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Operational Resilience

The ability of systems and forces to sustain missions under contested or isolated conditions, supporting stable returns in tech and defense investments despite contested environments.

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Greyshark and the Cable Frontier

Dec 19, 2025

A new shark-shaped autonomous vehicle takes aim at the silent war beneath the waves.

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AI Leverage vs Risk: Why Nations Must Choose Their Place on the Spectrum

Dec 18, 2025

AI offers states strategic advantage but only if adoption is balanced with assurance, governance, and awareness of peril.

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Sleeper Drones: Russia’s New Ambush Tactic Alters the Drone Warfare Playbook

Dec 16, 2025

Fiber-guided FPVs enter hibernation mode near the front, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

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NATO's AI War Room: Google Cloud Powers Classified Combat Intelligence for Ukraine

Dec 10, 2025

Civilian cloud AI is now embedded in sovereign warfighting networks.

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30% at Home: Britain Rebuilds Sovereignty Through the Mine Shaft

Dec 8, 2025

London sets a domestic extraction and recycling target for critical minerals, cutting exposure to China and Russia.

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Beyond the Constellation: GEO Lasers Reshape the Satellite Battlefield

Dec 4, 2025

Laser comms from geostationary orbit signal a new model for orbital sovereignty.

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Proximity as Payload: Chinese Shell Companies Near Whiteman AFB

Nov 21, 2025

Strategic terrain is now leased in plain sight.

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Critical Minerals, Critical Leverage

Nov 12, 2025

Rare earths, gallium, graphite: supply sovereignty is now a strategic battlefield.

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Orbital Alarm Bell: Germany's Defence Minister Exposes Russia's Space Shadowing

Nov 5, 2025

Outer‐space is no longer a backdrop. It’s a contested theatre.

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Unmanned Sovereignty: Europe's Dual Push for Autonomous Platforms

Oct 28, 2025

STARK and ARX Robotics signal a shift to modular, sovereign autonomy across air and ground domains.

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Ukraine Builds the Fastest Mil-Tech Ecosystem on Earth

Oct 15, 2025

From garage labs to combat-ready systems, Brave1 reshapes wartime innovation cycles.

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The Cognitive Battlefield Is Real

Oct 13, 2025

Orientation is now the decisive terrain.

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Fibre-Optic Drones: Glass Threads of Resilient Sovereignty

Oct 10, 2025

Tethered drones redefine battlefield control, embedding resilience in physical infrastructure.

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CV90: From Sensor to Shooter

Oct 8, 2025

CV90 becomes a forward node in sensor-command-fire loops.

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Illegal Immigration as a Sovereignty Breach

Oct 6, 2025

Borders are not lines but filters of power.

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STANAG 4811: NATO Codifies UAS Sense and Avoid

Oct 3, 2025

Alliance standard for unmanned flight safety enters force.

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MIT AI Tool for Flu Vaccine Selection

Oct 1, 2025

Pandemic resilience is a test of networks, not just vaccines.

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The Sixth Field - Dispatch #004

Sep 30, 2025

Quantum Navigation | DePIN Redundancy | AI-Led C2 | Resource Enclosures

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Pentagon Centralises Anti-Drone Response

Sep 29, 2025

Unified coordination replaces fragmented efforts.

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Redundant Mesh Networks Baked into DePINs

Sep 26, 2025

Communications survive collapse from edges, not towers

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Ironstone Opal Delivers Quantum-Advantaged GPS-Free Navigation

Sep 22, 2025

Q-CTRL’s system sets a new benchmark for resilient PNT

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NTS‐3 Paves the Way for Resilient PNT Architecture

Sep 18, 2025

The US is shifting from GPS maintenance to proactive evolution.

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Quantum-Resilient AI: Defence Systems that Heal and Prove

Sep 15, 2025

Defence AI is moving toward quantum-secure, self-healing architectures.

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Stratospheric Mesh: DePIN Takes Flight

Sep 12, 2025

Drones are becoming sovereign telecom towers.

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AI Autonomy Gets Orbital: Mission Control’s Persistence Platform

Sep 9, 2025

Satellites are shifting from sensors to autonomous actors.

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