“Anthropic’s got a strong case, stronger than it should … primarily because the President’s made ‘admissions against interest’” on social media, attorney Sean Timmons told Breaking Defense.
“Obviously it takes … money to kill bad guys so we're going back to Congress and folks there to ensure that we're properly funded for what's been done, for what we may have to do in the future,” said US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
CEO Dario Amodei said he would still sue to overturn the designation of Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” but he said the company was “having productive conversations with the Department of War” — which Pentagon CTO Emil Michael promptly denied.
While Gen. Dan Caine said the US has "sufficient precision munitions for the task at hand," lawmakers are considering a high-dollar supplemental infusion to backfill missile supplies.
“We're not going to go into the exercise of what we will or will not do,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters.
“If we have a FPV-style drone that is lethal and armed, and we expect that soldier to hit a very precise target at a very precise point … that soldier is going to need a much higher level of skill and training,” said Col. Nick Ryan, the director of Army UAS Transformation with the Aviation Center of Excellence.
AI, autonomous systems, cyber, and EW converge as industry targets faster battlefield effects.
Maritime Prosperity Zones would encourage investment in new waterfront communities separate from the traditional coastal shipyards.
“We certainly have not lowered the bar, and we certainly have not taken on any risk by doing this,” Air Force Gen. Dale White told Breaking Defense.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had until Feb. 6 to review contractor performance under an executive order issued last month.
“It will strengthen the United States defense industrial base to ensure it has the capacity to support our military and our allies and partners, especially as we increase burden-sharing," Trump wrote in the new executive order.
As global navies adapt to evolving underwater threats, ASELSAN’s integrated sonar, countermeasure, and sonobuoy solutions offer a scalable, future-ready approach.
After military operators fly the drones, the department plans to award deals totaling $150 million.
“It’s very ambiguous, and I don't know if they even recognize the contradictions that they're creating,” said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center.
The new guidance also grants service secretaries the power to designate what facilities should have special protections against drone threats.
The department chose to release with an unusual lack of fanfare: 7:00 pm on a Friday, when the entire east coast is focused on a major snowstorm that is approaching.