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November 2026 (1)

  1. No. 18A · Sun, Nov. 1, 2026 · Morning edition#1: NATO wraps its DiBaX experiment in Latvia: agentic AI linked a Maven targeting system to a national system in hours, and a drone launched in Lithuania was engaged across the border in Latvia

October 2026 (33)

  1. No. 17P · Sat, Oct. 31, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Pope Leo XIV says AI must be "disarmed" and urges states meeting in Geneva in November to move toward banning lethal autonomous weapons
  2. No. 17A · Sat, Oct. 31, 2026 · Morning edition#1: NATO's top military officer says he wants a multinational sensor-to-shooter chain against drone swarms fielded on the eastern flank next year
  3. No. 16P · Fri, Oct. 30, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: China's GJ-21 stealth attack drone makes its first takeoff and landing on the Type 076 amphibious assault ship Sichuan
  4. No. 16A · Fri, Oct. 30, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Moscow's mayor says 862 drones were shot down on their way to the capital overnight, and all four Moscow airports were restricted
  5. No. 15P · Thu, Oct. 29, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: The FCC votes 3–0 to open 50 MHz of the 800 MHz cellular band to drones, ending a 35-year-old airborne ban
  6. No. 15A · Thu, Oct. 29, 2026 · Morning edition#1: The container ship Contship Jet sinks overnight after the three-drone attack off Bulgaria, and the navy chief says no Bulgarian forces were close enough to intercept
  7. Wed, Oct. 28, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: The FCC will vote Thursday to open 50 MHz of the 800 MHz cellular band to drones, lifting a 35-year-old ban on airborne use
  8. Wed, Oct. 28, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine names AI, which he calls "super intelligence," as one of his three strategic priorities, ahead of ongoing operations
  9. Tue, Oct. 27, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Two drones are shot down near Baghdad's Green Zone as the U.S. Embassy's air defenses activate, Iraqi officials say
  10. Tue, Oct. 27, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Russia hits Kyiv with ballistic missiles and 280 attack drones overnight, striking a university campus, the Southern Bridge and medical facilities
  11. Mon, Oct. 26, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Sudan's RSF hits five power stations with drones in a coordinated pre-dawn attack, blacking out four army-held states, the state electricity company says
  12. Mon, Oct. 26, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Russia launches 140 attack drones at Ukraine overnight, half of them jet-powered, plus four missiles; Ukraine says it downed 112 drones
  13. Sun, Oct. 25, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Iran's army says it shot down a U.S. LUCAS one-way attack drone over Bandar Abbas and circulates debris photos; CENTCOM hasn't addressed the claim
  14. Sun, Oct. 25, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Iran's army says its air defenses shot down a U.S. LUCAS one-way attack drone over the port city of Bandar Abbas; Washington has not confirmed a loss
  15. Sat, Oct. 24, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Project Meridian's "Future of Warfare" group met at Maritime Big Play in San Diego this week, the Pentagon's technology office says, under a 120-day sprint ordered by the Secretary of War
  16. Sat, Oct. 24, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is co-leading "Project Meridian: The Future of Warfare" after a Pentagon session on drones and autonomous vehicles
  17. Fri, Oct. 23, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: DIU and the Navy's DRPM RAS open SWAP-USV Sprint 2, a prize challenge for drone boats armed with hard-kill counter-air weapons, with proposals due Nov. 30
  18. Fri, Oct. 23, 2026 · Morning edition#1: AUKUS partners run more than 40 crewed, uncrewed and autonomous systems off Southern California in Maritime Big Play Pacific, "from seafloor to space"
  19. Thu, Oct. 22, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: DIU's Drone Dominance program lines up orders for 60,000 small attack drones from nine companies after Gauntlet II, with Neros the only firm to place in both categories
  20. Thu, Oct. 22, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Russia fires 210 drones, 110 of them jet-powered, and a mix of ballistic and cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight, with Kyiv the main target; attacks kill at least nine across the country
  21. Wed, Oct. 21, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Project Agincourt publishes an open letter on the road to a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command: "urgency does not excuse imprecision"
  22. Wed, Oct. 21, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Hegseth on Ukraine's Starshield: "We haven't pulled anything back," pointing to "terms of service," as WSJ and CBS report that Musk ordered the slowdown
  23. Tue, Oct. 20, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: A U.S. armored brigade's own account: Ukrainian drone operators caused about 70% of its casualties in the first three days of an exercise in Germany
  24. Tue, Oct. 20, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Russia launches 165 drones overnight, 105 of them jet-powered; strikes near Kyiv kill at least seven
  25. Mon, Oct. 19, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Pentagon and BAE sign a framework for up to 25,000 APKWS counter-drone interceptor kits a year for up to seven years
  26. Mon, Oct. 19, 2026 · Morning edition#1: No warning again: Ukraine says a partner alert missed the first ballistic wave on Kyiv; Rubio points to an earlier "software problem"
  27. Sun, Oct. 18, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Zelensky on Meet the Press: the Starlink/Starshield speed cap was "the message from American government"; Bessent calls the charge "very reckless"
  28. Sun, Oct. 18, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Rubio: Ukraine has no Starshield access and its request is "under discussion"; he denies the U.S. ordered a Starlink slowdown
  29. Sat, Oct. 17, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Romanian F-16s shoot down two jet-powered Geran drones off Sulina; NATO council to meet Tuesday
  30. Sat, Oct. 17, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Starshield: Ukraine says service is better but still not fully restored, awaits Pentagon/SpaceX answer
  31. Fri, Oct. 16, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Starshield cap: bipartisan senators ask the DoD IG to investigate; Trump denies ordering it
  32. Fri, Oct. 16, 2026 · Morning edition#1: Romania resumes Wine Trader SAR as NATO tees up Black Sea shipping crisis talks
  33. Thu, Oct. 15, 2026 · Afternoon edition#1: Drones hit two tankers off Romania, one inside NATO territorial waters

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