🔷 Saved Rounds 10.28.25

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In that Number

2,077

The Army used AI to inspect 2,077 active requirements and has identified 516 for removal.

Zoom in

The U.S. military needs to invest in research and development to advance the state of the art. But, does it really pay off? How much is too much? Is runaway R&D spending hurting more than it helps?

Zoom in here to understand the urgent need to balance innovation with readiness.

They Said It

“Let me give you a threshold that's easy to understand: when we can fly drones by command, not by pilot. When your drones can understand commander's intent—that, ladies and gentlemen, is the threshold for AI autonomy to help us.”

— Brig. Gen. Travis McIntosh, on the Army’s goal for autonomous drones

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Saved Rounds

• Castelion is integrating its Blackbeard hypersonic missile into existing HIMARS launchers

• The Air Force is in discussions with Northrop Grumman over accelerating B-21 production rates

• Raytheon started a $53M expansion to build a new LTAMDS radar production facility

• Powerlight & KHA completed test flights to validate ground-to-air power communication

• Lockheed Martin received a $233M contract to deliver IRST21 Block II for Navy Super Hornets

• Muon Space is integrating Starlink laser terminals onboard its future Halo satellites

• Boeing secured $461M Army contracts to build 9 more CH-47 Block II Chinook helicopters

• AV & Korean Air signed an MoU to offer JUMP 20 drones in Korea

• The Marine Corps posted a Force Design update

• IAI unveiled a new anti-tank missile with twice the range

• Venus Aerospace received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures (rocket propulsion)

• Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat is planning to fly with a manned fighter next year

• India is integrating features from a recovered Chinese PL-15 missile into the Astra Mark 2

• Palladyne AI & Draganfly are partnering to integrate AI into drones

• India secured $450M deal for its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile (customer undisclosed)

• SNC unveiled TRAX Edge, software that tackles battlefield connectivity challenges

• Vantor secured a Space Force contract to monitor for space-based threats

• Hanwha Aerospace unveiled the LPGW100, a rocket-launched loitering munition

• Vermeer closed a $10M Series A funding round to scale its optical navigation technology

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