The DAWG program's $55B budget request for FY26 represents the largest single investment in uncrewed systems in US military history. But the money is only half
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The FY26 Space Force budget is $39.9B - an $11.3B jump from last year. That's more than most countries' entire military budgets. Killer satellites are no longer
GA-ASI's crash, third-party autonomous software integration, and Increment 2 vendor expansion are the three key developments in the Collaborative Combat Aircraf
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The NYT investigation confirmed the US is behind in the industrial capacity to build drones at scale. Technology gaps can be closed. Industrial base gaps take d