US appeals court upholds Pentagon’s supply chain risk label on Anthropic
US appeals court upholds Pentagon’s supply chain risk label on Anthropic

A US appeals court has upheld the Pentagon’s decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk. The label bars the military and its contractors from using Anthropic’s Claude models. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the DC Circuit court of appeals denied Anthro…

Tekever hits a $6.4bn valuation and plans acquisitions with its new round
Tekever hits a $6.4bn valuation and plans acquisitions with its new round

The fund raise is precisely designed to support that growth, not only organically, developing new technology, but through acquisitions. Ricardo Mendes, founder and chief executive of Tekever, said that in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Wedne…

Airbus wins 25-year contract to build cyber gateways for France’s armed forces
Airbus wins 25-year contract to build cyber gateways for France’s armed forces

France’s military runs networks at different classification levels, and data still has to move between them, and Airbus will build the checkpoints. The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded the company the 25-year PARACOM contract to supp…

We’ve spent billions defending software. It’s time to protect execution
We’ve spent billions defending software. It’s time to protect execution

Cybersecurity has a fundamental blind spot. We spend enormous sums protecting software while the processor underneath it blindly executes whatever instructions it receives. That has to change. For the billions of embedded systems running cars, medical …

UK space strategy puts £7.8bn behind defence, satellites and ESA to 2030
UK space strategy puts £7.8bn behind defence, satellites and ESA to 2030

The UK government has published a new space strategy, backed by £7.8bn to 2030. It brings the government’s civil and military space spending under one plan. The government’s announcement on 8 September named national security and defence as its key pil…

Germany is evaluating 30 AI tools for its military with a prototype due in 2027
Germany is evaluating 30 AI tools for its military with a prototype due in 2027

The Bundeswehr is assessing 30 artificial intelligence tools that could help speed up battlefield decision-making by processing data from drones and satellites. A prototype is expected in the second quarter of 2027, with full deployment planned for 202…

Covenant leaves stealth with Anthem and factories in three countries
Covenant leaves stealth with Anthem and factories in three countries

A defence company nobody had heard of on Tuesday opened a 105,000 square foot missile factory in Texas on Wednesday. Covenant came out of stealth this morning. It announced Anthem, a long-range weapon system it says is designed for production in the th…

Kawasaki signed an AI chip deal with a startup the Pentagon backs
Kawasaki signed an AI chip deal with a startup the Pentagon backs

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has signed an agreement to put a startup’s AI chips into Japanese aerial defence platforms. The chip company is the interesting part. EdgeCortix, a fabless semiconductor firm based in Kanagawa, announced the deal last week, a …

Satellogic hires the former head of US spy-satellite intelligence as president
Satellogic hires the former head of US spy-satellite intelligence as president

Satellogic has appointed Frank D. “Trey” Whitworth as president, giving the day-to-day running of a commercial Earth-imaging company to the man who directed America’s spy-satellite intelligence agency until 10 months ago. The appointment was announced …

Musk ally’s Valor to lead $500m Uforce round at $5bn, Bloomberg reports
Musk ally’s Valor to lead $500m Uforce round at $5bn, Bloomberg reports

Uforce, the London-based drone company built from Ukrainian battlefield manufacturers, is in talks to raise about $500m at a valuation of around $5bn, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Valor Equity Partners, the firm run by SpaceX board member Antonio Grac…