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Pentagon announces tie-up with Palmer Luckey’s Anduril and three other defence tech startups; agreements establish terms for future …

The Department of War or Pentagon has reached new framework agreements with a slate of disruptive new entrants and commercial innovators to aggressively expand the United States military’s strike capabilities. Agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 will launch the Low-Cost Containerized Missiles (LCCM) program, while a parallel agreement with Castelion advances an initiative…

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Hegseth pushes Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027 as Congress presses Pentagon over Iran war costs

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth defended President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion military budget before House and Senate lawmakers on Tuesday, as Congress pressed the Pentagon over the rising cost of the Iran war, weapons stockpiles and the administration’s long-term strategy in the conflict.The hearings came as the Trump administration faces growing pressure from the…

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American AI companies looking to get Pentagon contract say: ‘Palantir has in effect become …’

Palantir Technologies is facing growing scrutiny from rival AI companies as competition for US defence contracts intensifies. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, executives from American AI companies seeking access to Pentagon projects said that Palantir has “in effect become a gatekeeper,” reflecting its strong position within the Department of War’s technology…

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‘Eight-pointed star’ seen in UFO files as Pentagon teases ‘even cooler information’ to come

A newly released Pentagon video has sparked fascination over UFOs after appearing to show a strange “eight-pointed star” moving across the sky.The infrared footage was published on Friday in the UFO-related government files ordered by US President Donald Trump. According to the documents, the clip was recorded in 2013 by US Central Command personnel using…

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Trump’s ‘very interesting’ UFO files out: Pentagon releases over 160 ‘never-before-seen’ UAP records

The Trump administration on Friday released more than 160 files, photographs and videos related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), commonly referred to as UFOs, as part of what the White House described as an effort to increase transparency around government knowledge of extraterrestrial phenomena.The disclosure by the Pentagon followed a presidential order issued in February…

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Pentagon CTO Emil Michael: Anthropic continues to be ‘national security risk’, but with …

The Department of War is currently having a complicated relationship with the AI startup Anthropic. On one hand, it has been labelled as a “supply chain risk”, while on the other, it’s latest model is being called as an asset with Pentagon Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Emil Michael calling Mythos a critical “national security moment”.“I…

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Pentagon signs classified AI deal that Google employees objected to with seven tech companies; Here’s the full list, as War Department says: These strategic partners share…

The Pentagon on Friday signed agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence companies to run their technology on classified military networks. The War Department named the companies as SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services. “Together, the War Department and these strategic partners share the conviction that American leadership in AI is indispensable…

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Letter that hundreds of Google employees sent to CEO Sundar Pichai asking for ‘Pentagon ban’ saying: Only way to guarantee that Google does not become …

Even as reports said that Google had signed contract with the Pentagon, hundreds of Google employees were preparing to stage an ‘internal protest’, a report has said, adding that they called on CEO Sundar Pichai to block the US military from using the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) for secret work. According to a report by…

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US-Iran war cost: $25bn or just a low-ball figure? What the Pentagon told Congress

The United States has spent an estimated $25 billion on the war with Iran, the Pentagon’s budget chief told lawmakers on Wednesday, marking the administration’s most detailed public estimate of the conflict’s cost so far.Jules Hurst III disclosed the figure during testimony alongside Pete Hegseth before the House Armed Services Committee.The hearing, convened to review…

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Pentagon AI head ‘confirms’ Google deal with an ‘appreciation note’; says: Saving us thousands of …

The Pentagon’s head of artificial intelligence, Cameron Stanly has now confirmed that the Department of Defense (DOD) is expanding its use of Google’s Gemini AI model, marking significant shift in the military’s AI strategy just two months after dropping Anthropic over supply chain risk concerns. Speaking to CNBC, Stanley acknowledged the deal and even issued…

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