defense
Greece’s Achilles Shield Deal Leaves C2 Source Code in Israeli Hands
Greece’s €3B Achilles Shield will not include Israeli C2 source code, highlighting European IAMD procurement trade-offs between speed, capability and software sovereignty.
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defense
US Senate floats four-star ‘robot warfare’ combatant command
SASC would permit a four-star Robotic and Autonomous Systems Combatant Command with expanded T&E and limited acquisition powers—potentially accelerating NATO-wide autonomy standards and interoperability demands.
defense
UK drills AI-enabled NATO land war plan for 2030 Baltic crisis
UK-led ARRC wargame rehearses a 2030 Baltic Article 5 fight, testing AI-assisted targeting and planning for drone and electromagnetic warfare at corps scale.
defense
US Army uses vendor hackathons to force open-system C2 integration
The US Army’s “Right to Integrate” hackathons aim to break vendor lock-in by rapidly connecting dozens of systems via open-architecture C2—an approach likely to influence NATO and European interoperability expectations.
defense
Ukrainian army probes 14th Brigade after frontline supply collapse
Ukraine removed and demoted commanders after reports the 14th Brigade faced extreme shortages near Kupiansk, as Russian strikes on Oskil crossings forced watercraft and heavy-UAV resupply—an object lesson for European high-intensity logistics.