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  1. Singularity Says Navy Lab Pact Took Its Interceptor Motor to Static Fire in Three Months Interceptor startup Singularity says a solid rocket motor co-developed with the Navy's China Lake weapons center completed a static fire about three months after the two signed a research agreement. No contract has been announced. USA · air defense · Partner Signal
  2. Ukraine's NATO Procurement Deal Opens Allied Tenders to Its Underused Arms Factories Ukraine's new NSPA partnership gives its defence manufacturers a standing route to allied tenders. It does not settle Patriot supply, and Kyiv's own export costs still stand between eligibility and sales. Ukraine · Europe · Policy
  3. Palantir Tells NATO There Is No Kill Switch in Maven After Ukraine's Starshield Cut After Ukraine lost Starshield service without warning, Palantir says neither it nor Washington can switch off the Maven AI system running at NATO's top military headquarters. Europe · USA · Autonomy
  4. Army Raises Striveworks AI Targeting Contract Tenfold to $700 Million The Army's enterprise deal for Striveworks' Chariot AI, which sorts sensor and drone data into potential targets, now runs to $700 million over five years as NGC2 moves to I Corps. USA · Autonomy · Striveworks
  5. Air Force Flies Cargo Pods in SpaceX's Starfall Capsule as Rocket Cargo Shrinks to Reentry Pods AFRL's Oct. 20 test put military supplies inside a one-ton-class commercial reentry capsule, the vehicle class the Air and Space Forces now favor over the 30-ton rocket deliveries Rocket Cargo began with. USA · Space · AFRL
  6. Russia Strikes Kyiv Hours After Agreeing to Talks as Moscow Reports 630 Drones The overnight exchange hit air defense on both sides: Ukraine stopped most Russian drones but reported downing no ballistic missiles, and a reported strike near Moscow landed on a plant that has repaired Buk and S-300V systems. Ukraine · Russia · air defense
  7. Ukraine's Drones Set the Ceiling on Trump's Russian Diesel Deal Russia's first diesel tanker for the US sails Thursday with 40,000 tonnes. How many follow depends on refinery units and export terminals that Ukraine's drones keep hitting. Ukraine · Russia · USA
  8. Pentagon's Responsible AI Division Filled Three of 10 Posts as AI Moves Into Targeting, GAO Finds The office meant to keep Pentagon AI trustworthy is 70 percent unstaffed and its coordinating council has no charter, while the department pushes AI into target recognition and agentic systems on a wartime footing. USA · Autonomy · CDAO
  9. Helsing Joins Destinus Funding Round at a Reported €6 Billion Valuation Europe's most valuable defense startup is buying into the Dutch maker of the Ruta cruise missile, and Bloomberg puts its minority stake at a roughly €6 billion valuation. Europe · Funding · Helsing
  10. Musk Ordered the Starshield Slowdown That Disrupted Ukrainian Drones, WSJ Reports The report puts SpaceX's owner behind a speed cap on the satellite link that carries Ukraine's mid-range strike drones and Shahed interceptors. Ukraine · USA · Space
  11. EU Backs RSI Europe and Odin Defence With €29.5 Million to Build Drone Warheads Across the Baltic Lithuania's RSI Europe and Estonia's Odin Defence won €29.5 million from the EU to make loitering-munition warheads. RSI's new plant is due to break ground in early 2027. Europe · drones · Partner Signal
  12. Fighter Jets Down Half of Russia's Jet Drones Over Ukraine. Brave1 Wants a $20,000 Missile to Take Over Jet-powered Gerans have outrun Ukraine's cheap interceptor drones, leaving fighter jets with half or more of the kills. Brave1's $20,000 missiles and seven fielded interceptors are the bid to bring the price back down. Ukraine · Russia · Europe
  13. Australia Arms Anduril's Ghost Shark With 12 Sea Mines and Altius Drone Swarms Canberra declassified payloads that take its autonomous submarine from surveillance into mining and strike, and is offering them to the US and UK under AUKUS. Asia-Pacific · USA · Naval
  14. Epirus Gets an Army Research Deal to Put Leonidas Microwave Weapons on Vehicles Epirus announced an Oct. 13 research agreement with the Army's Ground Vehicle Systems Center to put Leonidas on vehicles. The Army told Congress it plans no more fixed-site buys. USA · air defense · Partner Signal
  15. Army Cyber Command Picks a Bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, AI Agents Built to Attack Networks The Army's cyber command wants offensive AI agents that 'must operate with minimal human oversight,' while its commander says the agents it runs today stay under human supervision. USA · Autonomy · ECHOTRIBBLE
  16. F-22 Pilot Commands Anduril's Fury Drone in Flight for the First Time The Fury's onboard autonomy carried out a Raptor pilot's orders, the first in-flight test of the command link the Air Force's drone-wingman plan depends on. USA · Autonomy · Anduril
  17. Pentagon Technology Chief Says Export Controls Can Keep AI Labs in Line Emil Michael, who handles the White House AI task force's dealings with the labs, said export controls are an appropriate stick for AI companies that do not cooperate with the government. USA · Policy · Anthropic
  18. China's New Drone Rules Spare the FPV and Go After the Paperwork Behind Ukraine's PartsPro Beijing's Nov. 18 licence list draws its motor lines above FPV hardware. The customs queries and spec declarations that come with it reach the third-country routes Ukrainian drone makers use to buy Chinese parts. China · Ukraine · USA
  19. Pentagon Signs Framework for Up to 25,000 BAE APKWS Counter-Drone Rocket Kits a Year The Pentagon has given BAE a seven-year demand signal for its cheap laser-guided drone interceptor, but the buy still awaits congressional authorization and appropriations. USA · air defense · apkws
  20. Hegseth Has Not Signed Off on Allied-Paid Patriots for Ukraine, Officials Say Ukraine's main defense against Russian ballistic missiles now waits on a Pentagon signature, with interceptors its allies already paid for held up in Washington. Ukraine · USA · air defense
  21. 2B9 VasilekPro The 2B9 Vasilek is a Soviet 82 mm automatic mortar that fires four-round clips and remains in Russian and Ukrainian service. Russia · Ukraine · Land
  22. 2S9 Nona-SPro The 2S9 Nona-S is a Soviet airborne 120 mm gun-mortar on a tracked amphibious chassis, used by Russian and Ukrainian forces. Russia · Ukraine · Land
  23. 2S5 Giatsint-SPro The 2S5 Giatsint-S is a Soviet 152 mm tracked gun with an open weapon mount, employed by Russian and Ukrainian forces for long-range indirect fire. Russia · Ukraine · Land
  24. 2S4 TyulpanPro The 2S4 Tyulpan is a Soviet 240 mm tracked mortar for heavy fire against fortified positions, still employed by Russia in Ukraine. Russia · Ukraine · Land
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