faces 20,000 gaps at sea due to training backlog and recruiting shortfall — Read More

🏭 Industry

• Draper Labs secures $454M Navy modification for Trident D5 guidance subsystem — Read More

• Trump administration launches U.S. Tech Force to recruit temporary workers — Read More

Thanks for reading today’s Defense Brief. If you found it useful, consider forwarding it to a friend or colleague who'd appreciate staying sharp on defense tech and military news.