Speeding Up the “Kill Chain”: Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI

As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues, we look at how the Pentagon is using artificial intelligence in its operations. The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also ...

China’s new security era in Africa: protecting assets, citizens from DR Congo to Somalia

Analysts say China's five-year plan suggests layered security, and PLA training to protect diplomats, nationals and assets ...
al.com

$97 million contract awarded for missile defense, sensor project at Redstone Arsenal

A Virginia-based company has landed a $97 million contract for a large-scale new project at north Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal. AeroVironment, Inc., which has an office in Huntsville, announced Thursday ...
CNBC

Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist

A number of defense tech companies are telling employees to stop using Anthropic's Claude, and to switch to other AI models following the Defense Department's ban late last week. "This in no way ...
balkaninsight

ARTE Europe Weekly: European Air Defence Project’s Future in Doubt

The future of a European fighter jet project is being threatened by disagreements between France and Germany. It all started in 2017 when Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel launched the Future Combat ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco ...
Business Insider

Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology. Anthropic says it will fight back.

Trump ordered agencies to stop using Anthropic amid a dispute between the AI giant and the DoD. Shortly after Trump's announcement, the DoD moved to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk. Anthropic said ...

Is Iran Buying Missiles From China, and What Would That Mean?

Iran is reportedly nearing a procurement deal for Chinese surface-to-ship cruise missiles as U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
UPI

South Korea, UAE finalize $35B defense cooperation framework

Feb. 26 (Asia Today) --South Korea has finalized more than $35 billion in defense cooperation projects with the United Arab Emirates, part of a broader $65 billion bilateral package agreed during high ...
Roll Call

Hill added $34 billion in unrequested defense program funds

Congress added nearly $34 billion above the president’s fiscal 2026 defense request for more than 1,000 research and procurement programs favored by lawmakers but not necessarily by the military, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

RBC Seeks to Bet on New Defense, Energy Projects in Canada

Royal Bank of Canada is eyeing Canada’s expected boom in defense infrastructure and energy spending as one way to deploy its capital. “We do see more growth coming from a significant number of ...