The SPY-7 Redemption Arc
In some ways, the early days of Lockheed Martin’s SPY-7 radar – derived from the same architecture as the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) funded and tested by the U.S. …
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Echoes of Export Control Past: Assessing the Anthropic “Fable” Suspension
In October 2022, the U.S. Biden administration, through the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), released a slate of export controls to prevent Chinese firms from accessing …
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The SPY-6 Program Comes Into Its Own
The SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) made its debut in the wake of the SPY-3/SPY-4 Dual Band Radar’s failure to replace the AEGIS Weapon System at cost, having …
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The TALIOS Targeting Pod: Features and Prospects
The TArgeting Long-Range Identification Optronic System, or TALIOS, is an electro-optical, dual-use laser designation pod for targeting and reconnaissance. It is produced by French defense firm Thales as the successor …
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Anthropic’s “Mythos” Strikes Fear in the Hearts of Cyber Defenders
Mythos Preview Makes Its Debut On April 7th, American artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic shared news that it had developed a new model, “Mythos Preview.” It claims that Mythos supersedes …
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AI in Iran: It’s Not (Just) About Capabilities
AI as Organizational Technology In his 2025 book, AI, Automation, and War, Anthony King implores the reader to understand artificial intelligence (AI) as a phenomenon most closely related to organizational …
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Defense Tech Enters a New Era: The Case of Anthropic and the DoD
Defense technology often attracts people who are inclined to pay attention to the various stages of a normal technology’s lifecycle: its technical underpinnings and development; its relationship with existing techniques; …
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Anthropic and the U.S. DoD: Unusual Dynamics in an Unusual Time
Echoes of Project Maven This past January, Reuters reported that American Large Language Model (LLM) developer Anthropic had reached a standstill in its dealings with the U.S. Department of Defense …
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The U.S. DoD’s AI Acceleration Strategy
What Is the New Strategy? On January 9th, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its Artificial Intelligence Acceleration Strategy. The Strategy promotes a familiar outcome: for the U.S. military …
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DARPA’s Advanced Technology Development and Commercialization
In its Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) requested roughly $1.4 billion to fund new projects that were previously part of its Network-Centric Warfare …
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