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Pentagon Quickens Tech Fielding With SPACECOM Move, Denmark Patriot Sale and Classified AI Use

A burst of awards, demonstrations, purchases signals a shift from prototypes to operational capabilities across sensing, command networks, counter‑drone defense.

GA-EMS Optical Communication Terminal (OCT) mounted on an aircraft. Photo: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
Rear Adm. Naoya Hoshi, Director General of Logistics Department, Maritime Staff Office, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force; Vice Adm. Jeff Jablon, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics, OPNAV N4; and Commodore Catherine Rhodes, Director General Logistics, Royal Australian Navy, sign a Trilateral Terms of Reference aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on July 11, 2025. It focuses on commitments to supply chain collaboration and interoperability among the three navies. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darian Lord)
Pictured is a DoD photo of U.S. Army Cpl. Tyrique Carter, right, with Joint Task Force Southern Border, instructing U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Zachary Obrecht how to operate a Dronebuster during training in Yuma, Ariz. on July 20 (DoD Photo)
Pictured is U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Saltares, the commander of the 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron briefing U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of Pacific Air Forces, at Kadena Air Base, Japan on May 22 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Overview

  • Los Alamos’ Venado supercomputer is running OpenAI models on a classified network to support NNSA research into plutonium aging for the nuclear stockpile, DoE said Aug. 28.
  • The State Department cleared an $8.5 billion IBCS‑enabled Patriot sale to Denmark with DSCA notifying Congress on Aug. 29, including GEM‑T and PAC‑3 MSE interceptors and related systems.
  • The Army awarded a $26 million OTA to a Lockheed Martin‑led team to prototype an integrated data layer for its Next Generation Command and Control effort for the 25th Infantry Division within 16 months.
  • President Trump announced plans to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, as industry advanced space links with a GA‑EMS/Kepler air‑to‑space optical communications demo under an SDA contract.
  • Counter‑UAS actions accelerated as PACAF’s commander cited North Korea as the top small‑drone threat in the Indo‑Pacific, the Coast Guard pressed to expand cutter defenses, and Vandenberg’s 30th Security Forces Squadron moved to buy three Dronebuster handheld systems.