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Defense agencies are facing an AI onslaught. With as much as $30 billion slated for fiscal 2027 to purchase and enable next-generation AI hardware, cybersecurity, sensors and related software, defense officials are being bombarded with AI-enabled capabilities from every direction.

The Pentagon’s move to cut Anthropic from key defence workflows has not just rattled one AI provider. It has abruptly redirected attention and budgets toward rivals plugged into US military data and decision systems. For investors, that shift can reshape which AI and analytics stocks sit closest to future contract flows. This article breaks down…

The volume of venture investments in European defense startups by the end of 2026 will increase by more than 300% and reach a record $10.5 billion compared to $2.6 billion last year.

European defense startups are forecast to raise a record $10.5 billion of funding this year, roughly four times the $2.6 billion raised a year earlier and led by investments in firms developing drone technology which tracks data on venture capital funding

GTT Communications Inc., a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, today announced GTT Defense Halo, an AI-native network defense platform designed to address a threat environment that increasingly operates faster than traditional security teams can respond. The patent-pending platform is built on GTT’s AI factory and deployed as a dedicated…

Led by Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, there is a growing push for a NATO bank that would enable greater military expenditures. Recent reporting suggests that the British government, which had dismissed the idea a few months earlier, is seriously reconsidering the idea. Should such a bank be established, however, it would worsen national debt…

A Darden alumnus challenges conventional defense manufacturing as a new course brings MBA students together with industry executives, military veterans and entrepreneurs.

A breach involving a Defense Departmentpersonnel database exposed sensitive personal information belonging to nearly 3 million living and deceased people. Social Security numbers and details about jobs held by military and civilian personnel were also breached, according to a U.S. defense official cited by ABC News.

BOSTON and ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The US has no shortage of capital for defense but confronts systemic risks to replenishing stockpiles and adopting disruptive technology because of a shortage of investable opportunities, Bain & Company and the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) conclude in a major new analysis released today.