🎯 Skyborne Unveils Four-Legged “Marksman” Robot Dog with Modular Lethality

📬 In Today’s Defense Brief

🤖 U.S. Army Explores Autonomous UGV Concepts in New Experiments Read More

🎯 Skyborne Unveils Four-Legged “Marksman” Robot Dog with Modular Lethality Read More

🛰️ Planet Wins $12.8M NGA Luno B Task Order for AI-Enabled Maritime MDA Analytics Read More

☁️ USAF Selects Oracle to Expand AI Cloud Capabilities for Data/Mission Applications Read More

📡 Kymeta’s Osprey u8 Chosen for Army NGC2 Pilot, Delivering Multi-Orbit SATCOM Read More

🎱 Plus 13 other news stories you may like

📰 Full Breakdown

🤖 U.S. Army Explores Autonomous UGV Concepts in New Experiments Read More

• AM General is partnering with Carnegie Robotics and Textron Systems to deliver a modular unmanned ground vehicle under the Army’s Medium Modular Equipment Transport Trailer (M-MET) program. The autonomy-ready platform aims to move multi-class supplies and operational energy between Brigade Support Areas and forward units, aligning to Transformation in Contact and Multi-Domain Operations while boosting mobility, sustainment, and energy resilience.

• The design centers on a rugged all-terrain chassis with advanced suspension and a hybrid-electric powerpack generating more than 30 kW of exportable power. Drive-by-wire controls, an integrated autonomy suite, and a MOSA-compliant network enable rapid payload swaps for missions ranging from supply carriage to power generation and distribution across contested environments.

• Carnegie Robotics will develop the autonomy stack, sensor fusion, compute architecture, and non-weapons payload integration, including software sustainment. Textron Systems will integrate drive-by-wire and diagnostics while handling weapons payloads. AM General says leveraging an upgraded, battle-tested HUMVEE powertrain and suspension supports off-road performance and scalability for mass production. An M-MET request for proposals is expected in 2026.

🎯 Skyborne Unveils Four-Legged “Marksman” Robot Dog with Modular Lethality Read More

• Skyborne’s Controller-Operated Direct-Action Quadruped (CODiAQ) blends autonomous navigation with AI-powered targeting to support precise engagements in urban, forested, and uneven terrain. A targeting optics module enables day/night operations, while IP67 ruggedization protects against dust and immersion to one meter. Units can train operators within days, easing adoption without reliance on costly assets.

• CODiAQ carries Skyborne’s modular Havoc and Chaos weapons payloads, enabling both direct-fire and ballistic breaching from a compact, ground platform. Havoc fires 12-gauge ammunition; Chaos launches five low-velocity 40 mm grenades. The stabilized, smart-rifle mount and tracking software aim to raise accuracy while letting a single operator command the system via handheld remote or allow autonomous movement.

• The quadruped is already rolling out to select U.S. government partners for evaluation across mission profiles, with full-rate production details undisclosed. Presented publicly at AUSA 2025 in Washington, D.C., Skyborne calls the capability a leap for irregular warfare, positioning the robot dog as a mobile “marksman” that can augment squads, reduce troop exposure, and expand small-unit options.

🛰️ Planet Wins $12.8M NGA Luno B Task Order for AI-Enabled Maritime MDA Analytics Read More

• Planet Labs Federal secured a $12.8 million award under NGA’s Luno B IDIQ for Advanced Analytics for Maritime Operations and Reconnaissance (AAMOR). In partnership with SynMax, Planet will fuse daily PlanetScope imagery with Theia analytics to deliver AI-enabled vessel detection and monitoring over key Asia-Pacific areas of interest, targeting IUU fishing, illicit ship-to-ship transfers, and spoofing.

• The effort extends Planet’s collaboration with NGA to provide near-daily broad-area coverage and automated detections that inform strategic and tactical assessments. By integrating commercial data and analytics into government workflows, the program seeks faster anomaly discovery, pattern-of-life insight, and quicker decision cycles for maritime security stakeholders across defense and intelligence communities.

• Luno B gives national security users timely access to commercial GEOINT data and analytic services that add context on global economic, environmental, and geopolitical activity. NGA can expand or extend AAMOR via pre-priced options under the IDIQ. Planet says persistent imagery plus AI-driven alerts will help users act quickly to maintain maritime security worldwide.

☁️ USAF Selects Oracle to Expand AI Cloud Capabilities for Data/Mission Applications Read More

• The Department of the Air Force is scaling Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications—spanning finance, HR, and supply chain—to accelerate digital transformation and free resources to strengthen readiness. Backed by a recent DISA Impact Level 4 Authorization to Operate, the move aims to streamline secure enterprise operations and support mission needs across Air Force organizations.

• A new Boundary Cloud Access Point (BCAP), established by the DAF’s Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate with DISA and Oracle, provides secure access to Fusion Applications on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The pathway is intended to let Department of War agencies safely host sensitive data and adopt cloud capabilities more quickly while maintaining compliance and security.

• Oracle says embedding AI across Fusion ERP, EPM, HCM, and SCM will raise productivity, reduce costs, tighten financial controls, and improve workforce insights, with application updates every 90 days. Executives framed the collaboration as enabling zero-trust-aligned modernization that reduces administrative burden so airmen can focus on core missions.

📡 Kymeta’s Osprey u8 Chosen for Army NGC2 Pilot, Delivering Multi-Orbit SATCOM Read More

• The Army selected Kymeta’s Osprey u8 flat-panel terminal for the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) pilot, providing multi-orbit connectivity across GEO and LEO with simultaneous send/receive via a single aperture. By spanning commercial and government networks, the architecture reduces dependence on any one path and improves continuity in contested or degraded environments.

• Built for military use, the cartridge-based, modular terminal adapts quickly to evolving requirements and supports on-the-move and over-the-horizon operations. Lower power draw, reduced thermal signature, low profile, and narrower beamwidth contribute to lower detectability, aiding survivability while maneuvering.

• Selection followed assessments including the Armored Formation Network On The Move, Network Modernization Experiment, and Project Convergence Capstone. Kymeta leaders emphasized that resilient, secure communications are essential for modern units, and the NGC2 choice signals the Army’s focus on network resiliency as a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have.

🌏 Other Important News

✈️ Air

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🛡️ Land

• Army picks Anduril for counter-drone fire-control system Read More

• Army starts $50M border fence along Arizona training range Read More

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🧭 Policy

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