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A recent Wall Street Journal article warned that the “[c]lampdown on top U.S. artificial intelligence is fueling concern that Washington is handing Beijing a cyberwarfare advantage.” It went on to note that China’s release of Z.ai by Zhipu AI is on par with Anthropic’s Mythos model in detecting software vulnerabilities. The article, along with a growing body of recent commentary, taps into the prevailing China-U.S. AI race narrative at a time when the United States is deliberating a unified AI policy and reportedly considering banning Chinese open weight models.  The AI race narrative holds that the United States and China…

S. Pace, RCD In the vast expanse of low Earth orbit, a new era of manufacturing is dawning. Source link

WASHINGTON — Defense technology company AEVEX is acquiring naval technology firm BlackSea Technologies for up to $650 million, in an attempt to bolster its presence in the unmanned surface and undersea vessel space, according to an announcement Wednesday.  The companies said the acquisition, slated to close in September, is also meant to expand “customer access” to the Navy, US Special Operations Command, and other allied partners. It will integrate “complementary technology across air, surface, and undersea platforms.” “BlackSea brings exceptional and strategically aligned maritime capability, but just as importantly, it brings a culture of mission focus and ingenuity that reflect…

On 07 Augst 2026, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which also includes an Article 5-style mutual defence provision. The latest episode of Defence Uncut – Quwa’s Pakistani defence news and commentary podcast, hosted by Arslan Khan and Bilal Khan, unpacks the apparent intent and actual potential and risks of this landmark multilateral framework. Potential Blockers of the Mecca Pact Pakistan joined two groups like this before. SEATO and CENTO both failed. Neither had a firm mutual defence clause, a joint command, or the same weapons. And CENTO’s members worried more about their own neighbours…

South Korea’s KF-21. Credit: Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Hyundai Rotem have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at cooperation in the development and integration of advanced airborne weaponry. The MoU was signed at KAI’s headquarters in the southeastern South Korean city of Sacheon on 12 August 2026. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The partnership covers both the KF-21 fighter platform and the creation of long-range air-to-air missiles, in addition to exploring…

The manufacture of modern weapons begins with complex materials, especially those containing rare earth elements. These elements are used to make everything from magnets and sensors to radars and lasers. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, an F-35 fighter requires more than 400 kilograms of rare earths to build; a destroyer and submarine, respectively, can require anywhere from two to five metric tons. Rare earths also appear in Tomahawk missiles, Predator drones, and the many missiles and bombs that have been used in Iran over the last few months.  The problem for the U.S. military is that China accounts…

J. Whitney, M+A Elec. Northrop Grumman and Boeing say platforms using the standardized interface could collaborate with other U.S. or allied systems that support the same interface Source link

TAMPA — The future of the US Intelligence Community is likely to involve networks of AI agents working amongst themselves — exchanging information, coordinating tasks and providing actionable intelligence, key officials said this week.  “Building agents, and then agents with agents, is the direction that we want to go,” Maj. Gen. Robert Kinney, chief artificial intelligence officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency, said during an AI panel at DIA’s DODIIS show on Wednesday. “We’re laying the foundation and the pipes, if you will, to get after building agents.” The concept goes well beyond today’s chatbots, where a user asks a…

US Army AH-64 Apache. Credit: Pucs Fongabe/Shutterstock.com. Two service members died after a US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed in a field south of Salado, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon, according to officials from Fort Hood. The helicopter, which was based at Fort Hood, a major military installation in central Texas, was reportedly on a routine training flight at the time of the incident. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Emergency services were dispatched to the scene at approximately 13:33 local time (18:33 GMT)…

North Korea fired what appeared to be a midrange ballistic missile toward the ocean east of the peninsula on August 12, its second launch in less than a week, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).  The back-to-back launches came two days after South Korea and the United States announced their plans for joint drills. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise is set to begin on August 17. The allies describe the drills as defensive. but North Korea has for years denounced them as invasion rehearsals and has frequently responded with weapons tests timed around the training period. …