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The Linux Foundation launches the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation with 47 members including AMD, Nokia, NVIDIA, and Verizon to build an open-source radio access network stack for 5G and 6G, backed by the Pentagon's FutureG office.

The Army consolidates 120 Anduril procurement actions into one decade-long framework, with an $87 million counter-UAS task order as the first draw.

Microsoft, the Pentagon, and Zscaler are extending zero trust beyond network perimeters to AI agents, weapons systems, and sovereign data flows, driven by a non-human identity explosion that outnumbers human users 100 to 1.

The Army says its first hypersonic missile battery is weeks from full fielding, yet the Pentagon's testing office warns it lacks the data to assess whether the weapon actually works in combat.

The DOD orders 30,000 small attack drones at $5,000 each from 11 vendors — including a British company that topped the leaderboard — as the first phase of a $1 billion program to field 300,000 domestically produced combat drones by 2027.

Caitlin Kalinowski left OpenAI after the company signed a classified Pentagon agreement without sufficient deliberation on safeguards against domestic surveillance and lethal autonomy.

OpenAI's Pentagon deal sparked a consumer backlash that drove Anthropic's Claude to the top of Apple's App Store, before a surge in demand caused a worldwide outage.

Dario Amodei rejected the Pentagon's 'final offer' on Claude's military use, triggering a supply chain risk designation and government-wide ban. Hours later, OpenAI struck a rival deal with identical safety principles—accepting the same terms Washington called unacceptable from Anthropic.

A dispute over AI guardrails for military use has put Anthropic's $200M Pentagon contract at risk, exposing a systemic tension between AI safety commitments and national security demands.