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DC Circuit panel upholds Pentagon’s ban on Anthropic - so what comes next? - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — Today’s ruling by a three-judge appeals panel against Anthropic in the AI titan’s lawsuit against the Department of Defense is far from the end of the saga, legal experts told Breaking Defense, with Anthropic’s options including further appeals. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today upheld the Pentagon’s controversial designation of the company’s products as a “supply chain risk” to national security. That decision allows the Pentagon to ban all use of Anthropic
SDA misses self-imposed deadline on orbital mesh network - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Space Development Agency’s ambitious plan to create a satellite-to-satellite data relay network is now lagging a year behind, SDA director G.P. Sandhoo revealed. Just over six months ago, Sandhoo told the Satellite 2026 conference in Washington, DC that “we are about three months behind” on the orbital mesh network, but he hoped to start building it within six months. That self-imposed deadline expires in 10 days. But Sandhoo said here on Tuesday that that SDA wasn’t g
Textron, Merlin offer unmanned Cessna Skycourier for Pacific island resupply - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Aerospace conglomerate Textron and artificial intelligence firm Merlin Labs have unveiled a new unmanned aircraft concept to kickstart conversation about Pacific logistics, the companies announced today. The companies’ proposal would take Textron’s Cessna Skycourier and remove the cockpit altogether, replacing it with a flip-up nose for easier automated loading and a Merlin Pilot AI to fly the plane. The Skycourier’s capabilities — three tons of payload, a thousand miles o
Why the Pentagon picked an Indiana Navy base to host a nuclear microreactor - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Wednesday it has picked Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indiana to host a next-gen nuclear reactor — a decision, one top official told reporters, that was primarily driven by a need meet President Donald Trump’s ambitious deadline to deploy a first reactor on a military base “no later than September 30, 2028.” “Time had priority for us….looking at site selection,” Michael Dodd, assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies, told reporters Wedn
New White House strategy clarifies military tech priorities: undersea, outer space and AI - Breaking Defense (opens the original)
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WASHIINGTON — A new science and technology strategy [PDF] released this week by the White House outlines a comprehensive, four-tiered priority scheme for military tech, from AI to quantum. The National Security Science & Technology Strategy, as the 24-page document is titled, also takes a balanced approach to acquisition. While the NSSTS endorses the new wave of high-speed, low-cost innovations the Pentagon is pursuing, especially in expendable drones, it also emphasizes the continued importance
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