All guns blazing: the UK sets up $1.35 billion RCH 155 artillery order  - From smart rifles to counter-drone drones, smaller Israeli firms say tech can counter the deadly battlefield development.

+1 from  breakingdefense

 US Army recovers remains of second soldier reported missing during Moroccan exercise  - The Army identified the remains of Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, one of the two soldiers reported missing on May 2.

+5 from  militarytimes

 Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg to Speak at Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference May 27

 Can Trump Break the Impasse with Iran in the Gulf?

+2 from  hudson.org

 Wear and Tear Changes Measurable PFAS Levels in Firefighter Hoods, Gloves and Wildland Gear  - In the fourth of an ongoing series of reports, NIST shows that wear and tear increased the levels of PFAS found in hoods and gloves.

 Austrian jets intercept US military planes two days in a row  - The May 10 intercept reportedly took place over the Totes Gebirge mountain range in Upper Austria, over 60 kilometers from the German border.

 Austrian jets intercept US military planes two days in a row  - The May 10 intercept reportedly took place over the Totes Gebirge mountain range in Upper Austria, over 60 kilometers from the German border.

 If You Have to Tell People You’re the G.O.A.T., Then You Are Not  - I think most of you reading this post will agree that Donald Trump is an insecure, toxic narcissist, but he posted a flurry of posts on Truth Social on Monday…

 Lockheed Martin Declares Second Quarter 2026 Dividend  - The Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) board of directors has authorized a second quarter 2026 dividend of $3.45 per share. The dividend is payable on June 26, 2026, to holders of record as...

 Inside the Pentagon’s latest ‘alien’ files, plus driving a CV90 in northern Sweden  - DoD users tore through 20 billion tokens a day as Palantir’s Maven Smart System was “leveraged” to help plan and coordinate Operation Epic Fury’s 13,000 airstrikes on Iran, officials said.

+9 from  breakingdefense

 The AI Escalation Danger Trump and Xi Must Address  - As Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in Beijing on May 14–15 to discuss the future of U.S.-China AI cooperation, concerns are growing over escalatory tendencies in models like DeepSeek. Common AI benchmarking may offer a path toward safer development.

 Team Lockheed Martin Elevates Cross-Domain, Multi-Mission NGC2 Prototype Across the Indo-Pacific at Balikatan  - During the Balikatan 2026 exercise, the Team Lockheed Martin NGC2 prototype successfully demonstrated the integration of sensors, fires systems and airspace management through a unified data platform to compress sensor-to-shooter timelines ...

 Anduril wins Army contract for prototype C2 missile defense system  - The $138 million dollar request aims to see AI contribute measurable improvements ISR, offensive cyber, defensive cyber and integrated foundational activities.

+2 from  breakingdefense

 The Impact of Fraud on Financial Inclusion in the UK

 US Army recovers remains of second soldier reported missing during Moroccan exercise  - The Army identified the remains of Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, one of the two soldiers reported missing on May 2.

+7 from  defensenews

 US Army abruptly cancels deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland  - The Army has abruptly halted a planned deployment to Poland, bringing U.S. personnel numbers in Europe to pre-2022 levels — before Russia invaded Ukraine.

+6 from  militarytimes

 Clear Warning: The Iran War and the Loitering Munitions Threat

 Baltic nations ponder biggest bang for their bucks in $14 billion arms spending spree  - "The factory floor and the frontline are now part of the same equation,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said.

+1 from  defensenews

 TN Tech tradition: For decades, Cookeville college has sent students to ORNL  - Tennessee Tech chemistry students are spending the summer at ORNL gaining hands-on experience in radiochemistry research while helping develop improved methods for separating the rare isotope promethium-147. The collaboration, supported by DOE’s RENEW initiative, is also aimed at strengthening the future...

 In Latvia, military robots roll across a new communication challenge: woodlands  - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle confirmed the battleship would share several design features with the USS Ford.

 Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield estimated to cost $1.2 trillion  - A national missile defense system would cost $1.2 trillion to build and maintain over the next 20 years, a nonpartisan federal agency estimated.

 Tiny forces, big effects: How particle interactions control the flow of soft materials

 Pentagon seeks additional funding as cost of Iran war tops $29 billion  - The increase from $25 billion just two weeks ago reflects “updated repair and replacement of equipment costs,” along with the “general operational costs."

+4 from  defensenews

 Adaptation or Reversal: Colombia's Election and the Future of Total Peace

 ThinKom Supports Neo Space Group in Global Inflight Connectivity Push  - ThinKom’s ThinAir® Ka2517 antenna will power Neo Space Group’s (NSG) multi-orbit IFC solution for Saudia and Riyadh Air. This flight-proven, low-drag hardware delivers high-speed, multi-constellation connectivity across narrow-body fleets.

 China Sent a Tough Message to Trump… Did He Understand It?  - Before Trump stepped off his Presidential jet in Beijing the Chinese were sending subtle but clear signals that they consider Trump a second class leader and that relations remain frosty….

 How Might the Trump-Xi Summit Impact U.S. Farmers?  - The U.S. agricultural industry has borne the brunt of the recent U.S.-China trade conflict. Now, farmers watch closely as Presidents Trump and Xi seek a potential agreement in Beijing, but longer-term structural trends make a quick fix unlikely.

 Argonne researchers to develop learning-based robots as step toward a scientific assistant

 Trump Needs to Avoid Repeating Biden’s Mistake

+4 from  hudson.org

 L3Harris turns handheld radios into counter-drone jammers  - Sen. Kevin Cramer said lawmakers “need more information for sure” about projected price increases for the air refueler, which budget documents show could climb by $100 million per tail.

+11 from  breakingdefense

 America Has Lost Its Leverage Over China  - The Trump-Xi summit will reinforce a new set of implicit rules and assumptions for managing relations that ultimately favor China, argues Henrietta Levin in Foreign Policy.

+1 from  csis.org

 In an age of drones, Army Rangers will now stab through a new bayonet course  - Soldiers in Georgia hoping to earn the Army’s coveted Ranger tab will now start the school by stabbing their way through Fort Benning’s new bayonet course.

+5 from  militarytimes

 Screening enzymes to break down plant waste and produce valuable biofuels  - Locked away inside the walls of plant cells lies a valuable source of energy: sugar. But to access that sugar — which could provide a domestic source of bioenergy that strengthens U.S. energy security — researchers must first break down cellulose, the structural component of plant cell walls. A team...

 Taiwan’s Hormuz Option: What Taiwan Can Learn from Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine

+5 from  hudson.org

 Pentagon seeks additional funding as cost of Iran war tops $29 billion  - The increase from $25 billion just two weeks ago reflects “updated repair and replacement of equipment costs,” along with the “general operational costs."

+1 from  militarytimes

 Former NFL tight end convicted for Medicare, VA fraud scheme  - He was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a yearslong plot that cost Medicare and VA nearly $200 million.

 AI’s eyes to help with component inspections  - Sandia National Labs is transitioning from manual inspections for ceramics components for nuclear deterrence applications to using artificial intelligence to help flag anomalies.

 Developing a Framework for Secure Third-Party Access to Frontier AI