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Tuesday 3 March 2026
US Congress and industry clash over new semiconductor security mandates
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has advanced legislation that would grant Congress the authority to review and block advanced chip sales to adversarial nations, mirroring the...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Escalation in the Middle East spotlights communication resilience ahead of 2026 UK Space‑Comm Expo
Recent joint airstrikes by the US and Israel against Iran, followed by Iran's retaliatory attacks on nearby US military bases in Bahrain and Qatar, disrupted local flight schedules...
Monday 2 March 2026
Middle East escalation disrupts AWS data center, Apple retail, and Robotaxi services
US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran triggered retaliatory missile attacks on US bases in Bahrain and Qatar, with spillover disruptions hitting cloud infrastructure, logistics hubs, and...
Monday 2 March 2026
Military AI ethics conflict persists as Pentagon cuts ties with Anthropic, OpenAI secures classified AI deal
A high-stakes dispute between the US Department of War and AI company Anthropic has reshaped the emerging market for military AI, ending a major government partnership and clearing...
Monday 2 March 2026
US deploys LUCAS drone in Iran strike, mirroring Iran's Shahed-136 combat entrance

US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that in its February 28 airstrike on Iran, it deployed for the first time the LUCAS (Low-Cost Uncrewed...

Sunday 1 March 2026
OpenAI–Pentagon deal highlights deeper conflict over who controls AI safeguards
A newly announced agreement between OpenAI and the US Department of Defense underscores a growing divide in the AI sector—not over whether military cooperation should exist,...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Taiwan bets on local production for 1,600-unit unmanned vessel fleet
Taiwan's military is rapidly expanding its unmanned vehicle fleet, with drone numbers surpassing 200,000 and procurement of over a thousand unmanned surface vessels (USVs) reportedly...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
China adds Subaru, Mitsubishi, TDK and 17 other Japanese entities to export-control watchlist
Amid intensifying China–Japan bilateral tensions, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has placed 20 Japanese companies and institutions on a heightened export-control watchlist,...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Contract dispute escalates between Anthropic and Pentagon over military use of Claude
Tensions have intensified between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the company's AI model, Claude, may be used in US military operations, according to reports by Axios,...
Sunday 15 February 2026
Column: Trump's US$1.5T defense dream hits rust-belt reality
US President Donald Trump has requested a fiscal year 2027 defense budget of US$1.5 trillion. This represents a nearly 50% increase from fiscal year 2026's roughly US$1 trillion. Trump's...
Friday 13 February 2026
Shield AI brings US Hivemind platform to power Taiwan’s drone swarm ambitions
Shield AI recently announced another contract with the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST). The two parties will jointly promote the research, validation,...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Taiwan charts course toward defense autonomy with NT$400 billion push
For Taiwan, the threat of a Chinese blockade is not merely military — it is industrial. Beijing's tightening grip on global technology supply chains has made clear that any conflict...
Thursday 5 February 2026
Jiin Ming expands into energy storage EPC services and drones, targets ISR defense market
Jiin Ming Industry is transitioning from conventional metal stamping into drones and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for energy storage projects, with an...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Pentagon selects 25 vendors for attack drone program

The US Department of War has invited 25 companies to compete in the first phase of a major initiative to deploy low-cost, weaponized one-way attack...

Wednesday 28 January 2026
Taiwan bets on drone swarms with Anduril Lattice AI command playing key role
Taiwan has introduced an initiative to strengthen its air defense system by integrating US-made and domestically produced missiles and radars into a networked kill chain that it calls...