Defense Business Brief: The Navy’s MUSV pivot; NGA taps Vantor for $2.3M spy satellite contract; and a bit more Defense April 1, 2026 The Navy doesn’t want robot boat prototypes, so it nixed its existing unmanned surface vehicle program in favor of an…
Startup takes a different approach to AI assistants Defense April 1, 2026 The Pentagon is eager to incorporate AI “agents”—software that can autonomously execute complex tasks like customer service, scheduling, or code…
‘Not good news’: Iran’s damage to US radar plane harms military’s battlefield awareness Defense March 31, 2026 A critical U.S. Air Force radar plane damaged by an Iranian attack this past weekend is a significant loss and…
AI boat maker Saronic smashes $9 billion valuation Defense March 31, 2026 Robot shipbuilder Saronic raised nearly $2 billion to expand production and develop new vessels as the Navy seeks refined options…
Last 24 hours saw ‘lowest number’ of Iranian missile and drone attacks, Hegseth says Defense March 31, 2026 Iran launched fewer missiles and drones in the past day than in any previous 24-hour period since the U. S.…
Former Trump advisor joins board of Ukraine-focused drone tech company Defense March 31, 2026 Donald Trump’s former special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, will join the advisory board of…
War boosts counter-drone sales, joint ventures Defense March 31, 2026 Mideast governments have long invested in air defenses—notably, U.S.-made THAAD and Patriot interceptors—and counter-drone defenses, particularly since the 2019 drone…
Don’t bottleneck defense-personnel vetting with a small-business set-aside Defense March 30, 2026 The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) sits at the center of one of government’s most sensitive and consequential missions:…
What the Claude AI chatbot really does for CENTCOM Defense March 30, 2026 In his 2025 book, AI, Automation, and War, Anthony King implores the reader to understand artificial intelligence as a phenomenon…
Space Command wants move nearly 200 people to new Alabama HQ this year Defense March 28, 2026 Space Command aims to relocate around 200 people from Colorado to its new headquarters location in Alabama by the end…
Pro-Iran hackers claim breach of FBI director’s email Defense March 27, 2026 A pro-Iran hacker group claimed to have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email and posted purported contents from the…
Judge blocks Pentagon’s Anthropic ban, calling it illegal retaliation Defense March 27, 2026 A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction barring the federal government from enforcing its declaration that Anthropic is a…
