Japanese WW2 warship losses. Just astounding (and this doesn't even get everything out past the margins).

Self driving car? > PID loop Rocket that lands itself? > PID loop Hypersonic ICBM? > PID loop Your thermostat? > PID loop

The Trophy APS is the most effective active protection system on the market, but its ELTA radars can pose a threat to the platform. They emit energy to detect incoming threats and can be easily detected by the enemy. Rheinmetall's 2020 presentation indicated that a typical APS,

We need more cameras everywhere

Again taking note of ongoing "resurgence" of BUSHMASTER/ESCAPADE (UK name for the small fleet procured as UOR) content in UK defence discourse. Thales and Australia have said production would happen in Glasgow after the first 2/300 vehicles if the Army finally made up its mind.

Whoever did this and is in charge of all of Palantir’s videos, branding & style, etc., is incredible at their work. I don’t even care about it from the standpoint of making the company I’m invested in look cool — I’m genuinely always impressed when I see these videos & the

What's Britain good at? Is it an island of fog breathing has-beens, or a nascent industrial juggernaut? What, in fact, does Britain do well? Here's a thread of a few surprising things…

Meanwhile in the Black Sea. For the first time ever, a Ukrainian naval drone Magura V5 downs a Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter. Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuut.

Thales adds DigitalCrew to panoramic gimbal for new generation tracking and identification shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfa…

Avec 600 chercheurs en IA, Thales est un des leaders mondiaux de l’IA dédiée aux secteurs critiques, comme la défense ou le contrôle aérien. Visite guidée de son laboratoire CortAIx du plateau de Saclay, cœur névralgique de la R&D du groupe challenges.fr/entreprise/def…

One strategy to counter Russian fiber optic FPVs involves repurposing target acquisition technology developed for AI terminal guidance of FPVs. If this technology could be automated to detect FPVs early, it would provide potential targets time and space for countermeasures.

Palmer Luckey shares insight into the IVAS program, a $22 billion contract driving the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System. Palmer Luckey Anduril Industries

French Navy Atlantique 2 with an AM.39 Block 2 Exocet anti-ship missile and three MU90 Impact torpedos in the bomb.

Soldiers from the British Army 🇬🇧 have successfully trialled a radio frequency directed energy weapon, developed by @defencees and Dstl. The weapon is capable of downing swarms of drones. Watch the explainer video 🎥 ow.ly/cBm850VCbMN Read more 👉 ow.ly/3BZ150VCaQN

There is atm 2 kinds of AI startups right now: The ones having a feedback loop that creates unique data to train the model - data with a moat (eg customer deployed hardware) And the ones without.

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The UK's largest AI defence trial led by Dstl featured over 200 scientists, military personnel, and industry partners. The trial will help develop AI systems that will provide UK forces operational advantage in complex domains. Watch the full video 🎥 ow.ly/7E6B50VXKLI

Have you seen the Ajax yet? 👀🤩 LCpl Graham-Cameron shared a couple of his favourite things about the armoured vehicle at DSEI 2025 🪖

Some excellent Royal Navy imagery of the visit by SofS, CDS and 1SL to a returning SSBN this week has been hosted on the Defence Imagery website. defenceimagery.mod.uk/Home/Search?Qu…

The UK Defence Journal was granted rare access inside Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics in Govan, one of the most important defence industry facilities in Europe. From sighting systems for the Challenger 3 and AJAX to periscopes and electronic masts for Royal Navy