Looks like Palantir ($PLTR) is making another leap across the pond. On Monday, NATO revealed that it’s acquired the data giant’s AI-powered Maven Smart System, marking a giant leap forward for the alliance’s AI-powered warfare capabilities. NATO’s Allied Command Operations (ACO) will begin using the system within 30 days and will be known as the […]
For those of you who’ve taken a relaxing vacation under a rock for the past week: on April 2, Trump unveiled sweeping, massive tariffs on nearly all imports to the United States, sending markets into a tailspin. Yesterday, Trump paused most of those tariffs for 90 days but maintained a general 10% tariff on all […]
The United Kingdom wants more drones, and fast. Yesterday, the MoD’s Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) announced phase two of its Innovation in Support of Operations competition, aimed at bringing British defense up to date. The MoD is looking to fund: UK-registered companies can apply with projects that will take up to 4 months and […]
It’s about time we talked about the elephant in the room: China. Step into any defense tech conference, and the threat from Beijing looms large. China’s military is building up and adopting cutting-edge tech at an unprecedented pace, and the US and its allies are failing to keep up, or so the saying goes.. But […]
Last week, amidst the Signalgate-that-keeps-on-giving, the Senate Armed Services committee held a whirlwind confirmation hearing for four of Trump’s critical DoD appointees.
If you think you’ve had a wild first two months of the Trump administration, imagine what it’s like being a European leader. Within his first few weeks in office, Trump called into question the transatlantic alliances that have held firm since the end of WWII and basically said that the continent was on its own […]
In case you missed it, SecDef Pete Hegseth issued a memo last Thursday calling for major changes to how the DoD buys software. The “Directing Modern Software Acquisition to Maximize Lethality” directive calls for: This is a pretty big deal for commercial and nontraditional companies building the programs needed to win wars. “The way the […]
Anduril just keeps ‘em coming. The UK government awarded the British branch of the defense tech company a £30M ($38.6M) contract to provide loitering munitions to Ukraine, the company announced today. The Altius 600M and 700M drones will counter Russian aggression in the Black Sea, according to a UK government statement, and the deal was […]
Shipbuilding is back, baby. Last Thursday, Trump SecNav pick and investor John Phelan went before the Senate Armed Services Committee and laid out a grim diagnosis of US maritime capabilities. “The US Navy is at a crossroads. Extended deployments, inadequate maintenance, huge cost overruns, delayed shipbuilding, failed audits, subpar housing, and sadly, record high suicide […]
In case you’re not on the internet, the meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump on Friday went really, really badly. What was meant to be the final step towards a critical minerals deal devolved into a shouting match between Trump and the Ukrainian leader, with the former accusing Zelenskyy of being “not…at […]
