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The command will have service-like authorities under a yet-to-be-named four-star commander, and the new base will be the first built in 40 years..

Takeaways Up Front 1. War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new four-star Autonomous Warfare Command to oversee the U.S. military's expansion of autonomous capabilities. 2. Defense Innovation Unit Director Owen West and Navy SEAL Senior Chief Max Strasis

Takeaways Up Front 1. The Pentagon awarded Raytheon a five-year contract worth up to $20.7 billion to nearly double AIM-120 AMRAAM output. 2. Only about $240 million was obligated at signing, and Congress has not funded the full multiyear commitment, Reut

Takeaways Up Front 1. The Navy will buy 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels from Galliano Marine Services, HII, and Saronic Technologies at about $40 million each. 2. The award routes around losing bidders, who cannot file a standard protest and are alread

Takeaways Up Front 1. Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the 93rd Brigade ran the first resupply mission by an amphibious ground robot across 25 miles of land and water. 2. The robot switches from driving to swimming in seconds, clearing rivers and marshland

Takeaways Up Front 1. The FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and research group METR over consumer risks from autonomous AI, a senior FTC official said. 2. The first US enforcement action centered on rogue AI agents, it seeks documents and executive t

Takeaways Up Front 1. MI5 said the China General Technology Research Institute funds research for China's Ministry of State Security. 2. More than 100 UK-linked academics contributed to the institute's work on AI, cybersecurity and covert communications,

Takeaways Up Front 1. Burnham said there are strong indications Iran played a part in the RAF Fairford plot, the firmest UK word yet on a foreign hand. 2. Five British men, 23 to 25, were arrested near the US bomber base but freed on bail after searches f

Takeaways Up Front 1. Puntland's Maritime Police Force said pirates killed five crew aboard the tanker Honour 25 before regional forces retook it on September 29. 2. The deaths are the first attributed to Somali pirates in more than a decade, with 16 susp

Takeaways Up Front 1. Russia hit Ukraine's power grid overnight with 188 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, its heaviest combined energy strike since spring, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said. 2. The Air Force said 86 drones were jet-powered, a