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The D Brief: Russia’s foreign-made drones; Ukraine’s EW-hardened drones; China’s $50B littoral…
Ukrainian UAV wars: Russia launched 2,023 attacks against Ukraine using Iranian-designed drones last month, Ukrainian officials announced Friday. Those drones would have required an estimated 170,000 “foreign components,” including…
US-made jam-resistant drones helped Ukrainians cut through Russia EW
When Russian jamming neutered the recon drones flown by a group of Ukrainian special operators near Dnipro in August, they turned to a new solution: V-BAT drones built to withstand the massive electronic interference used by both sides in…
Pilot error blamed for crash of F-35 that flew for 11 minutes after ejection, investigation finds
The crash of an F-35 stealth fighter jet that went missing for more than 24 hours after the pilot ejected was caused by pilot error, a Marine Corps investigation found—but multiple system failures and bad weather contributed to the…
The D Brief: N. Korea tests big ICBM; Aussies’ arms ambitions; Pentagon ups recruiting goals; China…
North Korea tested what appears to be its farthest-flying missile yet early Thursday. Pyongyang’s state-run media and White House officials both confirmed it was an intercontinental ballistic missile launched at about 7 a.m. local time from…
Military services upping recruiting goals after rebound in 2024
After years of shortfalls, nearly all of the U.S. military’s active-duty components met their recruiting goals this year—and plan to increase those goals in 2025.The military services recruited 225,000 people in fiscal year 2024—25,000 more…
Maxar’s working on a 3D-mapping tool to replace GPS
If GPS goes down, could aircraft navigate by comparing what they sense around them to detailed three-dimensional maps? A major satellite imagery company believes so.Maxar’s nascent Pinpoint tool will use a drone’s video feed to infer its…
Russia could transfer missile tech to North Korea, ‘escalating’ threats, South Korea warns
As North Korean troops train in Russia for likely deployment against Ukrainians, South Korea’s defense minister said Wednesday that Moscow might send Pyongyang dangerous missile technology that he said would “escalate tensions” across the…
Who tells satellites where to take pictures? Increasingly, it’ll be robots, Maxar says
Maxar’s chief product officer Peter Wilczynski, who joined the space-imagery company over the summer, is spearheading an effort to build navigation systems that use 3D maps instead of GPS. But the Palantir alum is also working to develop…
The D Brief: Russia pushes deeper into Ukraine; N. Korea prepping nuke test?; DOD releases…
An estimated 3,000 North Korean soldiers have moved to western Russia, South Korean officials said Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Seoul’s Yonhap news agency did not confirm that number, but did report Wednesday “at least…
Broader federal investment in quantum sensing needed to outpace China, industry report says
The tech industry needs more funding from the U.S. government—not just the Pentagon—if it is to outpace China in the quest for quantum sensors, whose national-security implications include ground-based replacements for aging and vulnerable…
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