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Good news and look at that margin. Pro-NATO sentiment is strong in Congress.

Ukrainian Sea Baby drones have struck another Russian shadow tanker in the Black Sea - Kyiv Post sources Drones hit the Dashan oil tanker on Dec. 10. The Comoros-flagged vessel, part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” was moving through Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone toward

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War, executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. For multiple

The Republican-led House passed a $901 billion defense authorization bill that sets curbs on American investments in sensitive Chinese industries and backs the Pentagon’s push to buy commercial technology to speedily equip US troops.

Having worked in and around the defense tech startup space since 2021, I’ve gotta say it’s pretty wild (and validating) to see how far the pendulum has swung toward industry challengers in just a few short years. Executing on momentum is the hard part. Onwards🚀🇺🇸

The U.S. Coast Guard has sized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, officials tell Reuters. The Coast Guard referred questions to the White House.

中国はこのわずか数日間で、フィリピン空軍機に対して照明弾を発射し、台湾周辺で戦闘準備パトロールを実施し、日本の自衛隊機にレーダーを照射し、さらにはロシアの爆撃機とともに戦略パトロールを行いました。間違いなく中国こそがインド太平洋地域の挑発者であり、トラブルメーカーです。

Beehive Industries announced that its Frenzy engine has completed high-altitude testing and is ready for integration onto an aerial vehicle for flight tests starting early next year. https://t.co/FVAHy0QMxa

Quick plug to @AustinEGray’s great podcast episode with @vatnsystems CEO Nelson Mills from last week. Check it out here:

🌊 @vatnsystems is making a splash. $60M Series A + adding some heavy hitters to the cap table. As they ramp up AUV/torpedo production, they’ll be one to watch in the underrated underwater autonomy space. More in @tectonicdefense here👇

AI-powered government market intelligence platform (say that five times fast) @Pryzm_Dynamics announced that it’s raised $12.2M in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from XYZ, @amplifyla, and @forumventures. https://t.co/kvY4ivw5h5

How the June war affected US interceptor stockpiles. "the effect of firing between 100 and 250 THAAD interceptors would deplete the inventory by between 20 and 50 percent" https://t.co/wRS1l4gh1z

The US Navy is turning to Palantir as part of its years-long effort to speed up submarine production, in a bet that the company’s analytics capabilities can better expose supply-chain problems

The final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment.

Shipbuilding is so back, baby. Texas-based autonomous shipbuilder @Saronic revealed yesterday that it’s won a $392M Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to supply the Navy with an undisclosed number of unmanned surface vessels. https://t.co/YEu4OTkCyN

MQ-28 Ghost Bat Has Fired An AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile Australia has ordered another six Ghost Bat drones, as it progresses toward an operational capability for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Latest on Ghost Bat:

An annual defense policy bill the House plans to consider this week ditches a provision that would’ve authorized the Pentagon to reimburse defense contractors for interest costs incurred financing facilities upgrades.

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President Trump has mandated that we maintain global technological dominance through the widespread use of AI.   Today, we deliver on that mandate. It is my honor to oversee the rollout of  https://t.co/UC30PcZlci, the @DeptofWar’s official AI platform, putting next-generation AI

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