'Battle Lab' Is The US Air Force's Newest Defense Against Small Drones

The quantity of small drones flying across the airways is getting exponential. The USAF's new initiative is designed to defend against them.
Defense One

The Army wants to use bullets, mortars, and artillery to take out small drones

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama— Army leaders often say they want to stop using million-dollar missiles to shoot down thousand-dollar ...
al.com

$97 million contract awarded for missile defense, sensor project at Redstone Arsenal

A Virginia-based company has landed a $97 million contract for a large-scale new project at north Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal. AeroVironment, Inc., which has an office in Huntsville, announced Thursday ...
CNBC

Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist

A number of defense tech companies are telling employees to stop using Anthropic's Claude, and to switch to other AI models following the Defense Department's ban late last week. "This in no way ...
balkaninsight

ARTE Europe Weekly: European Air Defence Project’s Future in Doubt

The future of a European fighter jet project is being threatened by disagreements between France and Germany. It all started in 2017 when Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel launched the Future Combat ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco ...
Business Insider

Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology. Anthropic says it will fight back.

Trump ordered agencies to stop using Anthropic amid a dispute between the AI giant and the DoD. Shortly after Trump's announcement, the DoD moved to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk. Anthropic said ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Singapore Projects Nearly $20 Billion Defense Spend This Year

Singapore is projecting a S$24.9 billion ($19.7 billion) defense expenditure for 2026, a 6.4% increase from last year as the city-state seeks to bolster its capabilities, Defense Minister Chan Chun ...
Roll Call

Hill added $34 billion in unrequested defense program funds

Congress added nearly $34 billion above the president’s fiscal 2026 defense request for more than 1,000 research and procurement programs favored by lawmakers but not necessarily by the military, ...
Military Times

What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic ultimatum

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract.
TechCrunch

Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling in Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon on Tuesday morning to discuss the military use of Claude, according to reporting from Axios. The meeting comes ...