TOPLINE STORY
Thunderstruck: Anduril unveils autonomous attack rotorcraft. U.S. military will soon field drone wingman that expands well beyond fixed wing platforms of Combat Collaborative Aircraft program.
Lockheed Martin’s Morfius X-Rotor made to fry 50 enemy drones in one flight.
‘Let the AI do it’: Former Air Force secretary pits machine against human operators. As Air Force moves to incorporate AI into operations, the force needs to train human operators effectively to use the tools. But AI might make a better fighter than the human at times.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Winning battles, losing strategy: Why military superiority no longer guarantees victory. U.S. battlefield dominance remains unmatched, but Iraq, Afghanistan and now Iran shows that tactical success increasingly fails when military power is not matched by coherent political strategy and will.
Next 9/11 unlikely to be another similar terrorist attack nor cyber-attack nor even another pandemic. Next global shock may be use of nuclear weapons assisted by more casual attitudes of less responsible world leaders and lack of popular understanding and fear.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Former U.S. soldier toting anti-ICE sign set off incendiary fireworks on fire fueled by liquid accelerant and shot pellet gun outside Manhattan federal office building, injuring three people before being subdued.
Navy instructs key commands to remove leadership portraits and biographies from public-facing websites for security.
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