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Automating the Hardest, Ugliest Mile Left
The Army activated a new command in February, the Capability Program Executive Office for Mission Autonomy, and its first major solicitation is
Accrediting the World's AI Instead of Building Its Own
In May, the Pentagon signed agreements with seven of the largest technology companies in the country, including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Nvidia, and
Funding the Fix and the Replacement at the Same Time
Lockheed Martin secured a $514 million Space Force contract this year to build two new GPS IIIF satellites carrying an anti-jam
A Labor Problem Solved Once and Sold Indefinitely
Customs and Border Protection awarded Anduril a $363 million contract in June to deploy more than 200 autonomous surveillance towers along the
The Industrial Base Has a Welder Problem, Not a Money Problem
Navy Secretary John Phelan said this year that shipbuilders alone need to hire roughly 250,000 workers over the next decade. JPMorgan
Quantum Sensing Is Already Shipping, Quantum Computing Is Not
Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and a handful of quantum startups are all racing toward the same deadline this year: a working navigation system
A Moat Bigger Than Any Single Contract
Anduril and Palantir just signed a ten-year enterprise agreement worth up to $10 billion, folding roughly 75 separate software and data
The Government Stopped Buying Lithium and Started Guaranteeing It
On August 3, the Defense Logistics Agency canceled its solicitation to buy up to $300 million of battery-grade lithium carbonate for
The Military Is Buying Proof That Nuclear Can Move Fast
The Army's Project Janus wants a working nuclear microreactor installed on a domestic base by September 2028, and this year
The Navy Is Buying Proof, Not Just Ships
Saronic just signed a $392 million production contract with the Navy to accelerate delivery of autonomous surface vessels, one of the largest
A Weapon Whose Per-Shot Cost Rounds to Zero
The Army's LOCUST laser, now fielded as a frontline counter-drone weapon, engages a target for a cost the Pentagon
Golden Dome Is a Manufacturing Stress Test, Not a Satellite Program
The Pentagon has put out framework agreements for more than 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles and over 12,000 hypersonic weapons,
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